Garterfarm

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garterfarm, from 450 m² to 101,921 m² (10.19 ha, 25.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agricultural (Agriculture)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Mar 2023Refused

  provision of a residential development of 43 no. housing units (comprising of 15 no. 3 bedroom single storey courtyard houses; 4 no. single storey 4 bedroom courtyard houses; 12 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses; 12 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses) with 55 no. dedicated parking spaces of which there are 45 no. for residents, 10 no. for visitors, inclusive of 3 no. EV spaces and 3 no. disabled spaces and including bicycle and bin storage, vehicular access from the R418, provision of new access road connecting to existing estate roads (Oak Road and Beech Close), provision of 2 no. pedestrian footbridges and a single new vehicular access over the existing stream, provision of linear park 10 metres either side of the stream, natural play area, attenuation area, pumping station, open space and associated site works over a total application site area of 2.19ha. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information consists of proposed amendments with supporting amended plans, drawings and reports for the following: Revisions to site layout to include relocation of unit nos. 28, 29, 30, 31, 42 and 43; reduction in the number of 2 bedroom houses to 2 no. units, increase in the number of 3 bedroom units to 39 no. units, reduction to 2 no. 4 bedroom units, ensuring that the number of housing units proposed remains the same (43 no.); replacement of previously proposed single storey courtyard house type with 2 storey house types (k, l, m, n, and p); introduction of 4m wide segregated pavement/cylceway to the north and west boundaries adjoining the L8054 and R418; realignment of 2 no. footbridges and vehicular bridge; relocation of Irish Water pump kiosk; relocation of associated roads and footpaths; increase in shared open space; replacement of a majority of the on-street residential parking with in-curtilage parking to allow overnight charging of electric vehicles (EVs); provision of dedicated EV charging points adjacent to all on-street visitor parking spaces and mobility impaired spaces; splitting of the main attenuation tank into 2 to facilitate separate drainage for the existing estate; addition of a small attenuation tank to the south of the junction of Beach Close and Beach Drive; additional surface water sewer with hydrobrake and attenuation structure on the western side of the Ballyvass Stream; and modifications to the proposed play space

  Permission, 43 homes · Kildare County Council, 23194

• 22 Feb 2023N/a

  A residential development of 43 No. housing units (comprising of 15 No. 3 bedroom single storey courtyard houses; 4 No. single storey 4 bedroom courtyard houses; 12 No. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses; 12 No. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses) with 55 No. dedicated parking spaces of which there are 45 No. for residents, 10 No. for visitors, inclusive of 3 No. EV spaces and 3 No. disabled spaces and including bicycle and bin storage, vehicular access from the R418, provision of new access road connecting to existing estate roads, (Oak Road and Beech Close), provision of 2 No. pedestrian footbridges and a single new vehicular access over the existing stream, provision of liner park 10 metres either side of the stream, natural play area, attenuation area, pumping station, open space and associated site works over a total application site area of 2.19ha

  Permission, 43 homes · Kildare County Council, 23163

• 31 Jan 2023N/a

  Residential development of 43 No. housing units (comprising of 15 No. 3 bedroom single storey courtyard houses; 4 No. single storey 4 bedroom courtyard houses; 12 No. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses; 12 No. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses) with 55 No. dedicated parking spaces of which there are 45 No. for residents, 10 for visitors, inclusive of 3 No. EV spaces and 3 No. disabled spaces and including bicycle and bin storage, vehicular access from the R418, provision of new access road connecting to existing estate roads (Oak Road and Beach Close), provision of 2 No. pedestrian footbridges and a single new vehicular access over the existing stream, provision of linear park 10 metres either side of the stream, natural play area, attenuation area, pumping station, open space and associated site works over a total application site area of 2.19ha. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Development

  Permission, 43 homes · Kildare County Council, 2375

• 25 Aug 2017Refused

  to construct a single storey dwelling, single storey garage, bored well, waste water treatment system, new domestic entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17968

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 the townland of Garterfarm.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Garterfarm.

Architectural heritage

• Woodlands, house, 1847–1908 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1908, on an F-shaped plan; two-bay (south) or single-bay (north) two-storey side elevations with single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey central return (west). Hipped slate roof on an F-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having dentil consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners supporting rendered band to eaves. Elliptical-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, timber doorcase with timber mullions on cut-granite padstones supporting ogee-detailed cornice on timber transom, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates.

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 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_2577 (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.

No address of the register names Garterfarm with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Garterfarm

Area

495,876 m² (49.59 ha, 122.53 acres)

Civil parish

Castledermot, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Castledermot, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castledermot electoral division: 1,853 people in 664 households; 70% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castledermot, Hallahoise, Skenagun, Woodlands East

Placenames

Garterfarm 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.