Brownstown

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brownstown, from 102 m² to 283,625 m² (28.36 ha, 70.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agricultural (Agriculture)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the removal of an existing pedestrian entrance and the insertion of a roller shutter door approximately 4.00m wide x 5.00m high in the front (South East) elevation

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560878

• 15 Jul 2025N/a

  for the removal of an existing pedestrian entrance and the insertion of a roller shutter door approximately 4.00m wide x 5.00m high in the front (South East) elevation

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560797

• 11 Oct 2024Conditional

  for a solar farm to be installed over restored landfill with an export capacity of approximately 4.5MW comprising photovoltaic panels on concrete ballast supported frames, construction of and connection to a new single-storey ESB Sub-Station / Switch Room building, installation of 3 No. transformers, ducting & electrical cabling and all associated ancillary works and services

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461046

• 25 Jan 2024Conditional

  for A) to retain the existing industrial unit, and B) for the subsequent change of use from industrial use to veterinary hospital including elevation changes to the front and side of the unit, and all associated site works and services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460046

• 23 Jan 2024N/a

  for A) to retain the existing industrial unit, and B) For the subsequent change of use from industrial use to veterinary hospital including elevation changes to the front and side of the unit, and all associated site works and services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460034

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  for A). Construction of a new showroom for the sale of motor vehicles, to include entrance lobby, display area, offices and ancillary accommodation, also workshops/service areas all at ground floor level, B). Offices, parts storage and ancillary accommodation at first floor level, all measuring 2214m2 over both floors, B). New recessed vehicle entrance, totem signs, general signage, C). Provision of on-site parking for sale/display of vehicles and secure vehicle compound storage areas, D). Connection to main foul sewer system, along with all associated site development and facilitating works. Amended designs to previously approved planning application, reference 21/902, for this site

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360540

• 19 Dec 2023N/a

  for A). Construction of a new showroom for the sale of motor vehicles, to include entrance lobby, display area, offices and ancillary accommodation, also workshops/service areas all at ground floor level, B). Offices, parts storage and ancillary accommodation at first floor level, all measuring 2214m2 over both floors, B). New recessed vehicle entrance, totem signs, general signage, C). Provision of on-site parking for sale/display of vehicles and secure vehicle compound storage areas, D). Connection to main foul sewer system, along with all associated site development and facilitating works. Amended designs to previously approved planning application, reference 21/902, for this site

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360500

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 246 hectares in the townlands of Brannockstown, Brownstown, Carnalway, Coghlanstown West, Corbally, Delamain, Dunnstown, Gaganstown, Greenhills, Harristown, Hillsborough, Moorhill and Rochestown in County Kildare. The solar farm will consist of solar photovoltaic panels with a surface area of 1,130,000m2 on ground mounted frames, 40 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 4 no. single storey spare parts containers, 19 no. Ring Main Units, 9 no. weather stations underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L6063, L2032, L6071, R448, L6072, R412, L6074, L6047 and R413 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 5 no. stream and drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the R412, R413, L6044, L6047 and L6063. The solar farm will have a maximum export capacity of circa 210 megawatts. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. Part of the proposed development is situated within the demesne land of Harristown House which contains Protected Structures, but no works are proposed to these Protected Structures but no works are proposed to these Protected Structures. Revised by significant Further Information consisting of revised site layout plans to reduce panelled areas in Parcels 1 and 2, relocation of meteorological mast in Parcel 1 and all associated landscaping and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23567

• 1 Feb 2023Conditional

  change of fenestration. The changes consist of the removal of the existing windows and door, and replacement with a new roller shutter door and entrance door including all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2381

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  the construction of a new housing courtyard to provide housing accommodation for the Foaling Manager and the foaling staff of Castlemartin Stud Farm, which forms an integral element of the overall management of Castlemartin Stud farm. The Brownstown courtyard comprises a new three-bedroomed, single family, two-storey house of 179sq.m2, a three bedroomed single storey house of 130sq.m and a four bedroomed two storey house of 171sq.m, 7 parking spaces and all plant and services, drainage and associated site and landscaping works and all ancillary development; all on a site of 2256sq.m with access to site from the existing entrance on the R448, Naas Road and the internal Castlemartin Estate agricultural roadway; replacement of the existing vehicular gate with a new automated vehicular gate opening inwards only located in a recessed position, all located at the townland of Brownstown within Castlemartin Stud Farm, Castlemartin Estate Demesne, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare. The works the subject of this application are located within the grounds of a Protected Structure (Castlemartin House RPS No. B28-8, map 28)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221406

