Straffan

244 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Straffan, from 7 m² to 164,078 m² (16.41 ha, 40.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Straffan, Kildare · 198 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Straffan, Kildare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Straffan, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Straffan, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Straffan, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 26 Jun 2026Conditional

  the construction of a detached single storey house, single storey domestic garage, connection to public foul sewer and utilisation of existing shared double entrance ad all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660700

• 22 Jun 2026N/a

  for the construction of a detached single storey house, single storey domestic garage, connection to public foul sewer and utilisation of existing shared double entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660681

• 18 Jun 2026N/a

  2 story semi detached house domer attic conversion

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660668

• 15 Jun 2026Conditional

  1. Change of roof profile from hip to gable. 2. Conversion of attic space to include a dormer to the rear roof and 2 windows to the front roof profile of existing dwelling. 3. Construction of a ground floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660645

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  Attic conversion for storage, including a full raised gable to the side, a new gable window, and three rooflights to the rear

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561444

• 10 Dec 2025N/a

  Attic conversion for storage, including a full raised gable to the side, a new gable window, and three rooflights to the rear

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561408

• 2 Dec 2024Conditional

  for amendments to the design of the proposed development permitted under planning reference 24/60326. These include; 1. Removing the adjoining garage to the side of the house, 2. Addition of a freestanding garage to the front of the house, 3. Addition of a boundary wall and vehicular access gate to the front, 4. Addition of a hedgerow and pedestrian gate to the rear, 5. All associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461278

• 22 Nov 2024Conditional

  for modifications and extensions to the existing dwelling house namely: a) construction of a double garage with utility and store room b) construction of a new entrance porch, c) demolition of the existing roof lantern on the main dwelling roof d) alterations to internal site layout and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461236

• 20 Nov 2024N/a

  for modifications and extensions to the existing dwelling house namely: a) construction of a double garage with utility and store room b) construction of a new entrance porch, c) demolition of the existing roof lantern on the main dwelling roof d) alterations to internal site layout and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461229

• 8 Oct 2024Conditional

  for Single Storey Extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461024

• 3 Oct 2024N/a

  for Single Storey Extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461000

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  for conversion of existing attic to non-habitable space, comprising of modifications of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable. New attic window and assess stairs

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24284

• 28 Aug 2024Conditional

  for retaining alterations to partially-constructed vehicular entrance piers approved in planning file ref. no. 20/81, permission to complete construction of entrance piers and construct associated wing walls to form a dual recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary site-works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460838

• 22 Jul 2024N/a

  for conversion of existing Attic to non-habitable space, comprising of modifications of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable. New attic windows and access stairs.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24240

• 24 Jun 2024N/a

  for modifications and extensions to the existing dwelling house namely: a) construction of a double garage with utility room and living accommodation above b) construction of a new entrance porch, c) demolition of the existing roof lantern on the main dwelling roof d) alterations to internal site layout and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 24203

• 16 Apr 2024Conditional

  1. Demolition of the rear conservatory, 2. Construction of single storey and two storey extensions to the sides, and the rear of the dwelling, 3. Alterations to the front façade, 4. Alterations to the internal layout, 5. Raising the chimney stacks, and 6. All associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460326

• 19 Mar 2024N/a

  1. Demolition of the rear conservatory, 2. Construction of single storey and two storey extensions to the sides, and the rear of the dwelling, 3. Alterations to the front façade, 4. Alterations to the internal layout, 5. Raising the chimney stacks, and 6. All associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460239

• 14 Mar 2024N/a

  1. Demolition of the rear conservatory, 2. Construction of single storey and two storey extensions to the sides, and the rear of the dwelling, 3. Alterations to the front façade, 4. Alterations to the internal layout, 5. Raising the chimney stacks, and 6. All associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460222

• 5 Mar 2024N/a

  Development will consist of permission to erect a new dwelling house, domestic garage, bellmouth entrance at existing entrance location to site, boundary walls, piers, with proposed connection to existing foul and surface water sewers, and water main.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460191

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  for a) Demolishing an existing single storey garage to the rear of the site b) Constructing a part 2 storey, part single storey extension to the side and rear of existing 2 storey semi detached dwelling c) Conversion of attic area into a home office and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360306

• 22 Jun 2023Conditional

  the construction of a detached single storey home gym to the rear/northside of dwelling approved under planning permission Reg. Ref. No. 221405 currently under construction

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23689

• 6 Apr 2023Conditional

  for conversion of existing attic to non-habitable space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable c/w window and new access stairs

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23362

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  (a) demolition of the existing single storey habitable detached dwelling, (b) construction of a single storey four bedroom extension and refurbishment of existing vernacular cottage, (c) construction of detached garden shed, (d) relocation of vehicular access, (e) all on and off site development works and boundary treatments including decommissioning of existing septic tank and provision of new connection to existing public foul sewer network on site of circa 0.34Ha

