Collaghknock Glebe
Townland in the civil parish of Kildare, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 58.2 ha
- 144 acres
- Land parcels
- 268
- registered freehold, median 266 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential / Infill
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
268 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Collaghknock Glebe, from 26 m² to 80,716 m² (8.07 ha, 19.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 268 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5National Stud and Green Belt (Tourism and related)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential - Phase 2 (New/proposed residential)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 0 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
16 Mar 2025Conditional
for a double storey front, side and rear extension, comprising of an utility room, playroom and wet room on ground floor level, a new bedroom and bathroom on first floor level, pitched roof at first floor level to front of new extension, a new roof window to rear of new roof and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560276
12 May 2023Refused
Large Scale Residential Development at a site of c.10.3ha. The development lands are located to the north of the Dublin Road (R445), east/northeast of Heffernan Tyres and Ruanbeg Manor Estate and southeast of Coolaghknock Estate. The application site includes works along the R445 and at Ruanbeg Park and Ruanbeg Avenue. The proposed development will comprise the construction of 295 no. residential units along with a two storey creche facility measuring c.472.7sqm. The residential units will include 15 no. single storey, semi-detached/terraced houses (12 no. 1 beds and 3 no. 2-beds) provided as "age-friendly housing". 206 no. two storey, semi-detached/terraced (10 no. 2 beds, 160 no. 3 beds 36 no. 4 beds) 74 no. three storey duplexes/apartments (37 no. 2 beds, 37 no. 3 beds) arranged within 6 no. blocks. All residential units will be provided with associated private gardens/balconies/terraces facing to the north/south/east/west. New vehicular and pedestrian/cyclist accesses will be via Dublin Road (R445) and Ruanbeg Avenue and a pedestrian only access via Ruanbeg Park, with upgrade to existing public road as necessary. All associated site development works, including 571 no. car parking spaces (including EV parking), 236 no. cycle parking spaces, public and communal open spaces, landscaping, SuDS features, boundary treatment, plant areas, waste management areas/bin stores, and services provision (including ESB substations, pumping station) are also proposed. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of Replacement of 3. no. three duplex apartment blocks in the northeast corner of the site with two storey housing and the inclusion of a new multifunctional space within the "age friendly housing block". This results in a reduction in no. of residential units to 285 no. residential units. Made up of 14 no. single story, semi detached/terraced houses (12 no. 1-beds and 2 no. 2 beds) provided as "age friendly housing", 231 no. two storey, semi-detached/terraced houses (20 no. 2 beds, 173no.3 beds, 38 no .4 beds); and 40 no. duplexes/apartments. (20 n. 2 beds, 20 no. 3 beds) arranged within 3 no. three storey blocks. Along with an associated reduction in parking provision to 560 no, car parking spaces (including EV parking) and 138 no. cycle parking spaces and the inclusion of a signalised ju
Permission, 221 homes · Kildare County Council, 23510
1 Sept 2022Conditional
alterations and extension to existing two storey dwelling. The application will include the following: an extension to the front, side and rear of the dwelling to include a new bedroom, utility room and toilet all at ground floor level, along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 221069
11 May 2020Conditional
change of house type on Site 1 previously approved under Pl Ref. No. 19/539 from 1no. two storey 4 bedroom Detached House Type to 2no. two storey 3 bedroom Semi Detached Houses - House Type C and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 20476
15 Aug 2019Conditional
two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and some small alterations to the front elevation of existing semi detached two storey house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19923
15 May 2019Conditional
7 No. houses as follows: (a) 1 No. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached house on site 1; (b) 6 No. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses on sites 2-7 inclusive; (c) Connection to mains sewer, landscaping and all associated site development works. Revised by significant further information consisting of; Revised site layout including new details on all water services, landscaping and associated site works. Revisions to house design on site 1, House Type B
Permission, 7 homes · Kildare County Council, 19539
8 Aug 2018Conditional
of existing domestic shed to rear of existing site and all ancillary works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 18957
6 Apr 2018Conditional
single storey extension to front side and rear to enlarge kitchen/dinning also new playroom to side, also new porch to front and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18382
31 Jan 2018N/a
7no. houses as follows, (a) 1no. 4bedroom 2 storey detached house on site 1. (b) 6no. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi detached houses on sites 2-7 inclusive. (c) Connection to mains sewer, landscaping and all associated site development works
Permission, 7 homes · Kildare County Council, 1891
12 Apr 2017Refused
7 No. houses as follows: (a) 1 No. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached house on site 1. (b) 6 No. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses on sites 2-7 inclusive. (c) Connection to mains sewer, landscaping and all associated site development works
Permission, 7 homes · Kildare County Council, 17403
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: Curragh (Kildare) 000392
Recorded monuments
- KD022-037 Burial
Description
According to Lucas (1969, 103), an adult female burial was found near the surface (D 0.55m) in a natural sand hill or esker. Apparently unprotected, the skeleton was orientated SW-NE, with the skull at the SW. No grave goods were noted. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 22-12-2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Collaghknock Glebe.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Collaghknock Glebe.
- 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 Collaghknock Glebe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Collaghknock Glebe
- Area
- 582,039 m² (58.2 ha, 143.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kildare, and its townlands
- Barony
- Offaly East
- Electoral division
- Kildare, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kildare electoral division: 11,587 people in 3,873 households; 64% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curragh, Kildare, Whitesland East
- Placenames
- Collaghknock Glebe 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.