Portgloriam
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcock, barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany, Co. Kildare; in Irish Port Gleoráin
- Area
- 189.4 ha
- 468 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 3,581 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portgloriam, from 24 m² to 287,774 m² (28.78 ha, 71.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 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 Portgloriam 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
15 Sept 2023Conditional
for a single storey extension to side and rear of two storey detached dwelling together with associated siteworks
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360216
1 Sept 2023N/a
for a single storey extension to side and rear of two storey detached dwelling together with associated siteworks
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360164
28 Nov 2022N/a
The development will consist of the construction of a single storey detached garage to the front of existing detached dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 221410
22 Dec 2021Conditional
for the construction of an agricultural style building to be used to the storage of vintage cars for hobby purposes and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211814
16 Dec 2021N/a
the construction of an agricultural style building to be used to the storage of vintage cars for hobby purposes and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211768
11 Jun 2021Conditional
extensions to the rear and side of 123sq.m. Retention of change of use from garage to habitable space of 23sq.m. Retention of removal of block archways to the front elevation and retention of new septic tank and percolation area to existing detached bungalow
Retention · Kildare County Council, 21846
27 Aug 2020Conditional
1) The extension to existing house will comprise of a bathroom and access corridor area 18.4m², 2) The conversion of an existing domestic garage, area c65m², providing a one bedroom family flat comprising of; living room, kitchen, storage, bathroom and bedroom and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20974
1 Apr 2020Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION of Planning file Ref: 15/191- Revisions to the planning permission previously granted under planning ref. 14/276 to include a new flat roof porch to front of existing dwelling, two storey pitched roof extension to rear, relocating existing chimney on living room projection at side together with modifications to existing elevations and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 20343
14 Oct 2019Conditional
Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 14/102 - Proposed single storey extension to Mountpleasant Lodge Nursing home consisting of a 38 bed residential elderly care facility specializing in the care of residents suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer’s. The proposed extension has been designed and customized for this specific category of resident and includes therapy suites, multi-sensory rooms, customized dining/sitting/day space, specialized landscaped external recreational space, sanitary and ancillary accommodation, all to the latest Irish and U.K. dementia design and fit-out standards, and HIQA best practice care home regulations and standards. The proposal includes hard and soft landscaping; car and cycle parking provision; construction details and permission to decommission and remove from site, all existing on-site sewage treatment works and replace said works with EPA 2009 Standards compliant treatment works consisting of on-site treatment facilities, pumping station and kiosk, 24 hours effluent storage facilities and ancillary works and connection pipe work laid along public road verge (Road R 407 and R 125) through towns lands of Portgloriam, Duncreevan, Courtown Great, Commons South, Commons West and Kilcock to existing public main sewer line off Brayton Park , Kilcock
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 191133
9 Oct 2018Conditional
For modifications / alterations to the permitted extension to the existing nursing home. The proposed development includes modifications / alterations including changes to the car parking and landscaping layout, the relocation of generator, switch room and cycle storage, the removal of one of the connecting links to the existing nursing home and associated and ancillary internal modifications to the layout as permitted under Kildare County Council planning ref: 17/1166
Permission · Kildare County Council, 181234
9 Oct 2018Refused
For the proposed development of a Continuing Care Community. The proposed development includes a two storey building containing 53 no. one and two bedroom units for independent and assisted living and associated ancillary facilities, car parking, landscaping and all associated ancillary site works. The proposed development will result in minor alterations to the car parking and layout as permitted under Kildare County Council ref: 17/1166
Permission · Kildare County Council, 181233
18 Oct 2017Conditional
The proposed development will consist of additional infrastructure service facilities for the approved single storey extension (An Bord Pleanala Ref. No. PL09.243522 and Kildare County Planning Register Ref. No. 14/102). This will take the form of rationalisation of ancillary services in the existing home by relocation of catering kitchens, laundry, standby generator, bin and oil storage areas, ESB Substation, cycle stands, catering and nursing staff changing and welfare facilities away from the existing service yard environs to more accessible locations on the site. The areas vacated by kitchen, laundry and staff changing will accommodate activity room and stores on the ground floor and storage/medical rooms on the first floor. The proposal also includes for the provision of additional hairdressing, therapy suites and the relocation of a two storey fire escape stairway for compliance with Fire Regulations. The proposal will provide for revised road arrangement, additional parking, drainage, storm water attenuation, relocated covered cycle stand and a revised landscape scheme
Permission · Kildare County Council, 171166
23 Jun 2017Conditional
minor alterations to previously approved permission granted under Planning Application Register Reference 16/451, comprising of: (1) Increase in ground floor area by 14.63sqm to rear, and (2) Corresponding increase in first floor area by 14.63sqm directly overhead, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17732
12 Jun 2017Conditional
to erect a new single storey bungalow dwelling, garage, on site waste water treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17682
30 May 2017N/a
to erect a new single storey bungalow dwelling, garage, on site waste water treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17626
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 Portgloriam.
Recorded monuments
- KD005-005 Ringfort - rath
Description
The monument was apparently levelled in 1954 and by 1972 survived as a 'scarcely visible' circular area (diam. 41m) defined by a shallow fosse which could only be 'traced with difficulty'. In 1985 the site was under tillage and no longer visible at ground level (SMR file). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD005-035 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 34m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 6 November 2018
- KD005-042 Enclosure
Description
Situated on reclaimed grassland with stream marking townland boundary with Ballycanon immediately to W, Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 45m N-S) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. Outline of monument clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/11/2019 See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 28/06/2018 and 14/11/2019 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Mulligan Date of upload: 26 May 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Portgloriam.
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 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_2715 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Portgloriam with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Portgloriam · Port Gleoráin
- Area
- 1,893,744 m² (189.37 ha, 467.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ikeathy and Oughterany
- Electoral division
- Kilcock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcock electoral division: 8,896 people in 2,853 households; 69% of households own their home; 65% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybrack, Ballycaghan, Ballycanon, Clonduff, Clonfert North, Clonsast, Courtown Great, Duncreevan, Hodgestown
- Placenames
- Portgloriam 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.