• 29 Mar 2022Conditional

  a new extension (max 11m high with a gross floor area of 3,000m²) to an existing manufacturing building (previously permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/140; Reg. Ref. 17/1224 and ABP Ref. No. 302199-18) to provide storage for precast concrete products and all ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22347

• 23 Aug 2021Refused

  is sought for development which consists of (A) Demolition of existing house and outbuildings, (B) permission for the construction of 9 no. one and a half storey detached houses, (C) the installation of Oakstown BAF waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area on each site and (D) construction of main site entrance off the public road, internal vehicular access road, footpaths, public lighting, landscaping and all associated ancillary siteworks

  Permission, 9 homes · Kildare County Council, 211205

• 22 Jun 2021Conditional

  A). Construction of a new showrooms for the sale of motor vehicles, to include entrance lobby, display area, offices and ancillary accommodation, also workshops/service areas all at ground floor level, B). Offices, parts storage and ancillary accommodation at first floor level, all measuring 2000sqm over both floors, B). New recessed vehicle entrance, totem signs, general signage, C). Provision of on-site parking for sale/display of vehicles and secure vehicle compound storage areas, E). Connection to main foul sewer system, along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21902

• 27 Nov 2020Conditional

  (a) Demolition of existing dwelling. (b) 15 no. new dwellings comprising 4 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings Type A1, 7 no. two bedroom two storey terraced dwellings Type B1, 4 no. one bedroom dwellings within two storey blocks Type C1. (c) New vehicular and pedestrian access including construction of a roadside footpath along the front boundary of the proposed development. (d) Construction of new foul rising main along main road and connection into existing public sewer at entrance to existing Lui Na Greine Estate. (e) All associated site development and facilitation works to include civil engineering works to achieve levels proposed, roads, paths, car parking, drainage and sewerage networks including a new foul pump station, watermain, electrical and telecommunications service connections, boundary treatments, landscaping works. At lands zoned residential adjoining Lui Na Greine, Naas Road in the townland of

  Permission, 15 homes · Kildare County Council, 201438

• 26 Mar 2020Conditional

  a planning application area of c. 20.6 hectares consisting of a combined proposed extraction area (Area 1, c. 10.3 hectares) and proposed early reinstatement area (Area 2, c. 10.3 hectares). Area 1 will consist of an extension to the west of the existing sand and gravel pit with an extraction footprint of c. 8.7 hectares. The sand and gravel extraction (c. 2.4m tonnes) will be dry working above the water table. Stripping and storage of topsoil and overburden materials from the extension lands for reuse in the restoration works. Restoration of the extraction area will be to a beneficial agricultural after-use and form part of the restoration of the extraction area, as permitted under planning ref. 17/1224 (ABP-302199-18). Area 2 will consist of an amendment to the permitted extraction area of planning ref. 17/1224 (ABP-302199-18) by the omission of a c. 4.7 hectare area and the early reinstatement of a partially extracted c. 2.7 hectare area of the existing permitted c. 7.4 hectares extraction area. It is proposed that the duration of the proposed development would run concurrent with that of planning ref. 17/1224 (ABP-302199-18), which is due to expire on 17/02/2039. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20324

• 24 Mar 2020N/a

  a planning application area of c.20.6 ha. consisting of a combined proposed extraction area (Area 1, c.10.3 ha) and proposed early reinstatement area (Area 2, c.10.3 ha). Area 1 will consist of an extension to the west of the existing sand and gravel pit with an extraction footprint of c.8.7 ha. The sand and gravel extraction (c.2.4m tonnes) will be dry working above the water table. Stripping and storage of topsoil and overburden materials from the extension lands for reuse in the restoration works. Restoration of the extraction area will be to a beneficial agricultural after-use and form part of the restoration of the extraction area, as permitted under planning ref. 17/1224 (ABP-302199-18). Area 2 will consist of an amendment to the permitted extraction area of planning ref 17/1224 (ABP-302199-18) by the omission of a c.4.7 hectare area and the early reinstatement of a partially extracted c.2.7 hectare area of the existing permitted c.7.4 hectares extraction area. It is proposed that he duration of the proposed development would run concurrent with that of planning ref. 17/1224 (ABP-302199-18) which is due to expire on 17/02/2039. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20304

