# Killyon, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dunfierth, barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,090,491 m² (109.05 ha, 269.47 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,104 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dunfierth, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/dunfierth.md - Barony: Carbury - Electoral division: Dunfierth, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 804 people lived in 263 households in the Dunfierth electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 4% 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/25543 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80729 - Centre: latitude 53.381095, longitude -6.843544 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killyon, from 280 m² to 89,909 m² (8.99 ha, 22.22 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1018833: 89,909 m² (8.99 ha, 22.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018833.md - Parcel 1054030: 79,840 m² (7.98 ha, 19.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054030.md - Parcel 1027031: 74,778 m² (7.48 ha, 18.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027031.md - Parcel 1034635: 67,797 m² (6.78 ha, 16.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034635.md - Parcel 1021524: 59,197 m² (5.92 ha, 14.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021524.md - Parcel 1038680: 58,447 m² (5.84 ha, 14.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1038680.md - Parcel 1042419: 46,496 m² (4.65 ha, 11.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042419.md - Parcel 1020011: 42,835 m² (4.28 ha, 10.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020011.md - Parcel 1040657: 39,529 m² (3.95 ha, 9.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040657.md - Parcel 3134526: 25,382 m² (2.54 ha, 6.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3134526.md - Parcel 4422535: 9,869 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4422535.md - Parcel 1021933: 5,806 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021933.md - Parcel 5052342: 4,295 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5052342.md - Parcel 1081068: 3,649 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1081068.md - Parcel 1014401: 3,357 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014401.md - Parcel 1090417: 3,257 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090417.md - Parcel 1085881: 2,951 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1085881.md - Parcel 1064694: 2,923 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064694.md - Parcel 2648934: 2,841 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2648934.md - Parcel 2648960: 2,758 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2648960.md - Parcel 1013227: 2,756 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013227.md - Parcel 1015591: 2,289 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1015591.md - Parcel 1016368: 2,276 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016368.md - Parcel 2640827: 1,966 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2640827.md - Parcel 2407625: 1,724 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2407625.md - Parcel 1055386: 1,563 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055386.md - Parcel 2649241: 1,391 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2649241.md - Parcel 1075978: 963 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075978.md - Parcel 4912478: 876 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4912478.md - Parcel 3134505: 626 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3134505.md - Parcel 1022434: 482 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1022434.md - Parcel 2407589: 280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2407589.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Killyon 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. - 13 Jul 2026, Kildare County Council 2660790: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for (A) Proposed erection of a New Single-Storey House, (B) Installation of a Wastewater Treatment System with Polishing Filter Percolation area and (C) Upgrade of an Existing Agricultural Vehicular Entrance, access driveway and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660790/0 - 24 Jun 2024, Kildare County Council 2460568: Refused. Permission. for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a total site area of 80.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP units, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compounds, widening of an existing entrance, landscaping and all ancillary infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. The export capacity to grid is estimated to be c. 56MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of additional passing bays have been included in the Construction Traffic Management Plan. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460568/0 - 18 Dec 2018, Kildare County Council 181534: Refused. Permission. development of a wind farm, recreation amenity trail and all associated works. The development will consist of the following: up to 12 no. wind turbines with a tip height of up to 169 meters and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas; 1 no. on-site electricity substation; 2 no. temporary construction compounds; all associated underground electrical and communication cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed on-site electricity substation; underground electricity cabling including joint bays on the public road connecting the proposed on-site electricity substation to the existing Dunfierth substation within the townland of Dunfierth via the L1004 public road; upgrade and extension to an existing recreation amenity trail and installation of signage, picnic tables and bicycle stands; upgrade of existing site entrance from the L5025 public road and use of 1 no. existing site entrance on the L5012 public road; provision of new site access tracks and associated drainage; upgrade of existing access tracks and associated drainage; tree felling; and all associated site development works including landscaping. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years and an operational life of 30 years from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompany this planning application. Revised by significant further information consisting of; changes in regard to the EIAR and NIS submitted. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181534/0 - 14 Dec 2018, Kildare County Council 181514: Refused. Permission. a ten year planning permission to develop a renewable energy development. The proposed renewable energy development will comprise of (a) the construction and operation of 2 areas of solar photovoltaic arrays mounted on metal frames over an area of approximately 200ha, and having a maximum overall height of 3 metres over ground level; (b) Internal solar farm underground cabling; (c) 2 no. temporary construction compounds; (d) recreation and amenity works, including looped walk (upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new tracks, car parking and vehicular access); (e) 1 no. Battery Storage compound; (f) upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new site access roads; (g) site drainage; (h) forestry felling and replanting; (i) permanent signage; and (j) all associated site development and ancillary works. The proposed renewable energy development will have an operational life of 35 years from the date of commissioning. The overall renewable energy project also includes the provision of a 110kV substation with associated electrical plant, welfare facilities, waste water holding tank, security fencing, upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new site access roads, 110kV overhead line grid connection cabling with associated angle lattice masts and supporting polesets and all ancillary works, which is subject to a separate planning application made directly to An Bord Pleanála in accordance with Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in relation to the project and accompanies this planning application. Revised by significant further information consisting of; Further Information Response Report; Updated Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Appendices; Updated Natura Impact Statement; Amended Planning Application Drawings, showing; amended access/amenity track (relocated to accommodate Marsh Fritillary habitat), updated amenity signage, clarification of road sectional drawings, additional substation cross section drawing. Updated photomontage booklet. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181514/0 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 Killyon. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killyon. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killyon. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Killyon, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2561, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2561.zip (ZIP). - 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/killyon.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/killyon.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/killyon.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Killyon 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) - Clonagh: https://everytownland.com/kildare/clonagh-80321.md - Coolree: https://everytownland.com/kildare/coolree-80394.md - Dunfierth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/dunfierth.md - Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilmurry-80741.md - Mucklon: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mucklon.md - Mulgeeth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mulgeeth.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/killyon - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/killyon