Punchestown Lower

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Punchestown Lower, from 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) to 390,881 m² (39.09 ha, 96.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Lower 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.

• 12 Aug 2026N/a

  for the construction of approximately 960m of new restored stream channels and riparian buffer; 2 no. new agricultural crossings, establishment of native broadleaf woodland up to 4.56ha and temporary access for the duration of the works and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660915

• 6 Aug 2026N/a

  consists of the restoration of an eroding and modified portion of the Hartwell River in the townland of Furryhill. The restoration works will establish a new meandering stream channel and connected native woodland riparian buffer. The works are intended to improve instream habitat, enhance the riparian corridor and improve water quality. Works to construct the new channel will be carried out in the dry and on a phased basis. The proposed works include the following: 1. The construction of approximately 960m of new restored stream channels and riparian buffer; 2. 2 no. new agricultural crossings; 3. Establishment of native broadleaf woodland up to 4.56ha; 4. Temporary access for the duration of the works, and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660897

• 6 Dec 2024Conditional

  for 1. Retention for demolition of rear porch. 2. Retention for alterations to roof profile and chimney. 3. Retention for underground bunker and associated retaining walls. 4. Retention for perimeter green fencing. 5. Retention for roof light on the rear roof plain on existing dwelling. 6. Retention for roadside boundary wall and entrance gates and associated works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 24378

• 29 Nov 2024N/a

  for 1. Retention for demolition of rear porch 2. Retention for alterations to roof profile and chimney 3. Retention for underground bunker and associated retaining walls 4. Retention for perimeter green fencing 5. Retention for roof light on the rear roof plain on existing dwelling 6. Retention for roadside boundary wall and entrance gates and associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 24370

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  for the Construction of an American Barn and a set of isolation stables to house horses, a fodder store, a lunging ring, a roofed horse walker, a roofed manure pit and effluent tank and ancillary works (i.e. minor landscaping, gates, fencing, concrete yards, hardcore yard areas and farmyard access road - all for agricultural purposes only) in a new farmyard with new farmyard entrance onto existing private road, and utilising the private road to access the public road

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460565

• 4 Jun 2024N/a

  for the Construction of an American Barn and a set of isolation stables to house horses, A fodder store, a lunging ring, a roofed horse walker, a roofed manure pit and effluent tank and ancillary works (i.e. minor landscaping, gates, fencing, concrete yards, hardcore yard areas and farmyard access road - all for agricultural purposes only) in a new farmyard with new farmyard entrance onto existing private road, and utilising the private road to access the public road

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460509

• 13 May 2024N/a

  Retention and Planning permission for 1. Retention for demolition of rear porch 2. Retention for alterations to roof profile and chimney 3. Retention for underground bunker and associated retaining walls 4. Retention for perimeter green fencing 5. Retention for roof light on the rear roof plain on existing dwelling 6. Permission to upgrade existing effluent disposal system to comply with current EPA requirements and associated works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 24151

• 7 May 2024N/a

  1. for demolition of rear porch 2. for alterations to roof profile and chimney 3. for underground bunker and associated retaining walls 4. for perimeter green fencing 5. for roof light on the rear roof plain on existing dwelling 6. Permission to upgrade existing effluent disposal system to comply with current EPA requirements and associated works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 24142

• 1 Mar 2024Conditional

  for a change of house type to that previously granted under planning ref 22/1342 and all associate site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460181

• 29 Feb 2024N/a

  Development will consist of full planning permission for a change of house type to that previously granted under planning ref 22/1342 and all associate site works at Punchestown Lower, Rathmore, Co. Kildare

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460178

• 10 Nov 2022Conditional

  For a single storey bungalow and treatment plant with soil polishing filter with a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221342

• 25 Oct 2022N/a

  single storey bungalow and treatment plant with soil polishing filter with a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221261

• 21 Jun 2021Conditional

  1. Permission for demolition of extension to the rear of existing dwelling. 2. Permission for a replacement extension to the rear which includes a basement. 3. Permission for the removal of existing window and provision of a replacement window on the South Eastern gable end on existing dwelling. 4. Permission for the removal of existing window and provision of 2 No. replacement windows on the North Western gable end on existing dwelling. 5. Permission for roof light on the rear roof plain on existing dwelling. 6. Permission to upgrade existing effluent disposal system to comply with current EPA requirements. 7. Permission to demolish existing garage and permission to construct a replacement garage and associated works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21890

• 20 Mar 2020Conditional

  (a) Construction of a milking parlour, dairy, drafting and handling facilities, and waiting yard. (b) Construction of an agricultural cubicle shed. (c) Construction of silage pit. (d) Construction of geomembrane lined slurry lagoon. (e) Modifications of existing entrance to improve sightlines and installation of access passageway. (f) Erection of an external milk storage tank, meal bin, water tank and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of construction of a new agricultural entrance and amendment to red line site boundary

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20297

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 Lower.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Punchestown Lower.

Architectural heritage

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

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_2907 (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 Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Punchestown Lower · Baile Phúinse Íochtarach

Area

1,882,848 m² (188.28 ha, 465.26 acres)

Civil parish

Rathmore, and its townlands

Barony

Naas North

Electoral division

Kilteel, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilteel electoral division: 638 people in 204 households; 93% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caureen, Furryhill, Greenmount, Punchestown Upper, Rathmore East, Rathmore West

Placenames

Punchestown Lower 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.