Raheens

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheens, from 38 m² to 592,686 m² (59.27 ha, 146.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 53 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 Raheens 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  a) Demolishing existing detached sheds to the rear of the house b) Constructing a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing single storey dwelling and alterations to all elevations, c) Removal of existing portico and construction of a singe storey porch to the front of the house d) Decommission of existing septic tank and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561456

• 16 Dec 2025N/a

  The development will consist of a) Demolishing existing rear annex b) Constructing a part 2 storey, part single storey extension to the side and rear of existing 2 storey semi detached dwelling and alterations to all elevations, c) Removal of existing lean-to roof to the front and construction of a singe storey entrance porch, d) Widening existing vehicle entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561435

• 15 Dec 2025N/a

  a) Demolishing existing detached sheds to the rear of the house b) Constructing a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing single storey dwelling and alterations to all elevations, c) removal of existing portico and construction of a singe storey porch to the front of the house d) decommission of existing septic tank and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561429

• 27 Nov 2025Refused

  (A) construction of a single type house, (B) garage /store for domestic use, (C) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new combined vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561338

• 14 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey rear extension, retention of porch and 2 no. bay windows and new window arrangement to existing front elevation as constructed and all associated site works. temporary retention for a period of 1 year sought for existing mobile home on site. permission for upgrading of existing septic tank to secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560790

• 22 Jan 2025Refused

  for (A) Raising of low lying farmland by 1 meter over circa 3.2 hectares using inert subsoil and topsoil to be grass seeded on completion. (B)Temporary site entrance & access to allow for landfilling as above (item A)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560044

• 20 Jan 2025Refused

  for the construction of a two storey dwelling, detached garage, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area, double recessed vehicular entrance (shared with an existing single recessed vehicular entrance accessing adjacent dwelling) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560030

• 11 Nov 2024N/a

  for the construction of a single storey rear extension, retention of porch and 2 no. bay windows and new window arrangement to existing front elevation as constructed and all associated site works. Temporary retention for a period of 1 year sought for existing mobile home on site

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 24351

• 10 Oct 2024Refused

  for (A) construction of a single type house, (B) garage /store for domestic use, (C) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new combined vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461040

• 18 Apr 2024Refused

  for (A) Single storey stable building consisting of 6no. horse boxes, tack room, vets room, seepage tank & dungstead. (B) 1no. hay / feed / machinery store in typical metal clad agricultural style building. (C) New recessed entrance and site access to serve farm and existing house, landscaping and all associated site development works. (D) Raising of low lying farmland by 1 meter over circa 3.2 hectares using inert subsoil and topsoil as part of the overall site development works, to be grass seeded on completion

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460330

• 29 Jan 2024N/a

  for (A) Single storey stable building consisting of 6no. horse boxes, tack room, vets room, seepage tank & dungstead. (B) 1no. hay / feed / machinery store in typical metal clad agricultural style building. (C) New recessed entrance and site access to serve farm and existing house, landscaping and all associated site development works. (D) Raising of low lying farmland by 1 meter over circa 3.2 hectares using inert subsoil and topsoil as part of the overall site development works, to be grass seeded on completion

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460053

• 11 Oct 2023Refused

  for (A) construction of a single type house, (B) garage /store for domestic use, (C) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new combined vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360291

• 6 Oct 2023N/a

  for (A) construction of a single type house, (B) garage /store for domestic use, (C) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new combined vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360281

• 20 Jan 2023Conditional

  Permission is sought for 1) a single storey & dormer extension (loft storage accommodation only) to the rear of an existing detached, single storey cottage which will form a 5 bedroom dwelling with a 1 bedroom family apartment, associated alterations to all elevations, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area to replace an existing septic tank, surface water to soakaways, accessed via an existing recessed entrance which will be altered to improve sightlines and all associated site works and 2) a detached garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2342

• 3 Nov 2022N/a

  the construction of a two storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area, double recessed vehicular entrance (shared with an existing single recessed vehicular entrance accessing adjacent dwelling), ancillary landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221311

• 27 Sept 2022Refused

  the reclamation of land through the raising of the existing ground levels by a maximum of 1m over an area of 3.2 ha at the site with inert soil and stone for the purposes of land improvement with an agricultural end use and all other ancillary site works to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221168

• 2 Sept 2022Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling, single storey detached garage, on site effluent treatment system, percolation area, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a revised two storey dwelling house type and a revised dwelling, garage and on site effluent treatment system and percolation area location within the subject site and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221077

• 22 Aug 2022Refused

  the construction of a two storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area, double recessed vehicular entrance (shared with an existing single recessed vehicular entrance accessing adjacent dwelling) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221032

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  Permission is sought for a detached bungalow, detached single storey garage, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area, surface water to soakaways, recessed vehicular entrance shared with existing adjacent vehicular entrances and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211829

• 15 Dec 2021N/a

  construction of a two storey dwelling, single storey detached garage, on site effluent treatment system, percolation area, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211760

• 29 Nov 2021Conditional

  for 1) alterations to the location of the single storey dwelling (as permitted under PI. Ref 19 868) within subject site 2) alterations to the location of the single storey garage (as permitted under PI. Ref 19 868) within subject site and minor alterations to the size of same garage plan & elevations 3) alterations to the location of the rear site boundary, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211685

• 4 Oct 2021Refused

  completion of the raising of low lying farmland by 1 meter over circa 3.2 hectares using inert subsoil and topsoil complete with finished grass surface for agricultural grazing purposes and all associated works. The subject site is adjoining the previously permitted site 18/367. All

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211429

• 15 Mar 2021Conditional

  for as constructed 4 bedroom single storey dwelling, domestic garage and Oakstown wastewater treatment system which was originally granted permission under Pl. No. 14/765. Permission also requested for the retention of original roadside cottage, which was to be removed as part of the original permission, sub-division of the enlarged site to accommodate both dwellings also retention of the alterations to the vehicle entrance from that originally granted under Pl. No. 14/765, along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21323

• 3 Mar 2021N/a

  of as constructed 4 bedroom single storey dwelling, domestic garage and Oakstown wastewater treatments system which was originally granted permission under Planning No. 14/765. Permission also requested for the retention of original roadside cottage, which was to be removed as part of the original permission, sub-division of the enlarged site to accommodate both dwellings, also retention of the alterations to the vehicle entrance from that originally granted under Planning No. 14/765, along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21253

• 26 Aug 2020Conditional

  The construction of a two storey/single storey dwelling, single storey garage, on site effluent treatment system, percolation area, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20970

The 25 most recent of 30 applications.

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 Raheens.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Raheens.

Architectural heritage

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

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_2653 (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 Raheens with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Raheens · Na Ráithíní

Area

2,226,173 m² (222.62 ha, 550.1 acres)

Civil parish

Carragh, and its townlands

Barony

Clane

Electoral division

Carragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carragh electoral division: 1,854 people in 563 households; 86% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barrettstown, Carragh, Derreens, Oldtowndonore, Stickins, Thomastown, Yeomanstown

Placenames

Raheens 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.