Maws

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maws, from 106 m² to 573,713 m² (57.37 ha, 141.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C7Research and Technology (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 3 Feb 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of reorientate two existing natural grass rugby pitches within the club grounds. As part of this development, the existing floodlighting infrastructure will be reorientated, upgraded, and aligned with the new pitch layout. In addition, it is proposed to install new floodlighting on the main rugby pitch to achieve lux levels suitable for evening training and competitive nighttime matches at The North Kildare Sports Club,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660089

• 21 Oct 2025N/a

  to reorientate two existing natural grass rugby pitches within the club grounds. As part of this development, the existing floodlighting infrastructure will be reorientated, upgraded, and aligned with the new pitch layout. In addition, it is proposed to install new floodlighting on the main rugby pitch to achieve lux levels suitable for evening training and competitive nighttime matches

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561190

• 27 Nov 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new detached building incl. a Multi-Sport Hall, changing rooms, toilet facilities and ancillary rooms to rear of existing sports related buildings linked by means of an open canopy, together with all associated site and development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23999

• 15 Dec 2022Conditional

  the replacement of the existing septic tank with a new proprietary waste-water treatment plant (Sepcon BAF) and polishing filter coupled with an infiltration bed together with all associated site and development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221487

• 8 Oct 2021N/a

  the construction of a new single storey, low profile, multi-purpose, sports pavilion/hall, to rear of existing sports related buildings, together with all associated site and development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211451

• 3 Sept 2021Conditional

  (a) Single storey building for use as a social farming and educational centre; (b) Connection into the existing foul sewer, with car parking/drop off area all being served by the existing avenue and existing entrance

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211259

• 2 Mar 2021Conditional

  (a) Erection of an American type barn comprising of 8 No. horse boxes, tack room and feed store; (b) Erection of hayshed and covered dung stead and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21248

• 18 Feb 2021N/a

  (a) Erection of an American type barn comprising of 8 No. horse boxes, tack room and feed store; (b) Erection of hayshed and covered dung stead and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21186

• 28 Aug 2020Refused

  (A) Erection of a two- storey type house, (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system with soil polishing filter percolation area, (D) new recessed vehicular entrance serving the proposed house, (E) erection of an American type barn comprising 8 no. horse boxes, tack room and feed store, (F) erection of hayshed and covered dung stead and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20976

• 30 May 2020Conditional

  (1) the construction of a new fully permeable all weather 3m wide walkway surrounding the grass surface playing pitches, linking to the clubhouse, including lighting to perimeter edges of walkway, and all associated site works, all lighting facilities associated with the above project are for the purposes of training/walking in the hours of darkness, (2) the construction of an extension to the existing multi-purpose all weather training pitch including new lighting columns and all associated site works and services, all lighting facilities associated with all of the above training pitch are for the purposes of sports training/playing in the hours of darkness, (3) the construction of new 3m wide tarmacadam surface "driving strips" on the existing permeable surface car parking area (parking bays/aprons to remain fully permeable surfaces) together with all associated site and development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of (a) the submission of a bat assessment and (b) a revision on the layout of the walkway and alterations to the lighting design

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20480

• 23 Dec 2019Refused

  DIRECT APPLICATION TO AN BORD PLEANALA - SUBMISSIONS TO AN BORD PLEANALA. Construction of 575 No. residential units, all with private amenity space, with a cumulative Gross Floor Area of 60,326.9 square meters comprising: a. 43 No. 2-bedroom, 2-storey houses, b. 270 No. 3-bedroom, 2-storey houses, c. 45 No. 4-bedroom, 2-storey houses, d. 30 No. 4-bedroom, 3-storey houses, e. 3 No. apartment blocks ranging in height from 3-5 storeys providing for; i. 20 No. 1-bedroom apartment units, ii. 46 No. 2-bedroom apartment units, f. 121 No. duplex and corner block units 3-storeys in height providing for; i. 15 No. 1-bedroom duplex, ii. 21 No. 2-bedroom duplex units , iii. 6 No. 3-bedroom duplex units, iv. 29 No. 1-bedroom corner block units, v. 42 No. 2-bedroom corner block units, vi. 8 No. 3-bedroom corner block units. ii. Creche with a gross floor area of 623 square metres, an associated external play area and 14 No. car parking spaces; iii. The provision of 314 No. bicycle parking spaces, iv. New boundary walls and fences, open space, internal site roads, pavements, public lighting, tree planting, bin storage, ESB substations and all ancillary works; v. Provision of new GAA changing room facilities with a Gross Floor Area of 97 square meters, associated entrance road and 40 No. car parking spaces; vi. The erection of 2 No. 13m lattice masts in the southern section of the site together with the relocation underground of 2 No. 10kV and 2 No. 38kV overhead lines; • vii. Infrastructure works including: Surface water from northern site will be discharged into 1 No. detention basin to the south of the proposed development site. Surface water from southern site will be discharged into 1 No. detention basin to the southeast of the development site. •SUDS measures. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Meath County Development Plan (2013-2019), and a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in Section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant Development Plan or Local Area Plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission, 7 homes · Meath County Council, SH306309

• 23 Mar 2017Conditional

  erection of an agricultural store with all associated facilities and site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17312

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: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• KD005-006 Moated site
  Description

  On the S bank of the E-flowing Rye Water river in gently undulating pasture. A sub-rectangular area (int. dims. L 32.2m E-W; Wth 22m) is defined by a broad shallow fosse (Wth. 3.2- 6m; D. 0.2-0.4m) along E, S and W, and by the river along the N. A modern drain crosses the S limits NE-SW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD005-033 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Cropmark of small circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 13m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. Date of upload: 3 November 2018

• KD005-043 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated in field of tillage. Cropmark of ring-ditch visible on Apple maps aerial imagery. See attached aerial image Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 7 April 2021

• KD005-044 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated in field of tillage. Cropmark of ring-ditch visible on Apple maps aerial imagery. See attached aerial image Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 7 April 2021

Architectural heritage

• Chambers Bridge and 15th Lock, bridge, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch rubble stone road bridge over canal, dated 1793, with ashlar voussoirs and cut-stone date stone/plaque. Rock-faced squared rubble stone walls (broken coursed to west; random coursed to east). Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Cut-stone coping to parapet walls. Single shallow segmental arch. Ashlar voussoirs. Squared rubble stone soffits with traces of render over. Sited spanning Royal Canal. Grass banks to canal.Canal lock, c.1795, to west with cut-stone retaining walls having timber lock gates over with integrated pedestrian bridge and possibly retaining early mechanisms.

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 20 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2796 (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.

No address of the register names Maws with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Maws

Area

2,147,783 m² (214.78 ha, 530.73 acres)

Civil parish

Laraghbryan, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Maynooth, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Maynooth electoral division: 18,729 people in 6,110 households; 65% 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

Ballycurraghan, Branganstown, Gragadder, Laraghbryan East, Laraghbryan West, Moyglare (Co. Meath), Newtownmoyaghy (Co. Meath), Roestown, Timard, Treadstown

Placenames

Maws 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.