St. Catherine's Park

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in St. Catherine's Park, from 14 m² to 113,287 m² (11.33 ha, 27.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Transport & Utilities (Wastewater)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Strategic Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA-LV (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S6Transport & Utilities (Other community services/facilities uses)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 3 Aug 2023Conditional

  minor alterations to a shed previously approved with planning permission reg. ref. 21/292. The minor alterations are: modifications to a door and window in the east elevation and the introduction of a new window in the west elevation

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23830

• 16 Mar 2023N/a

  Retention permission on the grant of permission Ref. No. 21/292. The development will consist of minor alterations to a door and window in the easterly elevation and the introduction of a window in the westerly elevation

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23260

• 12 Sept 2022Refused

  the construction of a stable yard with ancillary stables, permanent recessed entrance to replace existing temporary entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221115

• 27 Jan 2022Refused

  for the construction of a detached single storey stable block for personal use, permanent recessed entrance to replace existing temporary entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2275

• 22 Nov 2021Conditional

  for alterations and additions to an existing garden shed building. The alterations and additions will include the construction of a single storey pitched roof extension (28m²) plus a single storey low pitched lean-to roof extension (10m²) to the front and side of the existing garden shed in order to provide additional storage, along with all associated site works. The existing garden shed was approved under KCC register reference 18/34

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211640

• 9 Mar 2021Conditional

  a single storey shed with a playroom attached to the rear of the existing shed, and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21292

• 3 Nov 2020Conditional

  construction of 4 bed, part storey and half & part single storey detached dwelling and all associated site works. The new dwelling will use existing shared vehicular entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201314

• 27 Oct 2020N/a

  construction of 4 bed, part storey and half and part single storey detached dwelling and all associated site works. The new dwelling will use existing shared vehicular entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201267

• 6 Jun 2019Conditional

  the construction of a new 2 storey 4 bed, detached house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19640

• 8 Mar 2018Conditional

  a new wastewater pumping station, control building, change of use of the existing balance tank western cell to a pumping station wet well, additional mechanical and electrical plant equipment , landscaping , internal access road, and hardstanding area and other ancillary works within the site boundary of the existing Leixlip Waste Water Treatment Plant within the townland of Leixlip

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18233

• 15 Jan 2018Conditional

  alterations and additions to an existing dwelling house at Gate Lodge Number 2, St Catherines Park, Sillechain Lane, Mill Lane, Leixlip, Co.Kildare, the alterations and additions will include the construction of single storey extensions for kitchen/dining (26.19m2) and boiler room (3.33m2) with lean to roofs to the sides of existing ground floor layout, construction of a pitched roof first floor bedroom extension (18.48m2) replacement windows and door to front elevation, construction of a single storey stand alone garden shed/store (48.87m2) with pitched roof at the south-east of the house, the construction of a new entrance wall & gates at the front north-west boundary of the site, construction of new timber fence along south boundary, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 1834

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Liffey Valley 000128

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of St. Catherine's Park.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey local authority house, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to right. Refenestrated and extended, c.1980, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed end bay to right (south-east). Hipped roof with slate (gabled to porch). Red clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stacks. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to end bay. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed openings. Rendered sills. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1980. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1980. Set back from road in own grounds.

• House, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey local authority house, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to right. Refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped roof with slate (gabled to porch). Red clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stacks. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed openings. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Replacement glazed uPVC door, c.1990. Set back from road in own grounds.

• Leixlip Manor, house, 1750–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1765, on a symmetrical plan retaining early fenestration with single-bay two-storey breakfront, three-bay two-storey side elevations to north-east and to south-west having single-bay two-storey bowed bay windows and five-bay two-storey rear elevation to south-east. Renovated and extended, c.1800, comprising single-bay two-storey curved linking wings to left (east) and to right (west) having single-bay two-storey lower pavilion blocks with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to centre. Now in use as hotel. Hipped roofs behind parapet walls with slate (on a quadrangular plan to main block). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered dressings including recessed panels over openings to first floor and parapet walls having moulded stringcourses. Rendered walls to porch. Painted. Engaged Ionic columns with frieze over having moulded cornice to parapet wall with blocking course to centre. Square-headed window openings (in round-headed recessed panels to ground floor front (north-west) elevation; in tripartite arrangement to bowed bay windows). Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows (2/2 sidelights to tripartite openings). Square-headed door opening. Glazed timber panelled double doors (possibly replacement). Interior with carved timber staircase and timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own extensive grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt/carpark to front.Detached seven-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1765, to north-west flanking courtyard with square-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered buttresses along front (south-west) elevation. Square-headed openings (some possibly remodelled). Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door openings. Glazed timber panelled doors (probably replacement). Square-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. No fittings.Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half-attic, c.1765, to north-east framing courtyard with square-headed integral carriageway. Gable-ended roof with slate. Red clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Timber casement windows (probably replacement). Square-headed integral carriageway. Timber boarded doors.Detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1765, to north-east flanking courtyard retaining some original fenestration. Renovated and part refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Painted. Shallow segmental-headed window openings to left ground floor (one in tripartite arrangement). Rendered sills. 1/1 timber sash window to tripartite arrangement with 1/1 sidelights having lattice glazing. Fixed-pane timber windows to remainder with lattice glazing. Square-headed window openings to remainder (some possibly remodelled, c.1990). Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door openings. Glazed timber panelled doors (probably replacement, c.1990).Subterranean tunnel, c.1765, leading to house to south-east approached by flight of stone steps having iron railings.Rubble stone boundary wall, c.1765, to courtyard (to north-west and to south-east) with pair of shallow segmental-headed integral carriageways with cut-stone piers, cut-stone voussoirs having stringcourses over and parapet walls.Rubble stone boundary wall, c.1765, to walled garden to north-east approached through farmyard courtyard.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2969 (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 St. Catherine's Park with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

St. Catherine's Park

Area

317,370 m² (31.74 ha, 78.42 acres)

Civil parish

Leixlip, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Leixlip, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Leixlip electoral division: 16,755 people in 5,741 households; 79% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Confey, Leixlip, Lucan Demesne (Co. Dublin), Newtown, St. Catherine's, St. Catherine's Park (Co. Dublin)

Placenames

St. Catherine's Park 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.