Blackmillershill
Townland in the civil parish of Dunmurry, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 45.3 ha
- 112 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 3,946 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackmillershill, from 174 m² to 279,010 m² (27.9 ha, 68.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1Agriculture
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Mar 2026Conditional
(i) Construction of single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling, (ii) Alterations to existing layouts and elevations, (iii) Conversion of existing attic space, to include an additional bedroom, (iv) Alterations and renovations to existing domestic garage to sub-divide existing space to form new home office & gym and separate garage space, (v) All associated and ancillary works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Retention of detached domestic garage as constructed on site and retention of upgraded of waste water treatment system
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660277
26 Jul 2023Conditional
a new 38kV electricity circuit between the existing Kildare ESB substation and the existing Newbridge ESB substation County Kildare. The circuit will be c. 8.5km in length and will consist of c. 7km of overhead line (OHL) and c. 1.5km of underground cable (UGC). The OHL structures (48 No.) will consist of single and double wood polesets, with a height above ground level ranging from c. 9.7m to c. 18m and will require below ground foundations and staywires at specific locations. The UGC will primarily run along public roads and will consist of electrical cables laid in underground ducts buried in a trench (with varying dimensions between c.0.6m and c. 0.9m width and a depth of c.1.2m). Permission is sought for all associated works including temporary works such as the creation of access ways and ancillary temporary and permanent works. Revised by Significant further information which consists of Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23810
19 Jul 2023Conditional
the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling with out-buildings and the construction of 21 No. two-storey dwellings consisting of 3 No. detached units, 6 No. semi-detached units, 2 No. terraced blocks of three units, new development access and all associated services, boundary treatments and site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a revised unit mix of 1 no. detached unit, 12 no. semi-detached units and 8 no. terraced units and general revisions to the site layout. Further Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a revised unit mix of 2 no. detached units, 10 no. semi-detached units and 8 no. terraced units and general revisions to the site layout
Permission, 20 homes · Kildare County Council, 2360050
7 Jul 2023N/a
for the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling with out-buildings and the construction of 21 No. two-storey dwellings consisting of 3 No. detached units, 6 No. semi-detached units, 2 No. terraced blocks of three units, new development access and all associated services, boundary treatments and site works at
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360017
16 Dec 2020N/a
Demolition of existing two storey stable block and office block, demolition of existing hay barn to accommodate the construction of an indoor dressage arena and warm up lunging ring, dungstead and effluent holding tank and all associated site works,
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201540
9 Dec 2020N/a
Demolition of existing two storey stable block and office block, demolition of existing hay barn to accommodate the construction of an indoor dressage arena and warm up lunging ring, dungstead and effluent holding tank and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201503
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Blackmillershill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Blackmillershill.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Blackmillershill.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Blackmillershill.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Blackmillershill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Blackmillershill
- Area
- 452,871 m² (45.29 ha, 111.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunmurry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Offaly East
- Electoral division
- Dunmurry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunmurry electoral division: 504 people in 155 households; 82% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloghgarrett Glebe, Curragh, Dunmurry East, Dunmurry West, Friarstown, Kildare
- Placenames
- Blackmillershill on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.