Carnalway
Townland in the civil parish of Carnalway, barony of Naas South, Co. Kildare; in Irish Carn Almhaí
- Area
- 304.3 ha
- 752 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 4,301 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnalway, from 53 m² to 467,656 m² (46.77 ha, 115.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Carnalway 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
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
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
20 Jul 2020Conditional
alterations to previously granted application PL 19/1085, (single storey extension to existing dormer style dwelling currently under construction) alterations include the relocation of the front door, reduction of floor area, external alterations to window sizes and locations and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 20793
29 Jun 2020N/a
Alterations to previously granted applications PL 19/1085, ( currently under construction) alterations include the relocation of the front door, reduction of floor area, external alterations to window size and locations and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 20668
15 Apr 2020Conditional
the retention of the following a) Change of use of previously granted outhouse building under planning ref. 02/66 to cookery demonstration school. b) Extension to cookery demonstration school to include demonstration area and storeroom. c) Amendments to existing site layout including all associated site development and facilitating works. d) Planning permission for proposed new covered seating area. e) Proposed upgrading of existing vehicle entrance. f) Proposed installation of new treatment system & percolation area & decommissioning of existing septic tank along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20386
30 Sept 2019Conditional
a single storey extension to side and rear of existing dormer style dwelling, internal renovations and alterations, use of existing onsite services and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 191085
22 Mar 2019Conditional
the construction and operation of a treated water supply booster station and all associated site development and site excavation works above and below ground. Revised by significant further information consisting of; amended Site Boundary, amended Site Layout, new vehicular access to public road and new site boundary fencing and hedges
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19291
4 Feb 2019Conditional
the addition of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and the extension of a first floor bedroom over part of the new ground floor extension, and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 1995
18 Jan 2019N/a
the addition of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and the extension of a first floor bedroom over part of the new ground floor extension, and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 1934
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
22 Jun 2018Conditional
(a) Proposed new two storey dwelling; (b) New vehicle entrance; (c) Domestic double garage; (d) Treatment system and percolation area along with all associated site development facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18753
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.
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 Carnalway.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carnalway.
Architectural heritage
- The Glebe House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey Tudor Revival style former rectory, c.1870, with single-bay two-storey return to rear to west. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1995, comprising three-bay two-storey parallel block with dormer attic to west with entrance reoriented to north elevation having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added. Now in private residential use. Gable-ended roofs (behind roughcast parapets to gables). Gabled roofs to window openings to first floor (treated as dormer attic windows). Replacement slate, c.1995. Concrete ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Stone coping to gables. Square rooflights to additional block to west. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves band. Flat-roof to porch. Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Moulded rendered hood mouldings to north and to east. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1995, with some possibly original. French windows to ground floor to additional block to west. Apertures to some gables. Square-headed door opening. Timber panelled door to west. Interior with original timber panelled shutters to some window openings. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Gravel forecourt to north and to west. Lawns to south.Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1870, to south-west. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with lime render over. Whitewashed. Square-headed openings. No sills. Timber fittings.Walled garden, c.1870, to south-west.
- Carnalway National School, school, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Attached four-bay single-storey former national school, c.1870, comprising three-bay single-storey main block with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre, single-bay single-storey gabled advanced end bay to west and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to south. Refenestrated, c.1995. Gable-ended roofs (gabled to porch) with slate. Crested clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Timber eaves and bargeboards (inscribed to porch). Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to return. Bitumen felt. Rendered walls. Unpainted. Rendered margins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds.Attached three-bay two-storey former school master's house, c.1870, at right angles to east (forming projecting end bay of school) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre and single-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to west. Gable-ended roofs (gabled to porch; lean-to to return) with slate. Crested clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Unpainted. Rendered margins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door.
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 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 Carnalway.
- 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 Carnalway with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Carnalway · Carn Almhaí
- Area
- 3,042,770 m² (304.28 ha, 751.88 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
- Brannockstown, Brownstown, Cramersvalley, Delamain, Dunnstown, Harristown, Knockatippaun, Logstown, Silliothill, Walterstown
- Placenames
- Carnalway 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.