Skenagun

102 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skenagun, from 57 m² to 252,718 m² (25.27 ha, 62.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 10 Apr 2026N/a

  a change of use from detached home office, studio and store to residential use on ground and first floor, a single storey extension to rear/side, new waste water treatment system, use of onsite services and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660388

• 16 May 2025Conditional

  of single story extension to the side of existing house as constructed and all associated site and development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560512

• 13 May 2025N/a

  of single story extension to the side of existing house as constructed and all associated site and development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560491

• 19 Oct 2023Conditional

  Extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360310

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  for single storey extension to the side of existing cottage comprising entrance hall, kitchen/dining room, utility, Wc and including upgrading and widening of existing vehicular entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360011

• 24 Apr 2023Conditional

  a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23426

• 2 Mar 2023Refused

  provision of a residential development of 43 no. housing units (comprising of 15 no. 3 bedroom single storey courtyard houses; 4 no. single storey 4 bedroom courtyard houses; 12 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses; 12 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses) with 55 no. dedicated parking spaces of which there are 45 no. for residents, 10 no. for visitors, inclusive of 3 no. EV spaces and 3 no. disabled spaces and including bicycle and bin storage, vehicular access from the R418, provision of new access road connecting to existing estate roads (Oak Road and Beech Close), provision of 2 no. pedestrian footbridges and a single new vehicular access over the existing stream, provision of linear park 10 metres either side of the stream, natural play area, attenuation area, pumping station, open space and associated site works over a total application site area of 2.19ha. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information consists of proposed amendments with supporting amended plans, drawings and reports for the following: Revisions to site layout to include relocation of unit nos. 28, 29, 30, 31, 42 and 43; reduction in the number of 2 bedroom houses to 2 no. units, increase in the number of 3 bedroom units to 39 no. units, reduction to 2 no. 4 bedroom units, ensuring that the number of housing units proposed remains the same (43 no.); replacement of previously proposed single storey courtyard house type with 2 storey house types (k, l, m, n, and p); introduction of 4m wide segregated pavement/cylceway to the north and west boundaries adjoining the L8054 and R418; realignment of 2 no. footbridges and vehicular bridge; relocation of Irish Water pump kiosk; relocation of associated roads and footpaths; increase in shared open space; replacement of a majority of the on-street residential parking with in-curtilage parking to allow overnight charging of electric vehicles (EVs); provision of dedicated EV charging points adjacent to all on-street visitor parking spaces and mobility impaired spaces; splitting of the main attenuation tank into 2 to facilitate separate drainage for the existing estate; addition of a small attenuation tank to the south of the junction of Beach Close and Beach Drive; additional surface water sewer with hydrobrake and attenuation structure on the western side of the Ballyvass Stream; and modifications to the proposed play space

  Permission, 43 homes · Kildare County Council, 23194

• 22 Feb 2023N/a

  A residential development of 43 No. housing units (comprising of 15 No. 3 bedroom single storey courtyard houses; 4 No. single storey 4 bedroom courtyard houses; 12 No. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses; 12 No. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses) with 55 No. dedicated parking spaces of which there are 45 No. for residents, 10 No. for visitors, inclusive of 3 No. EV spaces and 3 No. disabled spaces and including bicycle and bin storage, vehicular access from the R418, provision of new access road connecting to existing estate roads, (Oak Road and Beech Close), provision of 2 No. pedestrian footbridges and a single new vehicular access over the existing stream, provision of liner park 10 metres either side of the stream, natural play area, attenuation area, pumping station, open space and associated site works over a total application site area of 2.19ha

  Permission, 43 homes · Kildare County Council, 23163

• 31 Jan 2023N/a

  Residential development of 43 No. housing units (comprising of 15 No. 3 bedroom single storey courtyard houses; 4 No. single storey 4 bedroom courtyard houses; 12 No. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses; 12 No. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses) with 55 No. dedicated parking spaces of which there are 45 No. for residents, 10 for visitors, inclusive of 3 No. EV spaces and 3 No. disabled spaces and including bicycle and bin storage, vehicular access from the R418, provision of new access road connecting to existing estate roads (Oak Road and Beach Close), provision of 2 No. pedestrian footbridges and a single new vehicular access over the existing stream, provision of linear park 10 metres either side of the stream, natural play area, attenuation area, pumping station, open space and associated site works over a total application site area of 2.19ha. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Development

  Permission, 43 homes · Kildare County Council, 2375

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  change of use from existing detached single storey garage to a home office and a single storey extension to the rear for a garden room and storage area and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221114

• 27 Jan 2020Conditional

  a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwelling, 2 no. roof lights to the front façade, use of existing onsite services and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2054

• 12 Nov 2018Conditional

  to erect a shower room to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181357

• 6 Oct 2017Conditional

  the construction of a single storey pitched-roof "Granny Flat" extension to the side and rear; the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171103

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 Skenagun.

Recorded monuments

• KD038-045001 Religious house - Fratres Cruciferi
  Description

  National Monument No. 503. The Priory and Hospital of St John the Baptist. The only visible remains consist of a square tower (dims 4.5m x 4.5m) on a narrow plinth. The structure is of roughly coursed mixed stone, chiefly granite, with smaller limestone and sandstone pinnings, and with granite quoins and jambs. There are three floors with a barrel vault over the first floor. It is entered through the N wall, through a segmented doorway with a pointed rear arch, and with dressed voussoirs. Access to the first floor is via ladder, and access to the second floor is from the exterior through a narrow rounded arched doorway. The function of the tower is unknown. Comerford records the discovery of an underground vaulted chamber 'some few perches' to the NW of the tower in the late nineteenth century, possibly a souterrain (1891-5, 372). Bones have been found recently to the S of the tower. There is a small limestone grave slab in a nearby garden. The origins of the priory origins are obscure, but the earliest reference to it is in 1284 (Sweetman 1875-86, ii, no. 2340). It was described in the Dissolution documents as roofless and ruined (White 1943, 168), and was described in 1539 as consisting of a church, belfrey, dormitory, tower, two halls, three chambers, land and a water mill (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 211). (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 125-7) Date of upload: 15 September 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 183/1948).

• KD038-045003 Graveslab
  Description

  Limestone fragment (dims. L 0.25m; Wth 0.15m; T 0.05m) with traces of a design in low relief and an incised line, perhaps a letter. Found in Mrs. Daltons garden (the owner of the lands on which the priory and tower (KD038-045001-) lie. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 115) Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-078 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 35m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 25/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 28 May 2019

Architectural heritage

• Outbuilding, 1730–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1750. Renovated, c.1980, with opening remodelled to right forming double-height square-headed integral carriageway. Now disused. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rainwater goods now gone from cut-stone eaves course. Coursed snecked rubble granite walls. Square-headed window opening. No sill. Cut-granite lintel. Fittings now gone. Square-headed door opening to left ground floor. Cut-granite lintel. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1980. Double-height square-headed integral carriageway inserted, c.1980, to right with cast-iron lintel. No fittings. Road fronted with rear (west) elevation fronting on to road. Part overgrown grounds to site.

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).

No address of the register names Skenagun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Skenagun

Area

906,504 m² (90.65 ha, 224 acres)

Civil parish

Castledermot, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea And Moone

Electoral division

Graney, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvass, Castledermot, Coolane, Garterfarm, Hallahoise, Hobartstown East, Hobartstown West, Saintjohns

Placenames

Skenagun on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.