Punchestown

1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Punchestown, from 197,325 m² (19.73 ha, 48.76 acres) to 197,325 m² (19.73 ha, 48.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 4 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 Punchestown 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.

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  the construction of a shelter for the storage of signage and ancillary materials associated with the management of concerts and similar events. The proposed shelter is 147 sq.m in area

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23413

• 4 Feb 2022Conditional

  a 10 year planning permission for development at Swordlestown North and Swordlestown South, County Kildare. The development will consist of the construction of solar PV development on a c.129 ha site consisting of: 1. The installation of solar panels on ground-mounted frames, 51 no. single storey electrical inverter/ transformer units, security fencing, a CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; 2. The upgrading of an existing farm entrance off the L2023 and the creation of a second, new entrance, directly opposite to the north of the existing; 3. The provision of a new internal access road of a distance of c.170 m to provide access to a temporary construction compound; and 4. All associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 35 years. Revised by significant further information which consists of 1) Revised application site boundary due to omission of gliding club lands from application site with reduction in site area from 129ha to 112ha ; 2) Omission of originally proposed 110kV substation and replacement with additional solar panels and 2 x switchgear rooms on site; and 3) Revised glint and glare assessment to access impact of revised proposal on the retained gliding club and surrounding lands and the additional panels on the original proposed 110k V substation site

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22111

• 10 May 2019Conditional

  The ext of the existing racetrack by approximately 660m & raising ground levels on the track ext area to tie into existing site levels that range from approx 160m OD to the east to 140m OD to the west; widening of the home straight over a distance of 800m by between 30m & 35m; a new ambulance track over a length of 1,890m & ancillary infrastructure; &, landscape enhancement works within & adjoining the racecourse facilities including landscaping planting & the relocation of 2 no. existing attenuation ponds, & the creation of an additional 2 no. attenuation ponds. To facilitate these works, site levels will be raised to match existing contours & will require approximately 1.15 million tones of topsoil, subsoil, sand & gravel. These materials will be extracted from lands adjoining the established racecourse that are currently being restored from a disused sand & gravel pit to agricultural use under KCC Reg. Ref. 08/2159 & EPA Waste Licence Ref. W0254-01 (Walshestown). The permission granted under Kildare Council Ref. Ref. 08/2159 will expire in 2020. This application is seeking Permission for the continuance of the permitted restoration use of the Walshestown lands for a period of an additional 8.5 years to complete the current permission restoration works, & an additional 3.5 years to restore the additional area of extraction required for the racecourse ext works (12 years in total). All proposed restoration works are consistent with those previously permitted under KCC Ref. Ref. 08/2159. The proposed restoration works include the importation & placement of inert materials over & area of c. 40.05ha; processing of non-hazardous materials including crushing, screening, & magnetic separation using mobile machinery for the purpose of recovery & recycling of engineering materials; storage, & , continued use of all established & permitted structures, storage facilities, hardstanding, drainage infrastructure, utilities & works. Permission is also sought for a proposed maintenance & storage shed of 3,500 sq.m gross floor area to facilitate the proposed restoration use, & all ancillary development works. The proposed use will require the current waste licence ref. W0254-01 to be reviewed by the E.P.A. to facilitate these works. The proposed extraction & restoration works will involve the continuation of the Walshestown operations for a total period of 12 years. Accordingly, a 12 year permission is sought for etc.. see newspaper notice for full description...rev

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19523

• 23 Nov 2018Conditional

  the erection of a double garage (alterations to plans as granted under Planning Ref. 17/1353) and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181420

• 30 Nov 2017Conditional

  alterations and two storey extension to existing dwelling, domestic double garage, septic tank, on site proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter with all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171353

• 26 Oct 2017Conditional

  the construction of a 333sqm single storey building 8.2 metres high for the storage and maintenance of racecourse equipment

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 171196

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 Punchestown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Punchestown.

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2808 (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 Punchestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Punchestown · Baile Phúinse

Area

210,694 m² (21.07 ha, 52.06 acres)

Civil parish

Tipperkevin, and its townlands

Barony

Naas South

Electoral division

Killashee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killashee electoral division: 431 people in 131 households; 90% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bawnoge, Cradockstown West, Punchestown Little, Swordlestown North

Placenames

Punchestown 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.