Cornamucklagh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilrainy, barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare; in Irish Corr na Muclach
- Area
- 174.5 ha
- 431 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 4,461 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornamucklagh, from 85 m² to 379,935 m² (37.99 ha, 93.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Cornamucklagh 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
10 Jul 2025Conditional
for (A) Construction of a single storey type extension to the front (East) and side (North) of existing type dormer house. (B) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and the installation of a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter percolation area, with all associated site works. (C) New means of escape rooflight to the rear (West) elevation of the existing house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560777
20 Mar 2025Refused
for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a total site area of 45.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP unit, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compound, landscaping and all ancillary infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. The export capacity to grid is estimated to be c. 35MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560291
15 Feb 2025N/a
for (A) Construction of a part single storey and part one and a half storey type extension to the front (East) and side (North) of existing type dormer house. (B) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and the installation of a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter percolation area, with all associated site works. (C) New means of escape rooflight to the rear (West) elevation of the existing house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560141
11 Jul 2024Refused
for (A) erection of a two-storey type extension to the front (East) and side (North) of existing dormer type house in order to form a family flat. (B) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter percolation area and all associated siteworks. (C) New means of escape rooflight to the rear (West) elevation of the existing house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460653
20 Jun 2022Conditional
development will consist of the demolition of the garage and elements to the rear of the existing dwelling and the construction of a new two-storey extension to the rear, internal and external works to the existing dwelling, the widening of the existing vehicular entrance to the site and the relocation of the existing wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22752
10 Jun 2022N/a
the demolition of the garage and elements to the rear of the existing dwelling and the construction of a new two-storey extension to the rear, internal and external works to the existing dwelling, the widening of the existing vehicular entrance to the site and the relocation of the existing wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22722
28 Jan 2022Refused
(1) Quarry development and associated processing previously permitted under Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 99/2042 and ABP Ref. PL09.123207 to include drilling, blasting, crushing and screening of rock; and extension to same with deepening to 40m AOD, with an overall extraction area of c. 6.2 hectares with associated water settlement lagoon and hydrocarbon interceptor for discharge of clean water off-site. The appropriate period of planning register reference 99/2042 was extended by order dated 03/02/2017 by Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 16/1246: (2) Extension of c. 20.3 hectares to the current sand and gravel extraction area (Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 03/2754 / ABP Ref. PL09.209480 and Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 97/1731) with processing that includes crushing, washing and screening; and provision of perimeter screening berms. The sand and gravel extraction will be dry working above the water table; (3) Continued use of buildings and structures associated with the sand and gravel pit previously granted planning permission under Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 03/2754 comprising of the crushing, washing and screening plant with associated silt disposal lagoons: readymix concrete batching plant including powerhouse: prefabricated office; weighbridge; workshop building with concrete laboratory and bunded fuel tanks; aggregate storage bays; and one liquid effluent treatment system unit; (4) Closure of the existing site entrance with provision of a new site entrance located to the north of the existing entrance; realignment of the main internal site access road from the new site entrance to the central processing area; provision of a screening berm along western site boundary and relocation of the existing wheelwash; (5) Restoration of the site lands will be to a combination of beneficial agricultural and ecological after-uses; (6) All associated site works within an overall application area of c. 71.3 hectares. The proposed operational period is for 20 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 22 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this planning application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of alterations/changes to the EIAR and the NIS and also includes a Hydrogeological Risk Assessment
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2283
30 Aug 2017Conditional
constructing a storey and a half living and bedroom extension to the front, a storey and a half bedroom extension to the rear, a single storey kitchen extension to the rear and a single storey sunroom extension to the west gable to include siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17986
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 Cornamucklagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cornamucklagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cornamucklagh.
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
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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 Cornamucklagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Cornamucklagh · Corr na Muclach
- Area
- 1,744,854 m² (174.49 ha, 431.16 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilrainy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Kilrainy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilrainy electoral division: 773 people in 241 households; 82% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Cornamucklagh 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.