Maddenstown North
Townland in the civil parish of Ballysax, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile Uí Mhadaín Thuaidh
- Area
- 148.9 ha
- 368 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 2,493 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maddenstown North, from 97 m² to 309,080 m² (30.91 ha, 76.38 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Maddenstown North 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
28 Jul 2026N/a
for single storey porch with a floor area of 8.59 sq. m. to the front elevation of our house, together with all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660863
23 Feb 2026Conditional
the construction of an attic conversion for use as a non-habitable space(homeoffice), rooflights to front and dormer window to rear roof planes and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660175
29 Feb 2024Conditional
for a detached single storey POD to the rear of existing house to be used as office space with ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460179
25 Feb 2024N/a
a detached single storey POD to the rear of the existing house to be used as office space
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460159
11 Feb 2024N/a
for a detached single storey POD to the rear of the existing house to be used as office space, with ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460098
30 Jan 2024N/a
for a detached single storey POD to the rear of the existing house to be used as office space with ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460063
9 Jan 2024Conditional
(a) Extension to original house as constructed relative to Planning Permission Ref: 77534 and (b) outbuildings (2 sheds) as constructed
Retention · Kildare County Council, 242
31 Oct 2019Conditional
Development at the existing equine bloodstock facility comprising the demolition of existing farm buildings (765 sq.m) and; provision of an equine farm isolation unit comprised of (i) a stable building (294sq.m) consisting of 8 no. isolation stables with feedstore, staff room and treatment room. The building includes roof lights on the roof slope; (ii) new entrance gates and piers at existing farmyard entrance and new tree lined access road to the isolation yard, with a side road off it to a residential dwelling (currently under refurbishment) on adjacent lands; (iv) a new hay barn/machinery store (104 sq.m), slurry pit (124 sq.m) and a horse loading ramp located north of the proposed isolation unit (v) The development will also include provision of effluent treatment system, landscaping boundary treatments and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission · Kildare County Council, 191217
12 Aug 2019Conditional
RETENTION: as constructed the dwelling known as Carrick Lodge, previously granted permission under file ref: 98/1794, at Maddenstown North, The Curragh, County Kildare, including retention of entrance gate, alterations to site boundaries, effluent treatment system as constructed and all associated site works, on behalf of the executors of the will of P.J. Burke, namely: Martyn Burke, Jonathan Burke, and Eileen Birkinshaw
Retention · Kildare County Council, 19911
14 Dec 2018Conditional
The general refurbishment works to the existing bungalow including – Removal of existing, flat roof extension to south-eastern side gable (22sq.m); Provision of a new dormer with windows to the rear roof providing additional habitable floor area of 14 sq. M within the roof; Provision of a rendered external insulation system to all external walls; Removal of existing chimneys to main roof; Provision of 2 no. x French door openings to the existing south western side gable elevation and re-positioning of existing car entrance gateway, general landscaping and all site development works necessary to facilitate the development. Revised by significant further information consisting of; a new wastewater treatment system (Solido Smart 8PE) to the north of the existing building
Permission · Kildare County Council, 181508
19 Sept 2018Conditional
the change of use from public house to residential accommodation adjoining existing dwelling house, alterations and renovations to existing residential area (dwelling house), removal of external timber signage / cladding on external elevations, alterations to existing elevations and, all associated alterations and all ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 181152
18 Apr 2017N/a
of alterations and extensions to house previously granted permission under file Ref. 98/1794 on behalf of the executors of the will of P. J. Burke namely Martyn Burke, Jonathan Burke, and Eileen Birkinshaw. The alterations and extensions to be retained consist of a single storey extension to side of house containing living room, playroom and kitchen and minor alterations to roof overhang and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17422
20 Feb 2017N/a
of alterations to house previously granted permission under file Ref. 98/1794. The alterations and extensions to be retained consist of a single storey extension to side of house containing living room, playroom and kitchen and minor alterations to roof overhang and all associated site works,
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17166
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 Maddenstown North.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Maddenstown North.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Maddenstown North.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Maddenstown North.
- 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 Maddenstown North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Maddenstown North · Baile Uí Mhadaín Thuaidh
- Area
- 1,489,468 m² (148.95 ha, 368.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballysax, and its townlands
- Barony
- Offaly East
- Electoral division
- Ballysax West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballysax West electoral division: 1,233 people in 415 households; 80% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brownstown Lower, Brownstown Upper, Curragh, Curragh, Maddenstown Demesne, Sheshoon, Tully East
- Placenames
- Maddenstown North 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.