Donore

114 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Donore, from 9 m² to 527,294 m² (52.73 ha, 130.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Donore 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.

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  of 21/1201 which consists of demolition of the existing kitchen, bathroom and the shed to the rear, porch at the front of existing house and the construction of the new 65.2 sqm single storey extension at the rear containing a new kitchen, dining, living and bathroom, new window, two Velux roof lights and solar panels to the front, internal reconfiguration of the old house together with all associated site work

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 2669

• 15 Dec 2025Refused

  to construct Bungalow, Domestic Garage, Connect to existing Foul Sewer, Widen existing entrance and all associated works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 25184

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  for (A) Retaining a single-storey clubhouse building as constructed in lieu of clubhouse building previously approved in file ref. no. 14/71. (B) Retaining a G.A.A. hurling wall/all-weather sports playing surface with floodlights as constructed in lieu of G.A.A. hurling wall previously approved in file ref. no. 14/71. (C) Constructing a single storey extension to the sides of the existing clubhouse building. (D) Constructing a new recreational pedestrian walkway with bollard lighting. (E) Constructing a single storey machinery store. (F) Constructing a new car parking area, and all associated ancillary site-works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560392

• 3 Apr 2025N/a

  for (A) Retaining a single-storey clubhouse building as constructed in lieu of clubhouse building previously approved in file ref. no. 14/71. (B) Retaining a G.A.A. hurling wall/all-weather sports playing surface with floodlights as constructed in lieu of G.A.A. hurling wall previously approved in file ref. no. 14/71. (C) Constructing a single storey extension to the sides of the existing clubhouse building. (D) Constructing a new recreational pedestrian walkway with bollard lighting. (E) Constructing a single storey machinery store. (F) Constructing a new car parking area, and all associated ancillary site-works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560343

• 21 Nov 2024Refused

  for (A) construction of 1 no. single storey house on site 4 for Gordon Condon (B) construction of 1 no. garage for domestic use on site 4 (C) temporary access for site 4 from existing driveway to applicant’s own house, (D) site development works for 4 no. future single storey houses including roads, paths, services, landscaping (sites 1-3 and 5), (E) 1 no. new vehicular recessed entrance, servicing sites 1-5, (F) 1 no. connection to public mains sewerage, servicing sites 1-5 and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2461230

• 6 Aug 2024Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling, connection to the public sewer, a new access road and road entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460759

• 9 Jan 2024Conditional

  for (1) refurbishment, recladding and extension to the existing museum in the form of a new mezzanine level to enhance viewing experience of vintage cars, racing exhibits and memorabilia, and lift; new reception area with provision for vehicle display area; and associated plant room and disabled toilet linked to the main museum building equating to 515sqm; (2) provision of a two storey hospitality building (882sqm) excluding external terrace) in matching cladding to refurbished museum, reception area, designated classroom, hospitality area, bar, corporate/dining area, toilets, kitchen, dry store and classroom at ground floor level with external display area within a landscaped area, and at first floor a recessed viewing terrace overlooking the paddock and circuit, hospitality area, meeting room, event office, toilets, plant and storage area; (3) provision of new pedestrian overbridge including lift for disabled access; and (4) provision of 2 no. new cycle racks, 4 no. Electric Vehicle recharging spaces, improvements to existing accesses through enhanced road signage, road markings, extended sightlines and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 245

• 21 Dec 2023N/a

  (1) refurbishment, recladding and extension to the existing museum in the form of a new mezzanine level to enhance viewing experience of vintage cars, racing exhibits and memorabilia, and lift; new reception area with provision for vehicle display area; and associated plant room and disabled toilet linked to the main museum building equating to 515sqm; (2) provision of a two storey hospitality building (882sqm) excluding external terrace) in matching cladding to refurbished museum, reception area, designated classroom, hospitality area, bar, corporate/dining area, toilets, kitchen, dry store and classroom at ground floor level with external display area within a landscaped area, and at first floor a recessed viewing terrace overlooking the paddock and circuit, hospitality area, meeting room, event office, toilets, plant and storage area; (3) provision of new pedestrian overbridge including lift for disabled access; and (4) provision of 2 no. new cycle racks, 4 no. Electric Vehicle recharging spaces, improvements to existing accesses through enhanced road signage, road markings, extended sightlines and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 231064

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  for 1) a detached dormer dwelling to the side of existing dwelling 2) to replace and relocate the existing recessed vehicular entrance with a double recessed vehicular entrance to serve the existing & proposed dwellings 3) to replace and relocate the existing septic tank (serving the existing dwelling) with a new on site treatment system & percolation area 4) Foul water from proposed dwelling to new on site treatment system & percolation area, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360522

• 7 Dec 2023N/a

  for 1) a detached dormer dwelling to the side of existing dwelling 2) to replace and relocate the existing recessed vehicular entrance with a double recessed vehicular entrance to serve the existing & proposed dwellings 3) to replace and relocate the existing septic tank (serving the existing dwelling) with a new on site treatment system & percolation area 4) Foul water from proposed dwelling to new on site treatment system & percolation area, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360460

• 3 Nov 2022Conditional

  to decommission and replace existing underground foul effluent storage tanks with an on-site wastewater treatment system followed by tertiary treatment, and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221308

• 10 Oct 2022Conditional

  The development will consist of a proposed 24 metre high lattice telecommunications structure with antennae, dishes and associated equipment, ground equipment and all associated groundworks. Works to include a 2.4 metre palisade fenced compound. Access to be via an existing field access and track

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221210

• 15 Aug 2022Conditional

  sought for a single storey extension to the rear of my house to include associated works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221002

