Cardington Demesne

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cardington Demesne, from 673 m² to 318,371 m² (31.84 ha, 78.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• C6Industry and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, 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 Apr 2026Conditional

  Retention permission to Retain Sunroom to the side of existing dwelling as constructed with all associated ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660345

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  In summary terms, the installation of a trade effluent waste water treatment system and ancillary components and underground, surface water attenuation tank which replaces the attenuation pond granted at the north of the site under Pa Ref: 22/1443 and an enlarged attenuation/infiltration tank as the south for the site. In detail, the treatment system and ancillary equipment and other works consisted of the construction of: • A sludge removal building (circa 8.73m in height and area 124.3sqm) and sludge tank (height circa 8m); • A control building (height circa 4.38m and area 112sqms) and associated and ancillary equipment. • A Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Building (Height circa 5.33m and area 93.8sqm); • Aeration tank and 2 no. clarifiers (The aeration tank has a height of circa 5.5m and the two clarifiers have heights of circa 5.5m); • Balance tank and high strength balance tank (respective heights are circa 8.14m and circa 7.12m); Concrete aprons on the north and north west of the treatment system. The concrete apron to the north west includes ancillary electrical equipment; A surface water, underground, attenuation tank located of the north of the treatment plant and an amendment to the surface water drainage system at the south of the site to include an enlarged, underground, infiltration/attenuation tank and a reduction in the number of swales. Installed Palisade fencing (2.4m in height), along the west and northern boundaries of the site and to the east of the treatment plant as shown on the submitted drawings. This application includes all other ancillary equipment, components, containers and pumps required for the operation of the treatment system and surface water drainage. The development includes permission for additional landscaping around the perimeter of the treatment system on the north and north west boundaries

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561064

• 5 Dec 2022Conditional

  1. The demolition of an existing 9m high warehouse (1,770 sqm) and existing ancillary buildings (692 sqm) and infrastructure. 2. The construction of new two storey 14m high production building incorporating warehouse space, food process areas, loading and unloading facilities, staff offices and toilets, plant rooms, roof mounted solar panels, external elevation logo signage. The building has a gross floor area of 7,495 sqm over two floors (Ground floor 5,657 sqm and first floor area 1,838 sqm). 3. The demolition of an existing effluent treatment plant (144 sqm compound) and reconstruction of new treatment plant (952 sqm compound). 4. The installation of a sprinkler storage tank (113 sqm), a glycol tank (23 sqm) and construction of an associated pump house (41 sqm). 5. The installation of food and ethanol silos. 6. Construction of a new gated exit onto local road L8068 and security hut 6 sqm. 7. Construction of a new ESB substation and undergrounding of existing ESB power lines. 8. Amendments to the existing stormwater drainage system. 9. Provision of associated site infrastructure including electric vehicle parking spaces; cycle parking and shelter 20 sqm; tanker unloading bund; refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment; raised external plant deck (317 sqm); connections/upgrades to existing services; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; external lighting and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level to complete the project. 10. Current operational hours of the entire facility are 7 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. It is proposed that the hours of operation would increase to 24 hours with the use of shifts. The facility will not be operational on Sundays or Bank holidays. This would apply to both the existing and the above proposed extension. 11. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Assessment. Revised by Significant Further Information: a) Changes to the design of the building including adjustments to the height of the building so it now ranges from 10m to 14.5m at its highest point; b) Changes to the finishing and screening materials for the proposed building and associated infrastructure. c) Revised plans illustrating items “a” and “b” including a “Materials” document illustrating the specification and location of the finishing materials and physical samples of the finishing materials proposed on the façade of the r

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221443

• 15 Feb 2018Conditional

  the demolition of two semi-detached single storey dwellings and outbuildings; the construction of a single storey 40 Bed Women's Treatment Centre (1,194m2), plant building (23m2) and open-sided clothes drying shed (28m2); the alterations of an existing vehicular entrance at the southern corner of the site; the alterations of an existing vehicular entrance to a pedestrian entrance on the western corner of the site; the provision of on-site carparking; 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

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18153

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 kilometres (km) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional, and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 47km of the route is in County Kildare, 16km in County Laois and 52km in County Carlow. An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1781

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• KD035-016 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI S 218) as a circular area (est. diam. c. 45m). enclosed by a low bank. The bank is levelled but, according to local information, a large dark patch is visible after ploughing at the location, and small quantities of pottery (17th-century to 19th-century) are occasionally found when the area is ploughed. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 28 November 2013

Architectural heritage

• Cardington Lock, lock, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal lock, c. 1790, with timber and steel gates, limestone ashlar retaining walls, granite kerbs and four mooring bollards.

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2352 (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.

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

Name

Cardington Demesne · Diméin Bhaile Chairdín

Area

392,639 m² (39.26 ha, 97.02 acres)

Civil parish

Churchtown, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban West

Electoral division

Athy Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athy Rural electoral division: 4,548 people in 1,506 households; 65% of households own their home; 66% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barrowford, Cardington, Milltown, Paudeenourstown, Townparks, Woodstock North

Placenames

Cardington 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.