Crookstown Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Narraghmore, barony of Narragh and Reban East, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile Chrúc Íochtarach
- Area
- 120.2 ha
- 297 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 4,274 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential / Infill
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crookstown Lower, from 676 m² to 186,190 m² (18.62 ha, 46.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Ballitore, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Ballitore, Kildare · 1 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
11 Mar 2026Conditional
domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works.
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660264
10 Mar 2026N/a
domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works.
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660261
8 Dec 2025Conditional
Extension of Duration on File 20/860 which was to replace previously granted planning application reference number 16/158. The proposed development will consist of the erection of a new milking parlour with a dairy office and plant rooms, a roofed handling area, calving pens, slatted tanks, a meal bin and improvements to existing entrance with all associated facilities and site works
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 25179
3 Dec 2024Conditional
for a single storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the red line boundary being changed and the agricultural underpass has been changed
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461290
28 Nov 2024N/a
for a single storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461265
22 Mar 2024Refused
to construct a single storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460250
11 Mar 2024N/a
to construct a single storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460211
27 May 2022Conditional
the erection of 2 cubicle sheds with slatted tanks, working aprons and an over ground slurry store with all associated facilities and site works
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 22635
30 Sept 2021Refused
for a dwelling house, domestic garage with gym/playroom to first floor, entrance and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211409
28 Sept 2021Refused
to construct a two-storey dwelling house whish will also be used to accommodate my "The Beauty Room" business, O'Reilly Oakstown sewerage treatment system, connection to public water-main, domestic garage, new entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211383
15 Sept 2021N/a
to construct a two-storey dwelling house which will also be used to accommodate my "The Beauty Room" business, O'Reilly Oakstown sewerage treatment system, connection to public water-main, domestic garage, new entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211313
15 Feb 2021Conditional
the erection of a new slatted cattle shed and a silage base with all associated facilities and site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21173
21 Oct 2020Refused
of dwelling house, domestic garage with gym/playroom to first floor, entrance and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201247
6 Oct 2020N/a
retention of dwelling house, domestic garage with gym / playroom to first floor entrance and all ancillary site works,
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201162
5 Aug 2020Conditional
to replace previously granted planning application reference number 16/158. The proposed development will consist of the erection of a new milking parlour with a dairy office and plant rooms, a roofed handling area, calving pens, slatted tanks, a meal bin and improvements to existing entrance with all associated facilities and site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20860
3 Feb 2020Conditional
a single storey dwelling, detached garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area, bored well and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2074
12 Feb 2019Refused
to replace previously granted planning application reference number 16/158. The proposed development will consist of the erection of a new milking parlour with a dairy office and plant rooms, a roofed handling area, bedding storage area, calving pens, slatted tanks and a meal bin with all associated facilities and site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19126
22 Jun 2017Conditional
the construction of a pre-cast concrete cattle underpass under the public road, pre-cast effluent storage tank, pre-cast road wall units and ancillary site works located
Permission · Kildare County Council, 17733
13 Jun 2017Conditional
the erection of 2 cubicle sheds with slatted tanks, working aprons and an over ground slurry store with all associated facilities and site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 17692
25 Apr 2017N/a
the construction of a cattle underpass under the public road, effluent storage tank and ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 17468
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 Crookstown Lower.
Recorded monuments
- KD036-053 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 25m) visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Faint outline of cropmark visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 November 2018
Architectural heritage
- Mill (water), 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay three-storey rubble stone corn mill with attic, c.1840, originally with single-bay two-storey end bay to north-east and with original cast-iron waterwheel to side elevation to south-west. Extended, c.1880, comprising three-bay three-storey lower wing to left (north) incorporating original end bay. Extended, c.1880, comprising four-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay along front elevation to north-west. Extensively renovated, c.1980, to accommodate residential use and use as heritage centre. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Red clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to additional range along front (north-west) elevation. Replacement corrugated-fibre-glass, c.1980. Timber eaves. Replacement aluminium rainwater goods, c.1980. Random rubble stone walls. Dressed stone quoins to corners. Cut-stone plaque. Cast-iron waterwheel to side elevation to south-west. Square-headed openings. No sills. Yellow brick dressings. Replacement 6/6 timber sash windows, c.1980. Replacement timber boarded double doors, c.1980. Set back from road in own grounds. Gravel forecourt to front.Mill race, c.1840, along side elevation to south-west with cut-stone retaining walls.
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 moderately low, 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 Crookstown Lower.
- 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 Crookstown Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Crookstown Lower · Baile Chrúc Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,202,183 m² (120.22 ha, 297.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Narraghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Narragh and Reban East
- Electoral division
- Narraghmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Narraghmore electoral division: 867 people in 257 households; 85% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballitore, Boleybeg, Crookstown Upper, Inchaquire, Moyleabbey, Narraghmore
- Placenames
- Crookstown Lower 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.