Logstown
Logstown is a townland in the civil parish of Carnalway, barony of Naas South, Co. Kildare. Its name in Irish is Baile an Loig.
- Area
- 55 ha
- 136 acres
- Land parcels
- 6
- registered freehold, median 19,743 m² (1.97 ha, 4.88 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential / Infill
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Logstown, from 1,536 m² to 440,510 m² (44.05 ha, 108.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agricultural (Agriculture)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Industry and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 1 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
6 Aug 2025Conditional
for (A) Demolition of existing Workshop Building previously approved under 87/525 & 20/757 (B) Planning Permission for a replacement building to be used as a Commercial Vehicle Test Centre, (C) Signage to the Front (north) Elevation and Rear (south) Elevation (D) Permission for surface car parking spaces including 4 E-Car charging points, covered Bicycle parking bay and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Proposed signage outside the redline boundary
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560892
24 Jul 2024Conditional
for the demolition of the existing boiler house, conservatory and shed structure to the rear of the existing dwelling. Demolitions and alterations to the existing roof structure including the raising of the ridge heights to allow for the addition of first floor level accommodations as well as a new dormer to the rear of the dwelling. The extension at ground and first floor level to the rear of the dwelling. The provision of new aluclad windows and doors throughout as well as new rooflights. A new wastewater effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24242
16 Jul 2024N/a
for the demolition of the existing boiler house, conservatory and shed structure to the rear of the existing dwelling. Demolitions and alterations to the existing roof structure including the raising of the ridge heights to allow for the addition of first floor level accommodations as well as a new dormer to the rear of the dwelling. The extension at ground and first floor level to the rear of the dwelling. The provision of new aluclad windows and doors throughout as well as new rooflights. A new wastewater effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24234
4 Jul 2024N/a
the demolition of the existing boiler house, conservatory and shed structure to the rear of the existing dwelling. Demolitions and alterations to the existing roof structure including the raising of the ridge heights to allow for the addition of first floor level accommodations as well as a new dormer to the rear of the dwelling. The extension at ground and first floor level to the rear of the dwelling. The provision of new aluclad windows and doors throughout as well as new rooflights. A new wastewater effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24218
15 Jul 2020Conditional
for as constructed Workshop Building, 2 Storey Office Building, Site Entrance with Gate and all Associated Site Development Works on revised Site. This development was previously granted Planning Permission on Planning file reg. ref: 87/525. All development to take place at
Retention · Kildare County Council, 20757
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 Logstown.
Recorded monuments
- KD028-041 Ringfort - rath
Description
Near the bottom of a long, gentle S-facing pasture slope, c. 130m W of the River Liffey. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 31.5m) is defined by a very overgrown, broad earthen bank (Wth 6.4m at W-8.9m at E; int. H 0.4m at W-1.6m at E; ext. H 1.8m at E-4m at S) NW-N-NNE. A gap (Wth 7m) at SE may be an enlarged original entrance, while a second, smaller gap (Wth 3m) at NE appears to be modern. There is no trace of a fosse. Internally, a low earth and stone bank (Wth 4.9m; H 0.5m) crosses the site E-W to S of centre. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 February 2013
Architectural heritage
- Logstown Cottage, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1830, retaining early fenestration. Extended, c.1980, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to north-west. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to return. Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered walls to rear (north-west) elevation and to return. Painted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills (concrete to return). 1/1 timber sash windows (timber casement windows to return). Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Set back from road in own grounds. Lawns to front.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Logstown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Logstown.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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
- Logstown, Kilcullen6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Logstown · Baile an Loig
- Area
- 550,344 m² (55.03 ha, 135.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carnalway, and its townlands
- Barony
- Naas South
- Electoral division
- Carnalway, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,043 people lived in 710 households in the Carnalway electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brownstown, Carnalway, Kilcullenbridge, Knockatippaun, Newabbey
- Placenames
- Logstown 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.