Halverstown
Townland in the civil parish of Carragh, barony of Clane, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 147.1 ha
- 363 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 2,388 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning
- C6
- Industry and Warehousing
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Halverstown, from 3 m² to 538,245 m² (53.82 ha, 133 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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
- C6Industry and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7Data Centre (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 9 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
26 Jan 2026Conditional
for Storage Shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660064
14 Jan 2026N/a
Storage Shed and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660025
11 Aug 2025Conditional
for alterations to previously granted planning permission registered reference number 21/1292 comprising the relocation of the warehouse building in a northly direction by 5 meters, relocation of two car parking spaces and associated civil works on a site of 0.91 Ha
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560914
18 Dec 2024Conditional
for, a) the development of a self storage facility comprising 20 no. steel storage containers, b) a staff welfare facility unit, c) a covered bicycle parking unit, d) car parking, e) boundary treatment/fencing, f) landscaping, g) signage and h) all associated site development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of; The Site Layout Plan has been altered to include the following; the introduction of buffer zones, the relocation of storage units, additional landscaping/fencing, a revised parking layout and changes to the surface water drainage system
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461367
9 Dec 2024N/a
for development of a steel container self storage facility along with all associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461318
29 Sept 2024Conditional
for construction of a 93.0 sq/m Car Showroom and 35.6 sq/m Valeting building, both reduced in size from original granted permission ref: 221515
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460968
13 Aug 2024Conditional
for a Data Centre and will comprise of: The demolition of 3 no. dwelling houses, associated garages and farm outbuildings / agricultural buildings (total floor area 1,591m2); The construction of 6 no. two storey data centre buildings, each with loading bays, external plant area including electrical and mechanical plant rooms, fuel compound, sprinkler tanks and associated ancillary development; Data centre building Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 will consist of: a data hall (24,756m2, overall height 19m), an administration block (2,505m2 overall height 15m) and include an external screened plant area of 18m in height and 6,164m2; Gas turbines, gas engine and battery energy storage systems will be provided within each plant area; Data centre building No. 5 will consist of: a data hall (24,756m2, overall height 19m), an administration block (2,505m2 overall height 15m) and include an external screened plant area of 18m in height and 6,375m2 in area and includes infrastructure for district heating; Gas turbines, gas engine and battery energy storage systems will be provided within the plant area; Adjacent to each data centre building will be a screened sprinkler tank compound (408m2 to 528 m2 in area) comprising of 3 no. above ground sprinkler pump containers, (1 no. 240m3 and 2 no. 268.8m3 containers) and a screened fuel compound (331m2 in area) comprising 1 no. 38m3 fuel pump container and 6 no. 64m3 tanks; and Solar panels with a total area of 3,600m2 will be provided on the roof of each data centre building and rainwater harvesting is included in the development. The proposed development of the Data Centre also comprises: A screened Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) compound (61m2 in area) with 1 no. kiosk (3m in height and 19.5m2 in area) with a biomethane gas injection point; A screened above Ground Installation (AGI) compound (1,753m2 in area) with 4 no. kiosks each of 3m in height and 51.5 m2 in area; A district heating building (5m in height and 341m2 in area) district heating plant and in ground piping for district heating system; Security hub building (4.1m in height and 42m2 in area) at main entrance to the proposed development; A single storey admin workshop/office (504m2 in area) and water treatment plant (315m2 in area) building (4.8m in height) and associated hydrant pump room (5m in height and 80m2 in area) and 2 no. hydrant pump room storage tanks (5m in height and c.251m3 in area); A new access/egress from the R409 and a new emergency access/egress from th
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460787
1 Aug 2024N/a
for a Data Centre and will comprise of: The demolition of 3 no. dwelling houses, associated garages and farm outbuildings / agricultural buildings (total floor area 1,591m2); The construction of 6 no. two storey data centre buildings, each with loading bays, external plant area including electrical and mechanical plant rooms, fuel compound, sprinkler tanks and associated ancillary development; Data centre building Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 will consist of: a data hall (24,756m2, overall height 19m), an administration block (2,505m2 overall height 15m) and include an external screened plant area of 18m in height and 6,164m2; Gas turbines, gas engine and battery energy storage systems will be provided within each plant area; Data centre building No. 5 will consist of: a data hall (24,756m2, overall height 19m), an administration block (2,505m2 overall height 15m) and include an external screened plant area of 18m in height and 6,375m2 in area and includes infrastructure for district heating; Gas turbines, gas engine and battery energy storage systems will be provided within the plant area; Adjacent to each data centre building will be a screened sprinkler tank compound (408m2 to 528 m2 in area) comprising of 3 no. above ground sprinkler pump containers, (1 no. 240m3 and 2 no. 268.8m3 containers) and a screened fuel compound (331m2 in area) comprising 1 no. 38m3 