Bostoncommon

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bostoncommon, from 57 m² to 30,130 m² (3.01 ha, 7.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Bostoncommon 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.

• 19 Jun 2025Refused

  for Bungalow, Domestic Garage, Effluent Treatment System Percolation area, Recessed Entrance and all ancillary works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560687

• 10 Feb 2025Refused

  for (a) single storey infill house (b) single storey sensory living unit (c) installation of proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area (d) new vehicular entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2522

• 27 May 2024Conditional

  for 1) the construction of a new rear and side pitched and flat roof single-storey extension, including rooflights, to the existing single-storey dwelling, and all associated ground works; and consists of, 2) the retention of the existing single-storey shed to the rear of the dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460466

• 25 Jan 2024Refused

  for (A) the erection of a single storey house, (B) garage store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area, (D) new recessed vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460044

• 1 Dec 2023N/a

  alterations to previously approved planning reference 20/1320. The alterations include: A) Construction of a single storey extension, in addition to what was previously approved under planning ref 20/1320, to the side of the existing dwelling that increases the floor area by an additional 21m2. B) Minor alterations to existing layout & elevations and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360428

• 1 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the retention of existing concrete slab and permission to construct a single story hobby boat store and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360350

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  the following (A) Single Storey extension to side of existing house. (B) Single storey garden store to front of existing house (C) All associated site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23549

• 29 Mar 2022Conditional

  development consists of: (a) Part demolition of existing single storey carport and shed for domestic use to rear of existing house; (b) The erection of a single storey extension to side (south west) elevation of existing house to form a new bathroom area, and single storey extension to side (north east) elevation of existing house to form new master bedroom area with minor internal alterations within the existing house; (c) Change of use of shed for domestic use to form new kitchen/living area and single storey extension to side (north west) elevation and rear (south east) elevation of existing out-building to form new kitchen/living area and home gym and leisure room with single storey glazed link to form new entrance hallway to connect existing house; (d) The installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with tertiary treatment in a soil polishing filter percolation area; (e) Garage/store for domestic use and (f) Upgrading of existing entrance gateway

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22352

• 19 May 2021Conditional

  to construct a bungalow dwelling, septic tank and percolation area, detached domestic garage, horse stables to accommodate 6 stables boxes, a medical room and a feed room, a horse walker, a dungsted, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21691

• 28 Apr 2021N/a

  Planning permission to construct a bungalow dwelling, septic tank & percolation area, detached domestic garage, horse stables to accommodate 6 stables boxes, a medical room and a feed room , a horse walker, a dungstead, recessed entrance and all asssociated works

  Permission, 3 homes · Kildare County Council, 21583

• 3 Nov 2020Conditional

  A) Demolishing existing single storey garage B) Alterations to existing layout & all elevations C) Construction of a single storey extension to side and rear of existing single storey dwelling , new patio area and associated walls and railings D) Installation of a new waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201320

• 19 Oct 2020N/a

  A) Demolishing existing single storey garage, B) Alterations to existing layout & all elevations, C) Construction of a single storey extension to side and rear of existing single storey dwelling, new patio area and associated walls and railings, D) Installation of a new waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201230

• 27 Apr 2020Conditional

  2 no. domestic sheds located at the rear of existing dwelling house, connection to existing site services and all associated development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 20425

• 22 Nov 2019Conditional

  (a) Retention permission for as built changes to dwelling house granted permission under Reg. Ref. 01/970 - for dwelling house, septic tank, the changes include altered plan layout (mirrored plan) with minor internal alteration and additional floor area and related changes to all elevations; (b) Retention permission for garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) Retention permission for agricultural storage shed, and (d) Retention permission for combined recessed entrance and all associated site works serving the agricultural storage shed and paddock. Revised by significant further information consisting of; revised vehicular entrance arrangements - one entrance to be removed and one existing double entrance to be formalized and improved

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 191306

• 30 Oct 2018Conditional

  change of house type from previously approved dormer bungalow granted planning permission under planning reference numbers 08/1871 and 14/814 (extension of duration) to revised dormer style bungalow and all associated works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181311

• 20 Dec 2017Conditional

  (i) detached stable building containing 2 no. mare and foal stables, (ii) conversion of existing shed, previously granted under Pl. Ref. 01/1372, to staff quarters to include for canteen, bathrooms, changing facilities and emergency overnight accommodation, (iii) new shed and adjoining roof structure covering over existing horse walker, (iv) connection to existing services on-site and all associated development works

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171453

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bostoncommon.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bostoncommon.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Bostoncommon, about 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2448 (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 Bostoncommon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Bostoncommon · Coimín Boston

Area

225,034 m² (22.5 ha, 55.61 acres)

Civil parish

Feighcullen, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly East

Electoral division

Cloncurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

490 people lived in 148 households in the Cloncurry electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drinnanstown North, Drinnanstown South, Feighcullen

Placenames

Bostoncommon 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.