Burtonhall Demesne
Townland in the civil parish of Castledermot, barony of Kilkea and Moone, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile na Coille
- Area
- 135 ha
- 334 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 5,821 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burtonhall Demesne, from 132 m² to 141,213 m² (14.12 ha, 34.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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
No zone of a development plan covers Burtonhall Demesne 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 Sept 2025Conditional
The rescinding of condition no. 3 of planning permission register reference: 88/222; the construction of a detached, part single/ part two-storey dwelling with integrated two car garage, the provision of a new vehicular entrance and driveway; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561028
5 Sept 2025N/a
for the rescinding of condition no. 3 of planning permission register reference: 88/222; the construction of a detached, part single/ part two-storey dwelling with integrated two car garage, the provision of a new vehicular entrance and driveway; the provision of Landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561020
17 Apr 2025Conditional
for the construction of a home office & home Gym as constructed and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560410
12 Apr 2024Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to the side & rear elevation of my existing dwelling, retention permission for the construction of a home office & home Gym and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460313
9 Apr 2024N/a
Development will consist of permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the side & rear elevation of my existing dwelling, retention permission for the construction of a home office & home Gym and all associated site works at, Burton Hall Demesne, Carlow, Co. Kildare.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460302
22 Sept 2023Refused
to transfer 2 acres of sterilized lands (PL ref 88/222) from proposed site to other land holdings in Ballyburn Upper, Castledermot, Co. Kildare. Full planning permission is sought to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, bored well, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360240
19 Dec 2022Refused
to transfer 2 acres of sterilized land (Pl. Ref. 88/222) from proposed site to other land holdings in Johnstown South, Castledermot, Co. Kildare. Full planning permission is sought to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, bored well, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221507
1 Apr 2022Refused
to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, to upgrade existing entrance for domestic use, bored well, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22368
16 Dec 2019Conditional
to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, bored well, septic tank and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services. Revised by significant further information consisting of; revised house design, revised site entrance location and new onsite wastewater treatment system and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191386
20 May 2019Conditional
the construction of 2 sqm extension porch to front of existing dwelling, 60 sqm extension to rear of existing dwelling, conversion of existing garage to sitting room which will be joint to proposed rear extension by 1.6 sqm flat roof extension, removal of existing septic tank, installation of new wastewater system and sand polishing filter to 2009 EPA Standards and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19560
4 Jul 2017Conditional
the construction of a 529sqm agricultural shed which will be used for 5 no. horse stables, indoor walking area, manure storage pit and machine storage area and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 17771
8 Jun 2017N/a
The construction of a 529 sqm. agricultural shed and associated works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 17670
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 Burtonhall Demesne.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Burtonhall Demesne.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Burtonhall Demesne.
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 5 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2580 (ZIP).
- 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 Burtonhall Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Burtonhall Demesne · Baile na Coille
- Area
- 1,349,635 m² (134.96 ha, 333.5 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castledermot, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilkea and Moone
- Electoral division
- Castledermot, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castledermot electoral division: 1,853 people in 664 households; 70% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhade, Burtonhall Demesne (Co. Carlow), Deerpark, Knockbane, Rainestown (Co. Carlow)
- Placenames
- Burtonhall Demesne 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.