# Philipstown, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathmore, barony of Naas North, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 713,237 m² (71.32 ha, 176.24 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 264,132 m² (26.41 ha, 65.27 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Natural Areas, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathmore, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/rathmore.md - Barony: Naas North - Electoral division: Rathmore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Rathmore electoral division: 1,175 people in 367 households; 92% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/26056 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80994 - Centre: latitude 53.193171, longitude -6.550111 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Philipstown, from 131,259 m² (13.13 ha, 32.43 acres) to 317,846 m² (31.78 ha, 78.54 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1089537: 317,846 m² (31.78 ha, 78.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089537.md - Parcel 1018602: 264,132 m² (26.41 ha, 65.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018602.md - Parcel 1027269: 131,259 m² (13.13 ha, 32.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027269.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G3 Natural Areas (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Blessington/Blessington-Local-Area-Plan-2025-2031 - P4 Extractive Industry (Quarrying / mining): Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Blessington/Blessington-Local-Area-Plan-2025-2031 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 27 May 2020, Kildare County Council 20532: N/a. Permission. (A) The continuation of aggregate extraction and processing as permitted under Reg. Ref. 07/267 that arose following S.261 registration of the extraction operation under reference No. QR42. (B) The lateral extension of the permitted extraction activities in westerly and northerly directions. Over a combined area of approx. 13.8 ha to match existing extraction depth that is above watertable. The proposed western extension is for the extraction of sand and gravel, and rock over an area of approx. 10.7 ha. The proposed northern extension is primarily for the extraction of sand and gravel over an area of approx. 3.1 ha. The extension areas are proposed to be extracted on a phased basis that incorporate into the existing extraction and restoration plans. The proposed lateral extension areas of sand and gravel, and rock will be processed using existing site processing facilities and are intended to maintain the extraction and aggregate production capabilities of the existing construction aggregate production operation. The proposed extension areas will include ancillary development in the form of landscaped screening bunds. (C) The replacement of existing wastewater holding system for the existing canteen/office with proprietary wastewater treatment system. (D) Ancillary site works. The application site area under reg. Ref. 07/267 was 57.9 ha. The proposed lateral extraction extension areas will increase the overall extraction area to approx. 54.3 ha. The total application area is approx. 75.0 ha and includes the ancillary processing plant and welfare facilities. The application site excludes an area of 0.23 ha that is the subject of a current planning application for retention of a maintenance shed under Reg. Ref. 19/1230. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared to accompany the planning application that include the existence of this maintenance shed in the assessment study areas. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS), for development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20532/0 - 22 May 2020, Kildare County Council 20511: N/a. Permission. (A) The continuation of aggregate extraction and processing as permitted under Reg. Ref. 07/267 that arose following S.261 registration of the extraction operation under reference No. QR42. (B) The lateral extension of the permitted extraction activities in westerly and northerly directions. Over a combined area of approx. 13.8 ha to match existing extraction depth that is above watertable. The proposed western extension is for the extraction of sand and gravel, and rock over an area of approx. 10.7 ha. The proposed northern extension is primarily for the extraction of sand and gravel over an area of approx. 3.1 ha. The extension areas are proposed to be extracted on a phased basis that incorporate into the existing extraction and restoration plans. The proposed lateral extension areas of sand and gravel, and rock will be processed using existing site processing facilities and are intended to maintain the extraction and aggregate production capabilities of the existing construction aggregate production operation. The proposed extension areas will include ancillary development in the form of landscaped screening bunds. (C) The replacement of existing wastewater holding system for the existing canteen/office with proprietary wastewater treatment system. (D) Ancillary site works. The application site area under reg. Ref. 07/267 was 57.9 ha. The proposed lateral extraction extension areas will increase the overall extraction area to approx. 54.3 ha. The total application area is approx. 75.0 ha and includes the ancillary processing plant and welfare facilities. The application site excludes an area of 0.23 ha that is the subject of a current planning application for retention of a maintenance shed under Reg. Ref. 19/1230. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared to accompany the planning application that include the existence of this maintenance shed in the assessment study areas. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS), for development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20511/0 - 21 May 2018, Wicklow County Council 18545: Conditional. Extension of duration. continuation of extraction of sand & gravel on lands that have been used for this purpose since before 1st october 1964, extending to 16.12hectares & to a final level not lower than 204m OD (Malin Head); and extraction of sand & gravel on lands extending to 13.36 hectares to a final level not lower than 240m OD (Malin Head), on a site registered under Section 261 of the Planning & Development Act 2000 all on a 29.48 hectare site for a ten year period. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18545/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Philipstown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Philipstown. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Philipstown. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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_2908, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2908.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kildare/philipstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/philipstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/philipstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Philipstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Athgarrett: https://everytownland.com/kildare/athgarrett.md - Deerpark (Co. Wicklow): https://everytownland.com/wicklow/deerpark-250630.md - Redbog: https://everytownland.com/kildare/redbog.md - Wolfestown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/wolfestown.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kildare/philipstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/philipstown