• 18 Feb 2020Conditional

  (1) Extensions to Tile Manufacturing Building previously permitted under reg. Ref. 17/1224 and ABP Ref. 302199/18 comprising of: (a) Lean-to extension for carpentry storage (99sqm gross floor area, max 8.5m high) to the south eastern building elevation; (b) Lean-to extension for casting components/build materials storage (630sqm gross floor area, max 8.5m high) to the south eastern building elevation; (c) Two storey (max 9.5m high) extension consisting of welfare/office facilities at mezzanine level (270sqm gross floor area) and additional storage at ground floor level (270sqm gross floor area) to north eastern building elevation; (d) New wastewater treatment system and percolation area. (2) Construction of two storey office extension (298sqm gross floor area, 7.6m high) to the existing south western elevation of the Dry Batch Mortar Building also previously permitted under Reg. Ref. 17/1224 and ABP Reg. Ref. 302199/18. (3) A new bagging shed (240sqm gross floor area, max 8.0m high). All associated site works. It is proposed that the duration of the proposed development would run concurrent with that of Planning Ref. 17/1224 and ABP-302199-18, which is due to expire on 17/02/2039, development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20140

• 15 May 2019Conditional

  (a) Construction of a new vehicle showroom to include entrance lobby, display area, offices and ancillary accommodation also workshop/service areas all at ground floor level; (b) Offices and ancillary accommodation at first floor level; (c) New recessed vehicle entrance, totem signs, general signage; (d) Provision of on-site parking for display of vehicles and secure vehicle compound storage areas; (e) Connection to main foul sewer system, along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19536

• 10 Aug 2018Conditional

  A solar farm to be installed over restored landfill with an export capacity of approximately 3MW comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, connection to existing single-storey ESB Sub- Station / switch room building, installation of 3 No. transformers, ducting and underground electrical cabling and all associated ancillary works and services. Revised by significant further information consisting of; construction management plan detailing construction techniques

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18969

• 24 Jul 2018N/a

  solar farm to be installed over restored landfill with an export capacity of approximately 3MW comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, connection to existing single-storey ESB Sub-Station/switch room building, installation of 3 No. transformers, ducting and underground electrical cabling and all associated ancillary works and services at KTK landfill

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18889

• 17 Apr 2018Refused

  Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. 07/707 -continuance for period of 10 years of(1)extraction of sand and gravel and processing on 89.5ha with control cabin and canteen facilities, electricity substation, bunded fuel tanks, ESB substation and Switch-house and septic tank etc

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 18427

• 2 Nov 2017Conditional

  the continuance of the following development previously permitted under Kildare County Council (KCC) Reg. Ref. 07/707; ABP Ref. PL09.226792 and KCC Reg. Ref. 14/920. (1) Extraction of sand and gravel and processing on c.85.9 hectares for a 20 year period, with control cabin and canteen facilities, electricity substation, bunded fuel tanks, Electricity Supply Board substation and switch-house and septic tank, aggregate crushing, washing and screening plants and the continued use of the internal access road and existing site access onto the R448 with a further two years to complete site restoration to agriculture. The development proposes progressive restoration throughout the life of sand and gravel extraction. (2) Dry Batch Mortar Plant comprising structures and pieces of plant and machinery:- loading ramp and receiving hopper; a feed conveyor; a drying plant building (c8.6 metres high); external bucket elevators (up to c24.8 metres high); a storage and mixing plant building (c23.5 metres high) (housing plant and machinery); two number finished product storage silos with bulk loadout machinery (c20.5 metres high); prefabricated office; prefabricated compressor container; prefabricated control and switchgear container; a bunded and covered fuel tank; truck and car parking areas. (3) Storage at the existing Overburden Storage Mound (area of c3.4 hectares) which is covered with topsoil and is grass seeded and wil ultimately be used in the restoration of the aforementioned sand and gravel development site. (4) Dry Mortar Bagging Plan and Storage Hall Structure (c7 metres high). (5) Existing weighbridge and wheelwash within the development site. (6) Covered aggregate storage bays, a sand storage shed and a bagging shed. Permission is also sought for the provision of new works including an office building (and two proprietary sewage effluent treatment systems), dry batch mortar plant extension (including plant and machinery), tile manufacturing plant; associated switch-house; car parking; provision of two weighbridges; covered storage sheds; rerouting of internal access road to plant site; the demolition of a storage shed and weighbridge; extraction of sand and gravel to the south-west of previously permitted extraction area and extension to existing overburden storage mound; landscaped screening berms and overburden storage mounds along perimeter of the site. All development will be within the c85.9 hectare Kilsaran Concrete landholding for a period of 20 years

