# Punchestown Upper, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathmore, barony of Naas North, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile Phúinse Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,062,226 m² (106.22 ha, 262.48 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,159 m² (0.92 ha, 2.26 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 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): 1,175 people lived in 367 households in the Rathmore electoral division. 92% of households owned 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/26058 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 81018 - Centre: latitude 53.216065, longitude -6.519751 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Punchestown Upper, from 93 m² to 293,373 m² (29.34 ha, 72.49 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1019965: 293,373 m² (29.34 ha, 72.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019965.md - Parcel 4765257: 290,868 m² (29.09 ha, 71.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4765257.md - Parcel 1089597: 81,584 m² (8.16 ha, 20.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089597.md - Parcel 5845917: 52,888 m² (5.29 ha, 13.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5845917.md - Parcel 1059425: 44,423 m² (4.44 ha, 10.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059425.md - Parcel 5845919: 41,812 m² (4.18 ha, 10.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5845919.md - Parcel 5304301: 32,671 m² (3.27 ha, 8.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5304301.md - Parcel 5842390: 31,861 m² (3.19 ha, 7.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842390.md - Parcel 1021906: 31,775 m² (3.18 ha, 7.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021906.md - Parcel 1054104: 27,015 m² (2.7 ha, 6.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054104.md - Parcel 2590160: 26,084 m² (2.61 ha, 6.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2590160.md - Parcel 1058011: 18,564 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058011.md - Parcel 2650344: 16,569 m² (1.66 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2650344.md - Parcel 3388709: 10,691 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3388709.md - Parcel 1090385: 10,226 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090385.md - Parcel 2590162: 9,159 m² (0.92 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2590162.md - Parcel 1018860: 7,753 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018860.md - Parcel 1067027: 6,728 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1067027.md - Parcel 5304272: 4,890 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5304272.md - Parcel 5578825: 4,605 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5578825.md - Parcel 1042588: 3,299 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042588.md - Parcel 1023857: 2,584 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023857.md - Parcel 1066835: 2,400 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066835.md - Parcel 1066176: 2,342 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066176.md - Parcel 1031498: 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031498.md - Parcel 1016248: 1,942 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016248.md - Parcel 1040833: 1,852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040833.md - Parcel 3879730: 913 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3879730.md - Parcel 4839084: 669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4839084.md - Parcel 5304300: 534 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5304300.md - Parcel 5980414: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5980414.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Punchestown Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 12 Aug 2026, Kildare County Council 2660915: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660915/0 - 6 Aug 2026, Kildare County Council 2660897: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660897/0 - 28 May 2025, Kildare County Council 2560570: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for amendments to previously granted permission Ref 07586 and Ref 12461: (a) Retention for As constructed single storey house. (b) Retention for As constructed stables and dungstead with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560570/0 - 24 Apr 2019, Kildare County Council 19442: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. the dwelling house as built. The house was previously granted planning permission under planning ref. no. 17/214. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19442/0 - 10 Apr 2019, Kildare County Council 19386: N/a. Retention. For minor alterations to existing single storey dwelling as built which was previously granted under planning permission reg. ref. no. 17/214 on this site.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19386/0 - 25 Oct 2018, Kildare County Council 181294: Conditional. Retention. of as constructed modifications of one of the agricultural buildings approved under Planning Permission Reference 07/2206 including enlargement and relocation of same on the site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181294/0 - 22 Oct 2018, Kildare County Council 181282: Conditional. Permission. the provision of an apple storage, sorting and dispatch facility associated with an existing orchard to include modifications and extension of existing agricultural buildings as well as the construction of a new adjoining agricultural apple storage building with associated site works and upgrade to existing wastewater treatment system. Revised by significant further information consisting of; the provision of a new proprietary packaged wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter to replace existing septic tank and percolation area.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181282/0 - 17 Sept 2018, Kildare County Council 181137: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. The following amendments to that previously approved under planning reference 08/1135 1. A revised ridge height to the two storey extension to the rear. 2. The omission of two number velux windows to the rear of original dwelling and 3. A revised effluent treatment plant location and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181137/0 - 1 Mar 2017, Kildare County Council 17214: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the building of a single storey dwelling, serviced with small on site wastewater treatment system to current EPA guidelines and associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17214/0 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 Punchestown Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Punchestown Upper. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Punchestown Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Punchestown Upper, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Punchestown Upper. - 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/punchestown-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/punchestown-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/punchestown-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Punchestown Upper 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) - Caureen: https://everytownland.com/kildare/caureen.md - Furryhill: https://everytownland.com/kildare/furryhill.md - Punchestown Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/punchestown-lower.md - Rathbane: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rathbane.md - Slatequarries: https://everytownland.com/kildare/slatequarries.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/punchestown-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/punchestown-upper