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221405

• 16 Nov 2022Conditional

  a single storey flat roof extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221364

• 16 Nov 2022N/a

  The application will include the following: (a) Demolition of the existing single storey habitable detached dwelling. (b) Construction of a single storey four bedroom dwelling with a link between proposed dwelling and existing cottage, incorporating the renovation of the cottage; (c) Construction of detached garden shed; (d) Relocation of vehicular access. (e) All on and off site development works and boundary treatments including decommissioning of existing septic tank and provision of new connection to existing public foul sewer network on site of circa 0.34 Ha

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221369

The 25 most recent of 60 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 Straffan.

Recorded monuments

• KD014-013 Church
  Description

  According to Ronan, St. Patrick's of Straffan was incorporated in the Hospital of St. John about 1250, by Robert de Capella. In 1531, the Vicarage was restored by Alen 'with much labour and expense' (IHS 1941b, 47). In 1615 the church and chancel were in good repair (IHS 1941a, 47) but by 1630, 'the body of the church is ruinous; the chancel is well covered, but wants Glassinge and necessary ornaments' (IHS 1941b, 98). The remains consist of a fairly well preserved, although partially rebuilt and ivy clad, rectangular structure (ext. dims. L 29.5m E-W; Wth 6.7m) with a four-storied, rectangular tower (ext. dims. L 5.5m N-S; Wth 4m), with a double bellcote on its E wall, attached at the W. Later buttresses at N and S support the junctions of church and tower. Both church and tower are built of randomly coursed, roughly dressed, limestone blocks and flags. The church comprises a nave (int. dims. L 16.7m E-W; Wth 5.3m) and chancel (dims. L 8.71m; Wth 5.3m) divided by an unbonded wall containing a now blocked up, flat-arched opening (Wth 1.7m), which is later insertion. However, the N wall (wall T 0.6m) and the surviving E section of the S wall (Wth 0.8m) of the nave are rebuilt, while the N and S walls of the chancel (wall T 1m) and its E gable wall (T 1.3m) are far more substantial, suggesting the chancel may be later than the nave? The nave is entered through a rebuilt, flat-arched doorway (Wth 1.2m; H 2m) at the W end of the N wall, and is lit by rebuilt (apparently misassembled), opposing, ogee-headed windows near the centres of the N and S walls. The chancel is lit by a large, robbed-out window in the E gable wall, opposing robbed-out windows at the W ends of the N and S walls and by an ogee-headed window at the E end of the N wall. The adjoining tower is now inaccessible, but there is a blocked doorway near the S end of the church's W gable wall. It is lit by centrally placed, plain rectangular windows in the N and W walls at first, second and third-floor levels, and by a blocked window at second-floor level in the S wall with a round-arched window at third-floor level. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-013001 Graveyard
  Description

  Immediately N of Straffan church (KD014-013----). A well-maintained, roughly rectangular area (dims. L c. 90m E-W; Wth c. 50m N-S) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall and entered through a gateway at E. Tunstead has recorded some 45 inscriptions and 37 photographs of the grave markers, dating from the 19th century to the present. (Headstones: Kildare, Straffan Cemetery, Co. Kildare, Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives [Online] available at: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives [Accessed 06 May 2011]) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

• Straffan Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Church of Ireland church, built 1833 and 1875, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave with lancet-arch openings, single-bay double-height transepts to north-west and to south-east, single-bay double-height projecting polygonal apse to north-east having single-bay single-storey lean-to vestry projection to north and single-bay three-stage entrance tower to south-west on a square plan having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed flanking bays, battlemented parapet and octagonal spire. Gable-ended roofs on a cruciform plan with slate (gablets to nave; polygonal to apse; lean-to to vestry projection). Decorative crested ridge tiles. Rolled lead flashing. Cut-stone coping to gables. Profiled cast-iron rainwater goods on corbelled eaves. Flat-roofed to flanking bays behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Cut-stone octagonal spire to tower behind battlemented parapet. Rock-faced snecked stone walls. Cut-stone quoins to corners. Moulded stringcourse to tower. Advanced battlemented roof parapets to flanking bays and to tower (over moulded cornice to tower). Elongated corner pinnacles to tower. Trefoil-headed window openings in lancet-arch frames (tripartite arrangement to transepts and to apse). Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds with shallow hood mouldings over. Cut-stone voussoirs. Fixed-pane stained glass windows. Trefoil openings to gables in cut-stone medallion surrounds. Square-headed openings to flanking bays and to first stage of tower. Cut-stone surrounds. Paired and grouped lancet-arch openings with fixed-pane fittings. Lancet-arch openings to third stage. Cut-stone chamfered surrounds. Louvered timber fittings. Pointed-arch door openings. Cut-stone chamfered surrounds with hood mouldings over. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Full-height interior open into roof. Decorative tiles to central aisle. Carved timber pews. Cut-stone wall memorials. Exposed timber roof construction on cut-stone corbels. Moulded lancet-arch to chancel/apse. Timber panelled wainscoting and Gothic-style reredos to altar. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling. Set back from road in own grounds on a junction site. Gravel forecourt and path around church. Lawns to remainder of site.Gateway, c.1890, to north-east comprising pair of cut-granite piers with chamfered corners, inlaid iron detailing, stringcourses, profiled capping, cast-iron double gates and railings, and pair of cut-stone wheel guards.

