Lowtown

160 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lowtown, from 9 m² to 256,523 m² (25.65 ha, 63.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Robertstown, Kildare · 96 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Robertstown, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Sept 2026N/a

  change of use of existing garage previously granted under file ref number 02/1887 to a music room, laundry room, home gym and storage area for the ancillary use of the main residence. Retention Permission for an increased in the overall height by 700mm and additional floor area by 5 sqm to that previously granted under file ref number 02/1887.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660991

• 20 May 2026Conditional

  Removal of existing substandard structures (5.5sq.m), single storey extensions to north east and south west of existing single storey dwelling, redesign and extension to front entrance door (66sq.m), new single storey car garage (33sq.m) adjacent to house with connecting screen wall all totalling 99sq.m of additional floor area overall, alterations to the existing roof incl. new roof window, replacement and or upgrade of all external windows and doors, internal refurbishment works, and all associated site and drainage works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660531

• 13 May 2026N/a

  removal of existing substandard structures (5.5sq.m), single storey extensions to north east and south west of existing single storey dwelling, redesign and extension to front entrance door (66sq.m), new single storey car garage (33sq.m) adjacent to house with connecting screen wall all totalling 99sq.m of additional floor area overall, alterations to the existing roof incl. new roof window, replacement and or upgrade of all external windows and doors, internal refurbishment works, and all associated site and drainage works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660509

• 21 Apr 2026N/a

  construction of a single-storey detached steel-framed garage with profiled cladding and pitched roof, ridge height 4 metres, floor area 40 square metres, located to the rear of the existing dwelling for ancillary domestic storage purposes

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660431

• 15 Apr 2026Conditional

  (A) Erection of single storey type house, (B) Garage /store for domestic use, (C) Installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new combined vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660405

• 7 Jan 2026Conditional

  Part single-storey, part two-storey flat-roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, including two obscured-glazed windows to the side elevation at first-floor level

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660009

• 5 Jan 2026N/a

  Part single-storey, part two-storey flat-roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, including two obscured-glazed windows to the side elevation at first-floor level

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660005

• 23 Dec 2025N/a

  consist of part single-storey, part two-storey flat-roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, including two obscured-glazed windows to the side elevation at first-floor level.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561514

• 3 Jul 2024N/a

  Extension of duration of (20/1449) which consists of extension to existing holiday village to include the following: (a) single storey communal building housing craft shop, kitchen area, toilets, showers, reception, laundry and ancillary storage spaces, (b) new pod area comprising 5 no. single storey glamping pods, (c) camping/tent area, (d) caravan/motor home parking area, (e) stand alone toilet block, (f) landscaping including car parking area, (g) communal bin storage/recycling area, (h) new site entrance off main road, (I) new pedestrian entrance off canal bank walkway, (j) piping existing rear ditch, (k) new connection to all mains services along main road and all associated site development works on lands adjoining Robertstown Holiday Village

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 24215

• 10 Jun 2024Conditional

  for alterations to the granted planning file with reference number 23/448. The alterations include, (a) revised roof type to Front (North) Elevation and Side (East) Elevation to not exceed existing roof ridge height, (b) addition of one window to Front (North) elevation to Side (West), flat roof extension and (c) retention of existing attic space as storage space only, (d) omission of window to Side (East) Elevation and (e) to include associated works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460525

• 14 Jun 2023N/a

  for a mobile poultry unit for c.200 laying hens that will be moved around 13.7 hectares of certified organic pasture

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23645

• 28 Apr 2023Conditional

  of (A) Retention Permission for first floor attic conversion with 3 no. roof lights to rear (south) elevation. (B) Planning Permission for the installation of 2 no. means of escape roof lights to the existing first floor rooms. (C) Planning permission for a single storey pitch roof extension to side (east) elevation and rear (south) elevation of existing detached house and (D) Planning Permission for a single storey flat roof extension to side (west) elevation and rear (south) elevation of existing detached house with minor internal alterations within the existing house and insertion of new sliding patio door to rear (south) elevation

