Coolcarrigan

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcarrigan, from 28 m² to 3,707,897 m² (370.79 ha, 916.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Coolcarrigan 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.

• 2 Sept 2025Refused

  for provision of a solar photovoltaic panel array consisting of up to 66,000m2 of solar panels on ground-mounted steel frames, 2 no. electricity control cabins, 10no. inverter units, underground cable ducts, CCTV and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 25149

• 8 Jul 2025N/a

  for provision of a solar photovoltaic panel array consisting of up to 66,000m2 of solar panels on ground-mounted steel frames, 2 no. electricity control cabins, J0no. inverter units, underground cable ducts, CCTV and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 25123

• 26 Aug 2023Conditional

  ***SID ***ABP Application - Proposed further Development of the Drehid Waste Management Facility. Granted by ABP 06.09.2024. ABP-317292-23

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23317292

• 28 Jul 2023Conditional

  for an amendment to the granted planning (Planning Reference: 221203) which comprised consent for a solar PV energy development and battery storage compound at Coolcarrigan, Timahoe West, Co. Kildare. Proposed amendments include; (1) An increase in the quantum of energy export that the solar park can produce from 80MW to up to 120MW (2) an amendment to the wording of the battery energy storage from 80MWh to up to 80MW, which amends the power output from the energy capacity to the rated power, to provide battery energy storage to greater flexibility in how it imports and exports the electricity to the grid (3) clarification of adjacent permitted development 15/1172 (extension of duration under 20/1052) increasing the energy export from 15MW to upp to 19.4MW)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360073

• 19 Jul 2023N/a

  Coolcarrigan Farm Limited intend to apply for an amendment to the granted planning (Planning Reference: 221203) which comprised consent for a solar PV energy development and battery storage compound at Coolcarrigan, Timahoe West, Co. Kildare. Proposed amendments include; (1) The quantum of energy export of up to 120MW (2) quantum of energy export of up to 80MW (3) Clarification of energy export (of up to 19.5MW, no battery storage) of adjacent permitted development 15/1172 (extension of duration under 20/1052);

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360049

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  for a 10-year permission, for the construction and operation of a renewable energy development within a site boundary of c. 114 ha. The proposed development will consist of a development area of circa 71.7 ha including solar on fixed on ground mounted frames with a maximum height of 3 metres, 1 No. battery storage compound, 1 No. customer switchgear container, 1 No. 110kv grid connected single storey substation, 1 No. single storey customer substation and all associated electrical plant, inverter units, electrical transformers, battery units, cooling equipment, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, upgrading of existing access road and new internal access roads and all associated ancillary activities. The proposed development will have a 35-year operational life from the date of commissioning. Revised by significant further information which consists of Provision of quantum of energy export (of up to 80MW) in the proposed development and storage capacity of proposed battery compound (of up to 80MWh). Clarification of energy export (of up to 15MW, no battery storage) of adjacent permitted development 15/1172 (extension of duration under 20/1052); Submission of details of adjacent permitted development 15/1172 (extension of duration under 20/1052); Provision of details of minor works to site entrance, construction traffic warning signage to public roadway, at proposed site entrance and also within internal haul routes; Clarification of extent of private roadway (haul roads) within the site; Provision of a fire risk assessment of hazards for on or near the solar array and battery storage compound; Provision of programme/schedule of works for proposed development and adjacent permitted development 15/1172 (extension of duration under 20/1052; Provision of amended Archaeological Impact Assessment. Provision of draft Construction Traffic Management Plan; Provision of Independent Road Safety Audit Stage 1/2; Provision of amended preliminary Construction and Environment Management Plan; Provision of Preliminary Public Liaison Engagement Plan

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221203

• 16 Sept 2022N/a

  a 10 year permission for the erection and operation of a solar photovoltaic energy development. The proposed development will consist of fixed solar panels and battery storage over an area of c.114ha. The development will include solar panels of max height of 3 metres. 1 no. battery storage compound and battery storage units, customer switchgear container. 1 no. 110kV grid connected single storey substation. 1 no. single storey customer substation and all associated electrical plant, electrical transformer and inverter units, cooling equipment, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, upgrading of existing access road and new internal access roads and all associated ancillary activities. The proposed development will have a 35 year operational life from the date of commissioning

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221132

• 14 Dec 2020Conditional

  Extension of duration of Planning Ref. No 151172. solar PV panel array consisting of up to 66,000m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, 2 no. electricity control cabins, 10 no. inverter units, underground cable ducts, hardstanding area, boundary security fence site entrance, CCTV and all associated site works located in the townland of

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 201529

• 20 Dec 2017Refused

  STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (ABP Decision) Increase in waste material at disposal facility at Drehid Waste Management Facility

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17300506

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolcarrigan.

Recorded monuments

• KD008-038 Road - unclassified togher
  Description

  The site (L 72m; Wth 1m; D 0.08m) consists of several pieces of hazel brushwood (diam. 0.01-0.025m) in a haphazard arrangement, probably the destroyed remains of a more substantial structure. Some evidence for burning was recorded. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD009-046 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of large subcircular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 55m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery with associated field system radiating out from the enclosure. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Sourke Date of upload: 02 April 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolcarrigan.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2562 (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 Coolcarrigan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Coolcarrigan · Cúil Charraigín

Area

7,035,149 m² (703.51 ha, 1,738.42 acres)

Civil parish

Timahoe, and its townlands

Barony

Clane

Electoral division

Timahoe South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Timahoe South electoral division: 830 people in 254 households; 86% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Allenwood North, Ballynakill Lower, Ballynakill Upper, Coolearagh West, Corduff, Drummond, Kilkeaskin, Killinagh Lower, Killinagh Upper, Loughnacush, Timahoe West

Placenames

Coolcarrigan 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.