Cornelscourt
Townland in the civil parish of Morristownbiller, barony of Connell, Co. Kildare
Parcel 1015835
- Area
- 14,202 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 2,481 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cornelscourt
Planning applications on this parcel
17 May 2022Conditional
modifications to the permission granted under application register reference 21/424 which approved the redevelopment of the school. The modifications proposed to the approved scheme comprise revisions adjacent the entrance and drop off area to incorporate 3no. heat pumps in an enclosure measuring 4m x 8.7m, 1no. LPG tank in an enclosure measuring 3m x 5m, and all their associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22570
31 Mar 2021Conditional
the demolition of the existing school and associated out buildings and the construction of a new spilt level single and two storey 14-classroom school building with a total floor area of 2,731sqm and incorporating a general-purpose hall, additional special needs classrooms, library, staff rooms and all ancillary accommodation. The building will also include photovoltaic panels on the roof. Works to the new school grounds will consist of the provision of 2 no. hardcourt play courts, 2 no. playgrounds, sensory garden and associated hard and soft landscaping throughout. The development will also include new vehicular and pedestrian access arrangements to incorporate revised entrance and boundary treatments on the Station Road. The revised access from Station Road will incorporate an internal drop-off and pick-up area for both cars and buses, the provision of 12 no. car parking spaces, incorporating 2 no. disabled parking spaces, 16 no. bus spaces and 10 no. bicycle parking stands. New entrance/exit accesses from Morristown Woods to allow access to 22 no. staff parking spaces at the northern end of the site are also proposed. To allow for the construction of the new school while the existing school building remains operational, permission is sought for temporary construction access arrangements from the Station Road and Morristown Woods and temporary drop off and staff parking areas at Station Road. Permission is also sought for associated drainage works and boundary treatments, including acoustic screen onto part of Station Road, and all other site development works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21424
4 Sept 2019Conditional
demolishing an existing single storey dwelling and constructing 10 No. two-storey dwellings consisting of 4 No. semi-detached units, 2 No. terraced blocks of three units and all ancillary site works
Permission, 9 homes · Kildare County Council, 19995
12 Jun 2018Conditional
STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ABP Decision) a residential development of 281 no. 1/2/3 bedroom units comprising 167 apartments within 5 no. 3-4 storey blocks, and 114 houses comprising 16 no. detached, 76 no. semi-detached and 22 no. terraced. Provision of a crèche (c. 304sqm), bike and bin stores (total floor area c. 336sqm). 460 no. car parking spaces, 406 no. bicycle parking spaces. Provision of public open spaces and completion of streets and link roads. All associated site development works, landscaping, boundary treatments and services provision
Permission, 112 homes · Kildare County Council, 18301818
24 May 2018Conditional
the erection of a single storey prefabricated building consisting of 1 No. general classroom and toilet accommodation located to the rear/south west of the existing school, together with all associated site-works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18613
25 May 2017Conditional
for the construction of 2 No. maximum 38KV electrical pylons, 16.2metres in height, to facilitate the undergrounding to overhead ESB wires crossing the site and allow for the development previously approved under planning reference 16/1013on this c. 7.15Ha site bounded by The Meadows and Morristown Wood to the north, Newbridge railway line to the south, Newbridge Town football grounds to the east, and agricultural lands to the west in the townlands of Morristownbiller and Cornelscourt,
Permission · Kildare County Council, 17614
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 94.7 ha
- 234 acres
- Land parcels
- 159
- registered freehold, median 240 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
159 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornelscourt, from 30 m² to 236,446 m² (23.64 ha, 58.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cornelscourt 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
29 Jan 2026Conditional
change of design to single storey extension to the rear (south west) elevation of existing house from that previously granted planning permission under file Ref. No. 25/60800. There are no modifications to the garage for domestic use, wastewater treatment system and percolation area as granted under the parent permission file Ref. 25/60800
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660080
18 Sept 2025Conditional
for a Sub-division of existing site to allow for the construction of a single story house, Recessed Entrance, Approved effluent treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561068
15 Jul 2025Conditional
for (A) Construction of a single storey extension to Rear (south west) elevation with new front door entrance on the Side (north west) elevation. (B) the existing front door on the Front (north east) elevation to be replaced with a new window, the insertion of new window on the existing gable Side (north west) elevation (C) Minor internal alterations within the existing house, (D) construction of garage/ store for domestic use and (E) the decommissioning of the existing septic tank with a replacement installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment system with polishing filter percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560800
27 Aug 2021Conditional
for alterations made to front elevation including the installation of a garage door to existing carport area and all ancillary site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 211237
4 Sept 2019Conditional
demolishing an existing single storey dwelling and constructing 10 No. two-storey dwellings consisting of 4 No. semi-detached units, 2 No. terraced blocks of three units and all ancillary site works
Permission, 9 homes · Kildare County Council, 19995
26 Nov 2018N/a
the erection of a new single storey dwelling house and domestic garage, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, and relocation of existing entrance, together with all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181426
22 May 2017Refused
dormer type house, garage for domestic use, proprietary wastewater treatment system and relocation of existing agricultural entrance to a combined double vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17582
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Pollardstown Fen SAC 000396
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Pollardstown Fen 000396
Recorded monuments
- KD023-131 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Cropmark of roughly circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 32m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 28 May 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cornelscourt.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Cornelscourt, Newbridge5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Cornelscourt
- Area
- 947,235 m² (94.72 ha, 234.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Morristownbiller, and its townlands
- Barony
- Connell
- Electoral division
- Morristownbiller, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Hawkfield, Morristownbiller, Piercetown, Pollardstown, Rickardstown, Rosberry, Scarletstown
- Placenames
- Cornelscourt on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.