Killybegs
Townland in the civil parish of Killybegs, barony of Clane, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 89.3 ha
- 221 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 2,371 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killybegs, from 207 m² to 280,948 m² (28.09 ha, 69.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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
No zone of a development plan covers Killybegs 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Jul 2023Conditional
Consists of constructing a bungalow, effluent treatment system, upgrading an existing agricultural entrance to form a recessed vehicular entrance and all associated ancillary site-works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23742
13 Sept 2022Conditional
Extensions and alterations to existing single storey house to include: (A) Single storey extension to rear of existing house; (b) Single storey and storey and a half extension to front of existing house; (c) Modifications to windows to all elevations; (d) Attic conversion for sensory room purposes; (e) All associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 221124
25 May 2021Refused
constructing a bungalow, effluent treatment system, upgrading an existing agricultural entrance to form a recessed vehicular entrance and all associated ancillary site-works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21724
14 Sept 2020Conditional
(1) Renovations and alterations to existing dwelling including alterations to front elevation. (2) Construction of proposed single storey porch to existing front elevation. (3) Construction of single storey and storey and a half extension to rear of the existing dwelling. (4) Upgrade existing entrance to new recessed entrance. (5) Upgrade existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201047
2 Jun 2020Conditional
(a) Planning Permission for single storey extension to Rear (south west) Elevation and Side (south east) Elevation consisting of kitchen/dining area, TV rooms and utility/boot room, (b) alterations to existing window fenestration on all elevations and minor internal alterations within the existing house and (c) The installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment system with tertiary polishing sand filter percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20552
4 Nov 2019Refused
for a) subdivision of existing site, b) demolition of existing shed and construction of a new garden shed to the rear of the existing property, c) decommissioning of existing dwellings septic tank and replacement with new wastewater treatment plant and associated percolation area, d) construction of a new single dwelling to the rear of the existing with associated roof-lights, e) relocation of existing vehicular entrance and associated gate and driveway to serve both dwellings, f) provision of a new garden shed to serve the new dwelling, g) a new wastewater treatment plant and associated percolation area to serve the new dwelling, h) all associated site, landscaping and ancillary development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191231
10 May 2019Conditional
Will consist of new dormer / two storey extension to rear and new single storey extension to southern side of existing dwelling with external alterations to dwelling and garage / outbuilding, provision of new entrance to revised location and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19524
23 Apr 2019Refused
(a) subdivision of existing site, (b) demolition of existing shed and construction of a new garden shed to rear of the existing property, (c) decommissioning of existing dwellings septic tank and replacement with new waste water treatment plant and associated percolation area, (d) construction of a new two storey dwelling to the rear of the existing with accommodation at ground and dormer level with associated rooflights, (e) provision of a new vehicular entrance and associated gate and driveway to serve new dwelling, with existing vehicular entrance serving existing dwelling, (f) provision of a new garden shed to serve the new dwelling, (g) a new waste water treatment plant and associated percolation area to serve the new dwelling, (h) all associated site, landscaping and ancillary development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19435
21 Aug 2017Conditional
retaining an attic conversion from storage space to habitable accommodation as constructed to a dwelling, and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17947
10 Aug 2017Conditional
retaining a one and half storey type domestic garage with loft storage and studio, and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17906
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 Killybegs.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killybegs.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killybegs.
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 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_2650 (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
- Killybegs, Prosperous8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Killybegs
- Area
- 893,398 m² (89.34 ha, 220.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killybegs, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clane
- Electoral division
- Downings, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Downings electoral division: 3,091 people in 1,014 households; 77% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curryhills, Goatstown, Killybegs Demesne
- Placenames
- Killybegs 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.