Prospect

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Prospect, from 247 m² to 216,934 m² (21.69 ha, 53.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Prospect 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.

• 6 Aug 2026N/a

  1. An agricultural shed for hay and machinery storage, 2. Part conversion of the agricultural shed to staff accommodation, and 3. A horse walker. 4. Full planning permission to upgrade existing farm access and all associated site works at Sherlockstown, Sallins, Co. Kildare W91 TK70.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660896

• 3 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a part single part two storey detached four bedroom dwelling (GFA: 217 sq.m.); a detached garage building with an en-suite guest bedroom; an on-site waste water treatment plant; vehicular access via existing entrance at Sherlockstown Road; and ancillary site development works within the curtilage of Prospect House (A Protected Structure)

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461289

• 2 Dec 2024N/a

  for an agricultural shed for hay and machinery storage along with a horse walker and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461281

• 1 Nov 2024N/a

  for the construction of a part single part two storey detached four bedroom dwelling (GFA: 217 sq.m.); a detached garage building with an en-suite guest bedroom; an on-site waste water treatment plant; vehicular access via existing entrance at Sherlockstown Road; and ancillary site development works within the curtilage of Prospect House (A Protected Structure)

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461150

• 20 Apr 2024Conditional

  for change of permitted 2 storey house design (Pl Ref No. 21/969) to traditional 2 storey farm house design and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460339

• 23 Aug 2023Conditional

  the construction of a 3 Bedroom with study Bungalow (area=210m2) on a sub division of the family farm (site area=0.41 Hectares) including proposed waste water treatment system, new gate entrance and driveway. Demolition of existing small shed (area=37m2) to allow for new gate entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23865

• 15 Sept 2021Conditional

  the construction of a 3 Bedroom with Study bungalow (area=210m²) on a sub division of their farm (site area=0.41 Hectares) including proposed waste water treatment system, new gate entrance and driveway. Demolition of existing small shed (area=37m²) to allow for new gate entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211317

• 2 Jul 2021Conditional

  construction of a two storey detached house, double domestic garage, agricultural barn, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21969

• 18 Feb 2021N/a

  construction of a two storey detached house, double domestic garage, agricultural barn, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatments system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21189

• 20 Jan 2021N/a

  construction of a two storey detached house, double domestic garage, agricultural barn, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatments system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2164

• 23 Dec 2020N/a

  Construction of a two storey detached house, double domestic garage, agricultural barn, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatments system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201608

• 9 Apr 2020Refused

  the construction of a 3 bedroom with study bungalow (area = 210sqm) on a sub division of their farm (site area = 0.41 hectares) including proposed wastewater treatment system, new gate entrance and driveway. Demolition of existing small shed (area = 37sqm) to allow for new gate entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20366

• 14 Sept 2018Refused

  The construction of a 3 bedroom with study bungalow (area = 226m2) and detached garage (area =63m2) on a sub division of the farm (site area = 0.528 Hectares ( including proposed waste water treatment system, new gate entrance and driveway

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181133

• 28 Feb 2017Refused

  Construction of a 3 bedroom bungalow 189 Sq.m, and additional agricultural structures (storage shed 63 Sq.m, barn for cattle 151 sq.m. polytunnels 3 x 80 sq.m. - 240 sq.m., chicken coop 5 sq.m. snail paddock 0.25 acres with Nursery Tunnel 21.5 sq.m.) on the existing small holding (site area - 2.634 Hectares) on a sub division of the family farm. Existing Cow Crush, Pig Ark, Orchard & Beehive to stay in situ

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17212

• 27 Jan 2017N/a

  construction of a 3 bedroom bungalow (189sq.m) and small holding (site area = 2.634 Hectares) on a sub division of the family farm with associated production facilities, shed (area=63sq.m) and Barn (145sq.m) for cattle, pigs, chickens, bees and vegetables. Existing cattle crush, bee hives, polytunnel, pig sty, vegetable drills and orchard are to be retained

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 1782

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 Prospect.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Prospect.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Prospect, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2803 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Prospect with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Prospect

Area

909,243 m² (90.92 ha, 224.68 acres)

Civil parish

Sherlockstown, and its townlands

Barony

Naas North

Electoral division

Bodenstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

5,091 people lived in 1,700 households in the Bodenstown electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Daars South, Ladyhill, Littlerath, Sherlockstown, Sherlockstown Common

Placenames

Prospect 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.