Boston

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boston, from 92 m² to 512,705 m² (51.27 ha, 126.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Boston in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 16 Jul 2025Conditional

  for retaining the increased roof height above that permitted incorporating a small attic storage room & an additional roof light to the front elevation, for minor fenestration revisions, 8 No. Solar PV panels to the southwest roof face and for revised site boundaries. The development was previously granted under PPRR 82/1583

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560808

• 9 Jun 2025Conditional

  for: a) decommissioning of existing septic tank system to dwelling and, b) installation of proposed new on-site wastewater treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560635

• 5 Jun 2025Conditional

  for a) subdivision of existing site, b) erection of new boundary to part of site, c) upgrade of existing vehicular entrance to form double combined entrance, d) proposed single storey dwelling, e) treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560618

• 5 Jun 2025N/a

  for: a) decommissioning of existing septic tank system to dwelling and, b) installation of proposed new on-site wastewater treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560619

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  for A) The construction of 4 no. modular Glamping Pods with bicycle storage adjacent to the Pods, B) the provision of a new entrance off the existing site access, and C) The provision of a wastewater treatment system including all ancillary internal access roads, infrastructure, connection to existing drinking water well, landscaping and boundary treatments, and all associated site and development works, and services. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of design changes to the pods.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460398

• 25 Apr 2024N/a

  for A) The construction of 4 no. modular Glamping Pods with bicycle storage adjacent to the Pods, B) the provision of a new entrance off the existing site access, and C) The provision of a wastewater treatment system including all ancillary internal access roads, infrastructure, connection to existing drinking water well, landscaping and boundary treatments, and all associated site and development works, and services

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460367

• 23 Apr 2024N/a

  for A) The construction of 4 no. modular Glamping Pods with bicycle storage adjacent to the Pods, B) the provision of a new entrance off the existing site access, and C) The provision of a wastewater treatment system including all ancillary internal access roads, infrastructure, connection to existing drinking water well, landscaping and boundary treatments, and all associated site and development works, and services

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460353

• 7 Jun 2023Refused

  A) The construction of 4 no. modular Glamping Pods with bicycle storage adjacent to the Pods, B) Modifications to the existing entrance, and C) The provision of a wastewater treatment system including all ancillary internal access roads infrastructure, connection to existing drinking water well, landscaping and boundary treatments, and all associated site and development works and services

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23612

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  the construction of a 54sqm single storey extension to the rear and side with a roofed patio area and 9sqm habitable accommodation in the new attic area, alterations to window/door openings, conversion of the existing attic to 42sqm habitable accommodation and construction of a 53sqm garage in the rear garden and all associated ancillary site development works to a 69sqm single storey semi-detached dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221175

• 10 Sept 2021Conditional

  use of the site as a therapeutic farm for the provision of a healthcare facility for up to 40 guests to operate as a step down mental health facility. The therapeutic farm will provide therapeutic services with the farm as an essential element of the overall programme of healing and recovery. The application proposes the demolition of an existing farm building on site and other structures. The new build elements will comprise: A new two storey communal building (c. 1,564 m²) centrally within the farm comprising of kitchen/dining, office, therapy, meeting, yoga and meditation and various other rooms. Erection of eight single storey residential buildings to the west of the communal building to provide accommodation for up to 40 guests. These will comprise 4 x 4 bedroom buildings and 4 x 6 bedroom buildings. Erection of a single storey reception building (c. 318 m²) to the west of the site, adjacent to the existing farm buildings, to provide reception and ancillary facilities associated with the proposed use. Erection of a single storey shop/café building (c. 327 m²) to provide a small scale shop and café which will be linked to the overall use of the site. The proposed buildings will be clad in vertical timber cladding at regular spacing; the roofs will be vertical timber cladding at regular spacing or dark grey/black zinc roofs. 41 car parking spaces are proposed for the therapeutic farm use and 20 car parking spaces are proposed for the shop/café. The remainder of the site will be used as agriculture, with which the therapeutic use will be intrinsically linked. This will include general planting and laying out of the farm and informal landscaping, including the provision of a lake for irrigation and ecology, internal farm tracks and roads, fencing and planting. On site wastewater treatment is proposed. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211286

• 23 Jun 2021Refused

  to retain existing barn structure for stabling five horses and retain alterations and excavations to original site levels, and planning permission to install a dungstead for effluent storage and a waste water treatment plant with filter bed, all at this site

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21906

• 11 Jun 2021N/a

  to retain existing barn structure for stabling two horses and retain alterations and excavations to original site levels, and planning permission to install a dungstead for effluent storage and a waste water treatment plant with filter bed, all

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21839

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  (a) Constructing a single storey extension, which is split level in nature, to the rear of existing cottage. (b) Renovations and alterations to existing cottage layout and elevations. (c) Demolition of existing disused agricultural out-buildings. (d) Construction of detached single storey garage. (e) Installation of a new wastewater treatment system. (f) Construction of new vehicular entrance to replace existing vehicular and pedestrian entrances and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21815

• 5 Dec 2019Refused

  (a) proposed new single storey dwelling, (b) new vehicle entrance, (c) domestic garage, (d) treatment system and percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191351

• 30 Oct 2019Conditional

  Infill development: for the construction of a new small detached single storey type dwelling, a recessed vehicular entrance from public road to serve the proposed dwelling using the existing opening in the hedgerow, connection to the existing communal proprietary waste water treatment system ("Boston Cottage Group Sewerage Scheme") together with all associated landscaping, site works and services,

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191204

• 24 Sept 2019Refused

  construct a bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191058

• 23 Aug 2019Conditional

  for a single storey extension at the side of the house including ramps and ancillary works for proprietary sewage treatment and polishing filter and the retention of a conservatory

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19962

• 5 Jun 2019Conditional

  Retention: installation of a Septech 2000 Waste Treatment System and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 19629

• 24 May 2019Refused

  to construct a bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19583

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  demolition of existing extension to rear of cottage and construction of new two-storey extension, removal of chimneys, upgrade of wastewater system, widening of existing vehicular entrance and associated landscaping.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181569

• 5 Nov 2018Refused

  a bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance, all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181335

• 11 Jul 2018Refused

  to construct a bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18831

• 18 Jun 2018Conditional

  2 storey semi-detached extension at rear, conversion of existing attic including rear dormer extension, 3 no. Velux rooflights to front of house, front porch and the widening of an existing ground floor window to the front elevation

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18719

• 5 Jun 2018Refused

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, new site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18671

• 4 Apr 2018Refused

  to construct a bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18363

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• KD015-019 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 20m) with entrance gap (approx. Wth 4m) at W visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 30 April 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boston.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Boston, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2870 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Boston with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Boston · Boston

Area

1,875,629 m² (187.56 ha, 463.48 acres)

Civil parish

Oughterard, and its townlands

Barony

Salt South

Electoral division

Oughterard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

846 people lived in 271 households in the Oughterard electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardclogh, Baronrath, Bishopscourt Lower, Clonaghlis, Clownings, Keeloges, Oughterard, Pluckstown

Placenames

Boston 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.