# Fontstown Upper, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Fontstown, barony of Narragh and Reban East, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile an Fhóntaigh Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,322,806 m² (132.28 ha, 326.87 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,023 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Fontstown, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/fontstown.md - Barony: Narragh and Reban East - Electoral division: Fontstown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Fontstown electoral division: 456 people in 144 households; 91% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25062 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80542 - Centre: latitude 53.04659, longitude -6.886753 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fontstown Upper, from 65 m² to 432,758 m² (43.28 ha, 106.94 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1027317: 432,758 m² (43.28 ha, 106.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027317.md - Parcel 1087742: 138,347 m² (13.83 ha, 34.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087742.md - Parcel 1089487: 113,496 m² (11.35 ha, 28.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089487.md - Parcel 1089230: 101,452 m² (10.15 ha, 25.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089230.md - Parcel 1025042: 76,055 m² (7.61 ha, 18.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025042.md - Parcel 1083680: 73,276 m² (7.33 ha, 18.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1083680.md - Parcel 1023166: 56,789 m² (5.68 ha, 14.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023166.md - Parcel 1086923: 32,196 m² (3.22 ha, 7.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086923.md - Parcel 1013052: 31,771 m² (3.18 ha, 7.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013052.md - Parcel 1056514: 30,545 m² (3.05 ha, 7.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1056514.md - Parcel 1014229: 28,920 m² (2.89 ha, 7.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014229.md - Parcel 5089039: 21,390 m² (2.14 ha, 5.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5089039.md - Parcel 1090803: 19,825 m² (1.98 ha, 4.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090803.md - Parcel 1012786: 19,716 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012786.md - Parcel 1059469: 17,144 m² (1.71 ha, 4.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059469.md - Parcel 3352733: 17,049 m² (1.7 ha, 4.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3352733.md - Parcel 1088702: 16,615 m² (1.66 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088702.md - Parcel 5348350: 16,117 m² (1.61 ha, 3.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5348350.md - Parcel 1084330: 12,667 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084330.md - Parcel 1086363: 8,587 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086363.md - Parcel 1025713: 8,077 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025713.md - Parcel 1019664: 6,490 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019664.md - Parcel 2942878: 6,217 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2942878.md - Parcel 3420006: 5,186 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3420006.md - Parcel 1060336: 4,861 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1060336.md - Parcel 4911524: 3,479 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4911524.md - Parcel 4937832: 3,071 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4937832.md - Parcel 4846427: 2,549 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4846427.md - Parcel 5140400: 2,058 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5140400.md - Parcel 3352732: 1,956 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3352732.md - Parcel 1078011: 1,950 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078011.md - Parcel 1026184: 1,666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026184.md - Parcel 1080850: 1,426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1080850.md - Parcel 1036976: 1,284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1036976.md - Parcel 1055603: 1,135 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055603.md - Parcel 3420017: 1,117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3420017.md - Parcel 4189395: 1,062 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4189395.md - Parcel 1014795: 946 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014795.md - Parcel 3260019: 726 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3260019.md - Parcel 5217702: 659 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5217702.md - Parcel 5140401: 562 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5140401.md - Parcel 1083955: 533 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1083955.md - Parcel 3259779: 378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3259779.md - Parcel 4846428: 367 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4846428.md - Parcel 1069071: 102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1069071.md - Parcel 5217598: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5217598.md - Parcel 1047706: 71 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1047706.md - Parcel 5217597: 65 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5217597.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Fontstown Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 14 Aug 2026, Kildare County Council 2660924: N/a. Permission. Planning permission to construct a two storey extension to the front of existing two storey dwelling, alterations to front façade and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660924/0 - 2 Jun 2023, Kildare County Council 23604: Conditional. Permission. the erection of a dry store, concrete yards and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23604/0 - 25 May 2020, Kildare County Council 20515: N/a. Retention, 1 home. a detached bungalow of circa 126sq.m, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works. Agricultural shed of circa 361sq. m (which is attached to an agricultural shed which is exempt from permission), 3 no. detached containers for storage, surface water to soakaways, ancillary concrete hardstanding area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20515/0 - 4 Mar 2020, Kildare County Council 20216: N/a. Retention, 1 home. for a detached bungalow of circa 126sqm, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works. Agricultural shed of circa 361sqm (which is attached to an agricultural shed which is exempt from permission), 3 No. detached containers for storage, surface water to soakaways, ancillary concrete hardstanding area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20216/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Fontstown Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KD031-018: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD031-018----. On a moderately steep SW-facing pasture slope. The E-half of an originally circular area (diam. 32m N-S) is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; Wth 4.6m; ext H 1.2m) N-E-SSE, with traces of a shallow outer fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 3m) surviving at NE and SE. The monument is truncated NE-SW by a road and by a broad driveway at S. The interior is lawned and hedged. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 08 October 2013 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fontstown Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility 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 Fontstown Upper. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fontstown-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fontstown-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fontstown-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Fontstown Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Fontstown Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fontstown-lower.md - Kilmead: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilmead.md - Monatore: https://everytownland.com/kildare/monatore.md - Oldgrange: https://everytownland.com/kildare/oldgrange-80971.md - Rathsillagh Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rathsillagh-lower.md - Rathsillagh Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rathsillagh-upper.md - Youngstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/youngstown.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fontstown-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/fontstown-upper