# Rosbran, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of St. John's, barony of Narragh and Reban West, Co. Kildare; in Irish Ros Breannaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 369,550 m² (36.96 ha, 91.32 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,967 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: St. John's, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/st-johns.md
- Barony: Narragh and Reban West
- Electoral division: Athy Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,548 people lived in 1,506 households in the Athy Rural electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 66% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/24890
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 81076
- Centre: latitude 52.970675, longitude -7.017792 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosbran, from 1,856 m² to 311,463 m² (31.15 ha, 76.96 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1054703: 311,463 m² (31.15 ha, 76.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054703.md
- Parcel 5688196: 21,349 m² (2.13 ha, 5.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5688196.md
- Parcel 1025030: 5,581 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025030.md
- Parcel 1047247: 4,694 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1047247.md
- Parcel 1055699: 4,659 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055699.md
- Parcel 1054709: 4,309 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054709.md
- Parcel 1018175: 3,625 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018175.md
- Parcel 1072324: 3,314 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072324.md
- Parcel 1057389: 3,284 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057389.md
- Parcel 1016132: 3,099 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016132.md
- Parcel 1042676: 2,325 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042676.md
- Parcel 1053939: 1,856 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053939.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Rosbran 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 29 May 2026, Laois County Council 2660323: Conditional. Permission. - Replace (“restringing”) and uprating of c.10.2km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 14No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m, with height increases between 1m and 2m; - Replacement of 15No. existing Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts; and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660323/0
- 26 May 2026, Kildare County Council 2660550: Conditional. Permission. Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660550/0
- 23 Jul 2020, Kildare County Council 20805: N/a. Permission. extension and restoration of derelict vernacular cottage to habitable use, including wastewater treatment system and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20805/0

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## 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 Rosbran.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rosbran.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Rosbran, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2321, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2321.zip (ZIP).
- 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/rosbran.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rosbran.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rosbran.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rosbran 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)

- Bennetsbridge: https://everytownland.com/kildare/bennetsbridge.md
- Goulyduff: https://everytownland.com/kildare/goulyduff.md
- Killyganard (Co. Laois): https://everytownland.com/laois/killyganard.md
- Rosbran (Co. Laois): https://everytownland.com/laois/rosbran.md
- Roundhills: https://everytownland.com/kildare/roundhills.md
- Whitebog (Co. Laois): https://everytownland.com/laois/whitebog.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.

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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/rosbran
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/rosbran