fuel pump container and 6 no. 64m3 tanks; and Solar panels with a total area of 3,600m2 will be provided on the roof of each data centre building and rainwater harvesting is included in the development. The proposed development of the Data Centre also comprises: A screened Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) compound (61m2 in area) with 1 no. kiosk (3m in height and 19.5m2 in area) with a biomethane gas injection point; A screened above Ground Installation (AGI) compound (1,753m2 in area) with 4 no. kiosks each of 3m in height and 51.5 m2 in area; A district heating building (5m in height and 341m2 in area) district heating plant and in ground piping for district heating system; Security hub building (4.1m in height and 42m2 in area) at main entrance to the proposed development; A single storey admin workshop/office (504m2 in area) and water treatment plant (315m2 in area) building (4.8m in height) and associated hydrant pump room (5m in height and 80m2 in area) and 2 no. hydrant pump room storage tanks (5m in height and c.251m3 in area); A new access/egress from the R409 and a new emergency access/egress from th
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460740
25 Mar 2024N/a
a steel container self storage facility along with all associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24102
29 Jan 2024Conditional
for Storage Shed and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460060
9 Mar 2022Conditional
(A) Increased Height (2 metres) of Existing Shed on site & (B) Change of Use of Existing Shed to Commercial Purposes and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 22255
10 Sept 2021Conditional
the construction of warehouse building with ancillary office accommodation of gross floor area of 2,024 sqm, subdivided into two separate units, each unit comprising 794 sqm warehouse area and 218 sqm of ancillary office accommodation, new boundary treatment along north, east and south boundaries, 40 No. car parking spaces, overall building height of 10.9 metres, ESB sub station, raising of existing site levels in accordance with previously granted planning permission 20/959 and associated site development works including services, soft landscaping on a site of 0.91 Ha. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of new pedestrian/cycle path proposed through the site connecting the L2006 with Osberstown Business Park
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211292
6 Jan 2021Conditional
(A) the erection of a paladin boundary fence with two sets of double gates 3 metres in height along the north eastern boundary of the site, and (B) the levelling of site with hardcore to create hardstand area and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 216
17 Dec 2020N/a
(A) the erection of a paladin boundary fence with two sets of double gates 3 meters in height along the north eastern boundary of the site & (B) the levelling of site with hardcore to create hardstand are and all associated site works,
Retention · Kildare County Council, 201552
25 Aug 2020Conditional
Raise Existing Site Levels with Engineered Grade Construction Material such as Class 1/2, Class 6f 1/2 & Class 8 Granular Material Totalling 7800 Cubic Meters of Fill, New Boundary Treatments With New Vehicular Entrance for Use as Hard Stand Area for Machine Storage and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20959
28 Jun 2019Conditional
Erection of a 3m high fence around perimeter of the site, 2 no. vehicular entrance gates and 1 no. pedestrian entrance, along with all associated site works. Note. A concurrent application is being sought for a regional depot on the site to be contained by the new fencing and gates
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19738
28 Jun 2019Conditional
a regional depot building (2,057 sqm gfa). This building will contain a 4-bay machine repair area with three-storey machine parts storage (max. c. 16m high), along with two-storey administration area. It is also proposed to provide an ancillary building (c. 10.79m high) containing storage and internal wash bay (302 sqm gfa); a permanent tower crane (c. 14m high), external wash bay; underground storage tanks; car parking; cycle parking; landscaping; 2 No. free-standing signs and all associated site works. Note: a concurrent application is being sought for perimeter fence around the site, 2 No. vehicular entrance gates and 1 No. pedestrian entrance,
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19739
23 Feb 2018Refused
A) Construction of a new five bedroom two storey type dwelling B) New single storey domestic garage C) New Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment system and percolation area D) New recessed entrance, along with all facilitating and associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 18186
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 Halverstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Halverstown.
Architectural heritage
- Carragh Bridge, bridge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Six-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, c.1840, with triangular cut-waters, cut-stone voussoirs and apertures to parapet wall to east. Rubble stone walls. Rubble stone triangular cut-waters (some with concrete block over supporting pipeline). Rubble stone parapet walls (with traces of render, ruled and lined, over). Rubble stone coping. Six round arches. Dressed cut-stone voussoirs. Cut-stone soffits with traces of render over. Sited spanning River Liffey with grass banks to river.
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 5 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_2723 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Halverstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Halverstown
- Area
- 1,470,558 m² (147.06 ha, 363.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carragh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clane
- Electoral division
- Carragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carragh electoral division: 1,854 people in 563 households; 86% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castlekeely, Gingerstown, Jigginstown, Newhall, Osberstown, Yeomanstown
- Placenames
- Halverstown 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.