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23448

• 13 Apr 2022Refused

  (A) Erection of single storey type house, (B) Garage/store for domestic use, (C) Installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) New vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22424

• 23 Nov 2021Conditional

  for the extension to a yard and a Retention application for the existing yard and manufacturing buildings/plant and all associated ancillary facilities within an existing quarry complex

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211647

• 16 Mar 2021Conditional

  a sunroom to the side of the existing house, 2 No. detached storage sheds to rear of the house, a vehicular entrance with gates and all associated ancillary siteworks

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21332

• 3 Mar 2021N/a

  development consists of retaining a sunroom to the side of the existing house, 2 No. detached storage sheds to rear of the house, a vehicular entrance with gates and all associated ancillary siteworks

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21256

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  (1) The renovation of an existing dwelling; (2) The construction of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling; (3) The construction of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201600

• 30 Nov 2020Conditional

  extension to existing holiday village to include the following: (a) single storey communal building housing craft shop, kitchen area, toilets, showers, reception, laundry and ancillary storage spaces, (b) new pod area comprising 5 no. single storey glamping pods, (c) camping/tent area, (d) caravan/motor home parking area, (e) stand alone toilet block, (f) landscaping including car parking area, (g) communal bin storage/recycling area, (h) new site entrance off main road, (I) new pedestrian entrance off canal bank walkway, (j) piping existing rear ditch, (k) new connection to all mains services along main road and all associated site development works on lands adjoining Robertstown Holiday Village

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201449

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  (1) Convert existing single storey agricultural building with loft over to 3 bedroom storey and a half living unit and domestic access. (2) Fit Oakstown waste water treatment system and percolation area. (3) Construct new agricultural entrance adjacent. With all associated works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201259

• 19 Jun 2019Conditional

  Installing a septic tank system with percolation area, and all associated ancillary site- works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19688

• 13 Feb 2019Conditional

  (A) retention planning permission for the following: (B) Retention of house type B, dormer style house as constructed on site 2. Retention of house type C, 2 storey detached house as constructed on sites 3-5 inclusive and all associated site development works.

  Retention, 4 homes · Kildare County Council, 19134

• 9 Oct 2018Conditional

  minor alterations to the elevations and relocating house previously granted under planning file 17/907 and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181235

• 10 Aug 2017Conditional

  constructing a two-storey dwelling, detached garage, access road and all ancillary site-works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17907

• 24 May 2017Conditional

  change of house type on sites 3, 4 and 5 to 2 storey detached houses, modifications to internal access road and all associated site development works on previously approved site, Planning Ref. No. 15/1045

  Permission, 3 homes · Kildare County Council, 17596

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 kilometres (km) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional, and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 47km of the route is in County Kildare, 16km in County Laois and 52km in County Carlow. An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1781

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• KD013-024 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On top of a low spur on a moderately steep, N-facing pasture slope surrounded by tillage. A poorly preserved, oval area (int. diams. c. 45m N-S; c. 30m E-W) is defined by a narrow, hedged, inner earthen bank (Wth 1m; int H 0.4m; ext H 3m) N-E-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.2m) SW-W-N, and by a broad, outer fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 1-1.4m) NE-SE-SW which is filled with old silage and straw. The interior falls gently (1m) from N-S and is planted as a lawn associated with a private dwelling house immediately to the W. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD013-034 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 30m) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 28/06/2018 which shows cropmark of the enclosure based on information supplied by Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Anthony Murphy Date of upload: 19 February 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lowtown.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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_2565 (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.

• Lowtown, Robertstown5 sales

Name

Lowtown · Baile Ló

Area

2,155,387 m² (215.54 ha, 532.61 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmeage, and its townlands

Barony

Connell

Electoral division

Kilmeage South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmeage South electoral division: 2,224 people in 743 households; 72% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derrymullen, Grangeclare East, Grangeclare Little, Littletown, Robertstown West

Placenames

Lowtown 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.