Brockagh
Townland in the civil parish of Timahoe, barony of Clane, Co. Kildare; in Irish An Bhrocach
- Area
- 207.9 ha
- 514 acres
- Land parcels
- 156
- registered freehold, median 596 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential / Infill
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
156 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brockagh, from 70 m² to 135,379 m² (13.54 ha, 33.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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
- R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Coill Dubh Coolearagh, Kildare · 90 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Coill Dubh Coolearagh, Kildare · 3 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
26 Jun 2026N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING CLUBHOUSE FOR USE AS UNDERAGE DRESSING ROOMS AND MIXED USED COMMUNITY HALL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660702
16 Apr 2026Conditional
constructing a revised detached bungalow type dwelling to that previously approved in planning file reference number 2561130, and all associated ancillary site-works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660412
12 Oct 2025N/a
for (A) Permission for the relocation of existing main hurling pitch, (B) New all-weather lighting with 6 no 22m high lights around main pitch, (C) New all weather training pitch with two no. new hurling walls (2 no) with 6 no. 9m all weather lights, (D) Access road and entrance from (via Brockagh road) and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561154
6 Oct 2025Conditional
for constructing a detached bungalow type dwelling, recessed vehicular entrance, installation of a proprietary effluent treatment system, and all associated ancillary siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561130
13 Jun 2024Refused
for a two storey type dwelling & domestic garage with effluent treatment system & percolation area using existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460536
27 May 2024N/a
for a Two Storey Type Dwelling & Domestic Garage with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area Using Existing Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460469
7 May 2024Refused
for one new single storey domestic dwelling, c/w PIA Approved Wastewater Treatment Unit to En12566-3, new site entrance gates & piers, and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460406
2 May 2024N/a
for one new single storey domestic dwelling, c/w PIA Approved Wastewater Treatment Unit to En12566-3, new site entrance gates & piers, and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460395
1 May 2024N/a
for one new single storey domestic dwelling, c/w PIA Approved Wastewater Treatment Unit to En12566-3, new site entrance gates & piers, and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460391
20 Nov 2023Refused
for a Two Storey Type Dwelling & Domestic Garage with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area Using Existing Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360393
12 Jun 2023Refused
for a storey & half type dwelling & domestic garage with effluent treatment system & percolation area using existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23638
24 Feb 2023Refused
A storey and half type dwelling and domestic garage with effluent treatment system and percolation area using existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23168
3 Jan 2023Conditional
the installation of a 27 metre telecommunication structure carrying antennas, dishes, associated equipment, together with ground-based equipment cabinets, fence and all associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 231
18 May 2022Conditional
(A) Retention Permission for single storey extension to side (south Elevation) of the existing 3 bed semi-detached house and (B) the change of use of the existing extension to form a family flat linked to the main residence
Retention · Kildare County Council, 22582
30 Aug 2021Refused
1. Proposed construction of new contemporary style dormer bungalow dwelling, with four bedrooms, solar panels and domestic storage garage. 2. Effluent treatment system and all associated ancillary site works and percolation area. 3. Horse stable block, paddock and arena. 4. New recessed residential use entrance, with traditional style new gates and piers and all other associate site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211243
21 Jan 2021Conditional
(a) Erection of 9 No. horse stables for rearing and training of horses with tackroom, rug room, feed store, toilet; (b) Hay storage shed, covered dungstead and effluent holding tank and (c) The installation of proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area to serve the proposed works and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2158
11 Nov 2020N/a
(a) Erection of 9 No. horse stables for rearing and training of horses with tackroom, rug room, feed store, toilet; (b) Hay storage shed, covered dungstead and effluent holding tank; and (c) The installation of proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area to serve the proposed works and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201356
4 Dec 2019Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 14/505: 51 no. 2 storey dwellings consisting of 31 no. 4 bedroom detached houses,10 of which include integrated garages, 12 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses, 8 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses, pedestrian access to adjoining “Woodlands” housing estate and all ancillary site works AS AMENDED BY SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION submitted on the 7th November 2014 consisting of 50 No. Dwellings comprising of 30 no. 4 bed detached 2 storey dwellings, 12 no. 4 bed 2-storey semi-detached dwellings, 6 No. 3 bed2 storey semi-detached dwellings and 2 no. semi-detached bungalows, pedestrian access to adjoining “Woodlands” housing estate and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 191341
14 Nov 2019Conditional
the omission of 1 No. detached 4-bedroom two-storey house on site No. 34 previously approved under planning file Ref. 14/505 and 17/1153 and replaced with 2 No. semi-detached 3-bedroom two-storey houses (with optional fourth bedroom at second floor level including rooflights and ensuite within the attic level roof space) and all associated site development works. This results in an increase of 1 No. house
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 191273
13 Sept 2019Refused
(a) Erection of 9 no. horse stables for rearing and training of horses with tackroom, rug room, feed store, toilet, (b) Hay storage shed, covered dungstead and effluent holding tank with (c) The installation of proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area to serve the proposed works and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 191022
12 Jun 2019Conditional
a dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to existing sewer and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19663
22 Feb 2019N/a
of Depot/Storage/Compound Facility providing for rural based civil maintenance and emergency services to include: (a) Machinery and general storage shed; (b) Secure tools and equipment storage shed; (c) Open yard storage area, gravel surface(timber electricity poles); (d) All associated site development works. The works include for the restoration of the paddocks to the front of the site as previously approved under Planning Ref. No. 08/2126 for a bloodstock facility on the landholding. All
Retention · Kildare County Council, 19171
1 Feb 2019Conditional
(a) Omission of a two storey four bed detached type house on site 53 and previously granted permission under file Ref. 14/505 and 17/1153, and construction of 2 No. replacement semi-detached two storey houses consisting of 1 No. two bed and 1 No. three bed houses and all associated site works. (b) Alteration and completion of an unfinished two storey four bed detached type house on site 35 previously granted permission under file Ref. 15/505 and 17/1153 to divide into 2 No. semi-detached two storey houses, consisting of 1 No. two bed and 1 No. three bed house and all associated site works
Permission, 4 homes · Kildare County Council, 1990
2 Oct 2018Conditional
the omission of 10 No. semi-detached 4-bedroom two-storey houses and 1 No. detached 4-bedroom two-storey house on sites No. 23-33 approved under planning file Ref. 14/505 and 17/1153 and replaced by 14 No. semi-detached 3-bedroom two-storey houses and 1 No. detached 3-bedroom two-storey house. This results in an increase of 4 No. houses in the overall development
Permission, 15 homes · Kildare County Council, 181202
19 Jun 2018Refused
a) Bungalow, b) Domestic Garage, c) Tricel Waste Water Treatment System and percolation area and d) All associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18729
The 25 most recent of 32 applications.
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Brockagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Brockagh.
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
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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 Brockagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Brockagh · An Bhrocach
- Area
- 2,078,894 m² (207.89 ha, 513.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Timahoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clane
- Electoral division
- Robertstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Robertstown electoral division: 2,344 people in 781 households; 78% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Allenwood North, Blackwood, Coolearagh West, Derrymullen, Graigues, Robertstown West
- Placenames
- Brockagh 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.