Lenagorra
Townland in the civil parish of Harristown, barony of Offaly West, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 74.9 ha
- 185 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 9,371 m² (0.94 ha, 2.32 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lenagorra, from 95 m² to 198,035 m² (19.8 ha, 48.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Lenagorra 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
4 Dec 2025Conditional
retention permission for changes to previously granted under Planning Reference 02/1057, a) Changes to fenestration to all elevations of the dwelling, b) reconfiguration of the internal layout at ground and first floor levels, including the relocation of chimney positions, c) changes to floor area at ground and first floor levels, d) conversion of the attic into a non-habitable storage with rooflights and windows, e) and omission of rear single story bay window. f) Changes to fenestration to the garage elevations, g) reconfiguration of the internal layout at ground floor of the garage, h) changes to the floor area on the ground floor of the garage, and i) conversion of the attic into a non-habitable storage with rooflights including all associated site works and services
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561381
22 Apr 2022Conditional
sought for dwelling house and domestic storage shed. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of retention permission for modifications to dwelling granted under ref 04/2374 and retention permission for domestic shed
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22465
13 Apr 2022N/a
for dwelling house and domestic storage shed
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22428
15 Feb 2018Conditional
three new sheds measuring 162.35sqm, 114.70sqm and 188.45sqm respectively, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18159
15 Feb 2018Conditional
an existing single storey building measuring 63sqm erected on the southeast of the property and retention for the relocation of a soiled water storage tank permitted under Ref. 07/2184. The permission in Kildangan Stud consists of a new shed measuring 731sqm and two extensions to existing sheds measuring 456sqm and 887sqm respectively; a new effluent tank measuring 30,000 gallons; an extension to an existing composting pad area measuring 8,629.65; the demolition of an existing retaining wall and erection of new retaining walls around the extension of the composting pad area and all ancillary site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 18158
24 Jan 2018N/a
of: in Area 1 (Kildangan Stud) consists of a single storey building measuring 63sqm erected on the southeast of the property. The permission for Area 1 consists of a new shed measuring 731sqm and two extensions to existing sheds measuring 456sqm and 887sqm respectively. A new effluent tank measuring 30000 gallons and a new sedimentation tank measuring 60000 gallons, and all ancillary site works. The retention in Area 2 (Belmez) consists of an existing shed measuring 259.26sqm. The permission for Area 2 consists of three new sheds measuring 153sqm, 114.70sqm and 188.45sqm respectively and all ancillary site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 1870
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 Lenagorra.
Recorded monuments
- KD027-022 Enclosure
Description
In level pasture. Visible on a 1969 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYN 10) as the cropmark of two narrow concentric fosses enclosing a circular area (est. diam. c. 60m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 August 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lenagorra.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lenagorra.
- 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 Lenagorra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Lenagorra
- Area
- 749,259 m² (74.93 ha, 185.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Harristown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Offaly West
- Electoral division
- Harristown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Harristown electoral division: 479 people in 158 households; 85% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawn, Boherbaun Upper or Monapheeby, Cherrymills, Harristown Lower, Harristown Upper, Rickardstown Upper
- Placenames
- Lenagorra 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.