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 171224

• 6 Mar 2017Conditional

  of as built alterations to previously granted Planning Permission 00/24 comprising alterations to elevations/windows types, revised roof design, addition of roof windows and alteration to internal layout, single storey garage along with associated site development and facilitating works.

  Retention, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17239

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 Brownstown.

Recorded monuments

• KD023-027 Burial
  Description

  From a location named ‘Gravel pit’ on the OS 25-inch map and visible as a quarry/sand pit on a 2005 aerial photo (OSi Orthophoto). In 1935, two skeletons, four Food Vessels, and an Encrusted Urn were found in a sand pit here (NM1 1935 (443-7, 447a, b), and in 1943, cremated bones, an Encrusted Urn and a slug knife were found a short distance to the NW (NMI 1943 9368-370). Area appears to have been quarried away since. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 May 2012

• KD023-115 Enclosure
  Description

  In 1997 and 1998, archaeological monitoring (Purcell 1998: Excavation Licence No. 97E0449) of soil-stripping in advance of the development of a large scale sand-and-gravel extraction pit identified part of a large curvilinear feature. A section was excavated and revealed a V-shaped ditch (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) which was traced for 23m in length. Both ends continued under the surrounding, undisturbed topsoil, suggesting that it is part of a larger circular enclosure. It is likely that the remainder of the feature survives under the surrounding ploughsoil. The topsoil was backfilled after the section had been dug, and no development works were undertaken in this area. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 20 December 2012

• KD024-056 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Of four features identified through archaeological monitoring in advance of a quarry development at Brownstown/Carnalway (Excavations 1999, 122; Excavation licence no. 99E0416 Online www.excavations.ie), two were deemed to be archaeologically significant and both were subsequently excavated (Licence No. 00E0303 Online www.excavations.ie). One feature proved to be a clay-cut drying kiln, most probably for corn, although no remains of cereals were recovered. The feature was a pit containing charcoal and soil deposits, which had been truncated by ploughing. The kiln appeared as a cut ( L 6.32m; Wth 1.68m) in the natural sand subsoil, filled with a brown, sandy clay. It comprised two depressions linked by a channel. The larger, lower depression (L 3.4m; Wth 1.6m) acted as the fire-bowl, joined to the channel or flue, which directed hot air to a circular depression (diam. 1m) or drying bowl to its N. The presence of post-holes suggested a wooden structure probably covered the drying bowl, while the flue may have been covered by sods. The kiln had at least two phases of use, indicated by a recutting of the fire-bowl through earlier ash deposits. After the kiln went out of use the cutting was backfilled in what appears to have been one event. The posts were also apparently removed, and had not rotted in situ. The kiln had a limited lifespan, perhaps a couple of seasons. Comparable sites, mostly lined with stone, have been found on medieval sites in Britain and Ireland and may even have been used up to the 19th century. The second feature, located 22m SE of the kiln, was a small circular pit (diam. 0.67m; D 0.24m) containing two fills: a discrete circular deposit of mottled brown, burnt soil with charcoal flecks , and a deposit of mid-brown, sandy, silty soil with charcoal flecks. No datable or diagnostic finds were recovered from either feature. A piece of prehistoric waste flint was found in the kiln, but it appears to have been redeposited along with a brown, sandy clay, which was used to backfill the kiln after it had gone out of use. A sherd of post-medieval pottery found adjacent to the kiln, lying on the surface of the natural, was also disturbed. Charcoal and bone samples were recovered from the fills of both features for radiocarbon dating. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 July 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Brownstown.

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.

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

Name

Brownstown

Area

1,534,614 m² (153.46 ha, 379.21 acres)

Civil parish

Carnalway, and its townlands

Barony

Naas South

Electoral division

Carnalway, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carnalway electoral division: 2,043 people in 710 households; 75% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carnalway, Corbally, Greenhills, Kilcullenbridge, Kilcullenbridge, Logstown, Silliothill

Placenames

Brownstown 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.