Mucklon

110 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mucklon, from 54 m² to 280,577 m² (28.06 ha, 69.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Mucklon 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.

• 24 Jun 2024Refused

  for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a total site area of 80.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP units, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compounds, widening of an existing entrance, landscaping and all ancillary infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. The export capacity to grid is estimated to be c. 56MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of additional passing bays have been included in the Construction Traffic Management Plan

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460568

• 24 Feb 2023Conditional

  (a) Retention permission of as-built variations to planning application Ref. 99/711 comprising of minor alterations to the existing dwelling elevations; (b) Retention permission of domestic garage as construction. (c) Planning permission for a change of use of the existing detached garage to a habitable structure, this habitable structure to include additional rooms to existing dwelling and to be joined to dwelling via single storey extension to the existing dwelling house. (d) Installation of a new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23161

• 2 Feb 2023N/a

  (a) Retention permission of as-built variations to planning application Ref. 99/711 comprising of minor alterations to the existing dwelling elevations; (b) Retention permission of domestic garage as construction; (c) Planning permission for a change of use of the existing detached garage to a habitable structure, this habitable structure to include additional rooms to existing dwelling and to be joined to dwelling via single storey extension to the existing dwelling house; (d) Installation of a new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2386

• 17 Feb 2022Refused

  for (a) Retention of existing dwelling, and (b) Permission for the alteration and modification of existing external finishes, windows and roof for provision of a vernacular styled dwelling, sympathetic and in keeping with the surrounding rural environment, (c) Permission for conversion of porch area to habitable space, (d) Permission for garage/fuel store for domestic use; (e) Permission for installation of septic tank & treatment system; (f) All associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 22171

• 13 Apr 2021Conditional

  the construction of a detached single storey domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21488

• 19 Feb 2021Refused

  (a) Removal of existing Log Cabin, (b) Construction of 3 bedroom bungalow; (c) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (d) The installation of septic tank & treatment system; (d) All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21198

• 28 Oct 2020Conditional

  for the existing foundations and rising blockwork to the southern side of existing dwelling. The development will consist of planning permission for a single storey extension to the southern side of existing dwelling, and all ancillary site services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 201283

• 27 Oct 2020N/a

  (a) Removal of existing Log Cabin; (b) Construction of 3 bedroom bungalow; (c) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (d) All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201273

• 7 Oct 2020N/a

  a single storey extension to the southern side of existing dwelling, and all ancillary site services,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201169

• 13 Jun 2019Conditional

  of: (a) Front single storey bay window to existing 2 storey house. (b) Side single storey extension to existing 2 storey house and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 19668

• 14 Dec 2018Refused

  a ten year planning permission to develop a renewable energy development. The proposed renewable energy development will comprise of (a) the construction and operation of 2 areas of solar photovoltaic arrays mounted on metal frames over an area of approximately 200ha, and having a maximum overall height of 3 metres over ground level; (b) Internal solar farm underground cabling; (c) 2 no. temporary construction compounds; (d) recreation and amenity works, including looped walk (upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new tracks, car parking and vehicular access); (e) 1 no. Battery Storage compound; (f) upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new site access roads; (g) site drainage; (h) forestry felling and replanting; (i) permanent signage; and (j) all associated site development and ancillary works. The proposed renewable energy development will have an operational life of 35 years from the date of commissioning. The overall renewable energy project also includes the provision of a 110kV substation with associated electrical plant, welfare facilities, waste water holding tank, security fencing, upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new site access roads, 110kV overhead line grid connection cabling with associated angle lattice masts and supporting polesets and all ancillary works, which is subject to a separate planning application made directly to An Bord Pleanála in accordance with Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in relation to the project and accompanies this planning application. Revised by significant further information consisting of; Further Information Response Report; Updated Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Appendices; Updated Natura Impact Statement; Amended Planning Application Drawings, showing; amended access/amenity track (relocated to accommodate Marsh Fritillary habitat), updated amenity signage, clarification of road sectional drawings, additional substation cross section drawing. Updated photomontage booklet

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181514

• 25 Oct 2018Conditional

  (a) Erection of single storey type dwelling; (b) Erection of garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) Installation of proprietary waste water treatment system with soil polishing filter and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181293

• 10 May 2018Refused

  (a) 3 bedroom bungalow; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use: (c) The installation of septic tank and treatment system; (d) All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18547

• 27 Jul 2017Refused

  (a) Erection of a bungalow type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of septic tank and treatment system; (d) All associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17859

• 9 Feb 2017Refused

  (a) Erection of storey and a half type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) the installation of septic tank & treatment system (d) new vehicular access and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17131

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mucklon.

Recorded monuments

• KD004-010 Habitation site
  Description

  Two saddle-querns and a sherd of medieval pottery were found in a field near a stream on the E edge of the Bog of Allen (SMR file), and suggest the possible existence of a habitation site. The 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map shows a rectangular building (est. dims. L c. 20m NNW-SSE; Wth c. 10m) immediately to the W, of which there is no visible surface trace. A rath (KD004-011----) lies c. 250m to the SW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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_2561 (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 Mucklon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Mucklon · Muc-chluain

Area

2,990,212 m² (299.02 ha, 738.9 acres)

Civil parish

Dunfierth, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Dunfierth, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunfierth electoral division: 804 people in 263 households; 92% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonagh, Coologmartin, Derryvarroge, Hortland, Killyon, Mulgeeth, Timahoe East

Placenames

Mucklon 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.