# Common North, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Carn, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 451,764 m² (45.18 ha, 111.63 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,246 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential / Infill, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Carn, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/carn.md - Barony: Offaly East - Electoral division: Ballysax West, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,233 people lived in 415 households in the Ballysax West electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25671 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80359 - Centre: latitude 53.11362, longitude -6.849124 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Common North, from 33 m² to 17,822 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres); 46 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5199038: 17,822 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5199038.md - Parcel 2584481: 14,194 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2584481.md - Parcel 1057170: 11,568 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057170.md - Parcel 1034776: 8,451 m² (0.85 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034776.md - Parcel 1016195: 6,143 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016195.md - Parcel 1084596: 4,268 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084596.md - Parcel 1017034: 3,090 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1017034.md - Parcel 1042635: 1,647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042635.md - Parcel 1053790: 1,339 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053790.md - Parcel 1074268: 1,246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074268.md - Parcel 1080922: 1,067 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1080922.md - Parcel 4120490: 908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4120490.md - Parcel 1048344: 901 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1048344.md - Parcel 1047651: 554 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1047651.md - Parcel 1075834: 539 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075834.md - Parcel 4120503: 426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4120503.md - Parcel 1014885: 294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014885.md - Parcel 5538667: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5538667.md - Parcel 1048971: 33 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1048971.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential): Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft, Kildare; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/KildareCountyDevelopmentPlan2023-2029/Volume2SmallTownsEnvironsVillagesRuralSettlements/ - G4 Open Space and Amenity (Active open space): Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft, Kildare; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/KildareCountyDevelopmentPlan2023-2029/Volume2SmallTownsEnvironsVillagesRuralSettlements/ ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 12 applications, newest first. - 29 Jun 2026, Kildare County Council 2660710: N/a. Retention. for change of use of agricultural land for use as an existing yard for storage of land reclaimation machinery and drainage material. Retention of earth bunding to help screen the development as constructed. Retention of existing entrance as constructed, permission for the construction of a new storage shed for agricultural machinery, permission for temporary welfare facilities (portaloo and staff canteen) and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660710/0 - 3 Nov 2025, Kildare County Council 25169: Refused. Permission. for a two storey dwelling, domestic garage and effluent treatment system and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/25169/0 - 30 Jun 2025, Kildare County Council 25118: Refused. Permission. for installation of new Sepcon BAF waste water treatment system, Installation of new polishing filter and infiltration bed, Decommissioning of existing waste water treatment system. All ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/25118/0 - 21 Aug 2024, Kildare County Council 2460808: Conditional. Permission. for (a) The installation of Ball Stop netting to the existing 4 no. GFC goal posts (goal posts 1 & 2 are located within the GFC playing pitch 1 and goal posts 3 & 4 are located within the GFC playing pitch no. 2) and (b) All associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460808/0 - 1 Sept 2023, Kildare County Council 23880: Conditional. Permission. for (a) Erection of 8Nr, 10m high floodlighting columns to existing playing pitch with associated light fittings, (b) removal of existing temporary lighting columns along with site infrastructure works, landscaping works and all associated site development and facilitating works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23880/0 - 11 Aug 2023, Kildare County Council 23843: N/a. Permission. The development will consist of the following works, planning permission for (a) Erection of 8Nr, 10m high floodlighting columns to existing playing pitch with associated light fittings, (b) removal of existing temporary lighting columns along with site infrastructure works, landscaping works and all associated site development and facilitating works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23843/0 - 21 Jul 2022, Kildare County Council 22892: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) construction of a dormer type house, (B) Garage/Store for domestic use, (C) Installation of a Corcoran Effluent Treatment System and Ecoflo Tertiary system percolation area and (D) New vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22892/0 - 2 Feb 2022, Kildare County Council 22104: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for (A) construction of a dormer type house, (B) Garage/Store for domestic use, (C) Installation of a Corcoran Effluent Treatment System and Ecoflo Tertiary system percolation area and (D) New vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22104/0 - 6 Apr 2021, Kildare County Council 21452: Refused. Permission. to construct a 24 metre monopole tower carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound with temporary access track. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21452/0 - 1 Oct 2020, Kildare County Council 201130: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (a) Erection of a single storey type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) Installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (d) New combined vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201130/0 - 24 Sept 2020, Kildare County Council 201093: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (A) erection of a single storey type house, (B) Garage/ fuel store for domestic use, (C) installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) New combined vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works,. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201093/0 - 16 Jan 2017, Kildare County Council 1721: Conditional. Retention. of a single story pre-fabricated shed for storage, and work area use along with conreate wall boundary. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1721/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Common North. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Common North. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Common North. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Common North, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2572, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2572.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kildare/common-north.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/common-north.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/common-north.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Common North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyfair: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballyfair.md - Brownstown Little: https://everytownland.com/kildare/brownstown-little.md - Brownstown Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/brownstown-upper.md - Carn: https://everytownland.com/kildare/carn.md - Churchland East: https://everytownland.com/kildare/churchland-east.md - Churchland South: https://everytownland.com/kildare/churchland-south.md - Crockaun: https://everytownland.com/kildare/crockaun.md - Emlagher: https://everytownland.com/kildare/emlagher.md - Martinstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/martinstown-80852.md - Newtown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/newtown-80946.md - Suncroft: https://everytownland.com/kildare/suncroft.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kildare/common-north - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/common-north