• 8 Aug 2022Conditional

  proposed modifications to the previously permitted development (Kildare County Council Reg. Ref: 21/1201), consisting of: Replace and increase the existing roof due to bad condition to allow for mechanical ventilation and all associated works. Revise the proposed extension roof level to allow for improved roof connection between extension and existing house. The development area remains the same as the permitted development (Kildare County Council Reg. Ref 21/1201)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22971

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  sought for the demolition of existing 4 Nos. portacabin structures, and their replacement with single two-storey modular structure to provide for reception area, briefing area and amenities including kitchenette, toilets and changing rooms on the ground floor, a command centre, and a covered roof area on the first floor associated with the racing school, a new wastewater treatment system and tertiary polishing filter, and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22406

• 29 Mar 2022N/a

  the demolition of existing 4 nos. portacabin structures, and their replacement with single two-storey modular structure to provide for reception area, briefing area and amenities including kitchenette, toilets and changing rooms on the ground floor, a command centre, and a covered roof area on the first floor associated with the racing school, a new wastewater treatment system and tertiary polishing filter, and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22354

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  A) Detached caravan store (B) Detached shed and lean to turf shed (C) Single Storey rear extension to existing single storey semi-detached house as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 22294

• 20 Aug 2021Conditional

  demolition of the existing kitchen, bathroom and the shed to the rear, porch at the front of existing house and the construction of the new 65.2 sqm single storey extension at the rear containing a new kitchen, dining, living and bathroom, new window, two Velux roof lights and solar panels to the front, internal reconfiguration of the old house together with all associated site work

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211201

• 15 Jun 2021Conditional

  construction of a 125 sqm turf storage shed to the rear of existing dwelling, along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21864

• 25 May 2021Conditional

  (A) the erection of a single storey type house (B) new connection to public foul sewer (C) new combined recessed vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21727

• 19 May 2021N/a

  The development consists of (A) The erection of a single storey type house (B) new connection to public foul sewer (C) new combined recesssed vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21687

• 26 Apr 2021N/a

  decommissioning and removal of two No. existing sewage treatment systems and replacing same with the construction/installation of 2 No. new wastewater treatment systems and all associated development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21564

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  to retain extensions / alterations to existing 2 storey dwelling and also a detached storage shed, including all associated siteworks

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21429

• 30 Oct 2020Conditional

  (a) the erection of a single storey type house, (b) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (c) new connection to public foul sewer (d) new vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201302

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  The development will consist/consists of the importation of uncontaminated soil and stones to construct a berm adjacent to a section of the existing racetrack. This berm will serve two purposes: (i) Noise Screening and (ii) To serve as a viewing point for members of the public (provide a safe vantage point for health and safety purposes). Permission is also sought for the temporary installation of a portable toilet for the duration of the works. An Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive Screening for Appropriate Assessment report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Subsequent to planning a certificate of registration will be sought from Kildare County Council Environment/Waste Section for the duration of the infilling process

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201258

The 25 most recent of 34 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• KD013-023 Church
  Description

  According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 45), 'There is no tradition among the people that there ever existed a church there, but on examining the ground … something like three ridges or rises in the ground are to be seen, at right angles, forming as it were three sides of an oblong, (and long enough to be considered the site of the walls of a church) from which perhaps, we may infer that a religious edifice stood there.' Confusingly, perhaps, the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map shows a rectangular building orientated NW-SE (dims. L c. 20m; Wth c. 8m) and named 'Church'. In a graveyard (KD013-023002-). No visible surface trace of the church survives. A Holy Bush (KD018-008----) stood immediately to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD013-023001 Graveyard
  Description

  Described in the OSL (Herity 2002, 45) as 'a small piece of ground covered with grass (in the (middle) of a cultivated field) called by the Inhabitants of the place 'the Roilic' (burial ground) which it is said was formerly used as a place of interment'. Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular area (dims. L c. 80m E-W; Wth c. 60m), named 'Relick Grave Yd', containing a church (KD013-023----) and a Holy Bush (KD018-008-). At the top of a very gentle tillage slope. While not fully ploughed-out, its area is significantly reduced from that indicated on the 1838 map, and it survives as a low, grass covered, rectangular platform (dims. L 20m N-S; Wth 12-15m; H 0.4-0.6m)), which carries tramlines from heavy machinery passing across it. It contained a church (KD013-023001-) and a Holy Bush (KD018-008----). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD018-008 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  Described in the OSL (Herity 2002, 45 (138)) as, ' … an old White Thorn bush called St. Patrick's Bush, or 'Sgeach Phádruig', (sic), from which circumstance (the field … ) is sometimes called 'the Bush Field'. Named on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as standing to the S of a church (KD013-023001-) at the S end of a graveyard (KD013-023002-). No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD018-058 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of roughly circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 53m) with radiating field system visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Possible entrance gap at NW and cropmarks of internal features visible. 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

• House, 1700–1837 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house, extant 1837, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----. Hipped and pitched oat straw thatch roof, rope twist ridge with paired exposed stretchers having exposed scallops, rendered dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, and exposed stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Roughcast battered walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set back from line of road with hedge to perimeter.

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 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2652 (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.

• Donore, Caragh7 sales

Name

Donore · Dún Uabhair

Area

3,654,179 m² (365.42 ha, 902.97 acres)

Civil parish

Carragh, and its townlands

Barony

Clane

Electoral division

Donore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Donore electoral division: 860 people in 279 households; 89% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballysize, Carragh, Castlekeely, Downings South, Goatstown, Landenstown, Newtowndonore, Oldtowndonore, Stickins

Placenames

Donore 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.