• The Old Dispensary, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay single-storey house, c.1880, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay to right (north-east) and single-bay single-storey lean-to return to rear to north-west. Undergoing extensive reconstruction, 2002, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added to front. Gable-ended roofs currently under reconstruction (gabled to porch; gablet to side elevation to north-east; lean-to to return to rear). Brick chimney stack. Yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Square-headed openings. Cut-granite chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over. Replacement timber casement windows, 2002. Square-headed door opening. Cut-granite hood moulding over. Replacement timber panelled double doors, 2002, with sidelights. Set back from road in own grounds. Rubble grounds to site. Rubble stone boundary wall to boundary with monolithic piers having wrought iron gates.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of terraced three-bay single-storey rubble stone houses, c.1880, possibly originally one house with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porches to centres. Extensively renovated, c.2000. Gable-ended roof (shared) (gabled to porches). Replacement slate, c.2000. Concrete ridge tiles. Brick (polychromatic) chimney stacks. Scalloped bargeboards to porches. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Yellow brick block-and-start surrounds. Replacement 3/3 timber sash windows, c.2000. Round-headed door openings. Yellow brick block-and-start surrounds. Replacement timber panelled half-doors, c.2000. Overlights. Set back from road in own grounds. Rubble stone boundary wall to front remodelled, c.2000. Monolithic piers.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay single-storey rubble stone house, c.1880, retaining some original fenestration. Undergoing extensive renovation, 2002. Gable-ended roof. Replacement slate, 2002. No ridge tiles. Brick (polychromatic) chimney stack. No rainwater goods. Rendered walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. One original 4/4 timber sash window. No fittings to remaining window openings. Square-headed door opening (originally round-headed) remodelled, 2002. Replacement timber panelled door, 2002. Set back from road in own grounds. Rubble grounds to site. Rubble stone boundary wall to front with monolithic piers having hoop iron gate.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1850–2000 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with various cut-stone grave markers, c.1850-present. Remains of detached rubble stone medieval church, c.1600, to south comprising single-bay four-stage tower on a square plan with round-headed openings to parapet. Now in ruins. Roof now gone. Rubble stone walls including advanced sections to upper stage. Square-headed opening to first stage. No dressings or fittings. Round-headed openings (paired) to upper stage. Rubble stone voussoirs. No fittings. Overgrown grounds surrounding. Gateway, c.1850, to south comprising pair of rubble stone circular piers with cut-stone capping and wrought iron gates having rubble stone curved flanking walls including steps (four) to stile. Lych gate, c.1920, to east comprising cut-stone plinth walls, timber piers over having gabled canopy with decorative timber work to gable and cross finial to apex. Rubble stone curved flanking walls with cut-stone piers.

• Straffan Cottage, house, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, c.1920. Extended, c.1960, comprising single-bay single-storey recessed end bay to right (north-east). Renovated and refenestrated, c.1990, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added to centre. Gable-ended roof with slate (artificial slate to end bay and to porch). Clay ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Timber panelling to porch. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Replacement timber panelled half-door, c.1990. Set back from road in own grounds. Rubble stone boundary wall to front.

• The Old Barracks, RIC barracks, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks with half-dormer attic, c.1875, retaining early aspect with single-bay two-stage engaged corner turret to north-east on a polygonal plan. Subsequently converted to residential use. Now disused. Hipped roof with slate (gablets to half-dormer attic windows; polygonal to turret). Rolled clay ridge tiles (crested to main ridge). Red brick chimney stacks. Timber eaves. Decorative timber bargeboards with finials. Cast-iron rainwater goods on corbels. Squared rubble stone walls. Pointed-arch openings. Stone sills. Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows. Gun loops to top stage of turret in cut-stone surrounds. Pointed-arch door opening with hipped slate canopy over on carved timber corbels. Cut-stone block-and-start surround. Timber panelled double doors. Set back from road in own grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Rubble stone boundary wall to boundary with monolithic piers having wrought iron gate.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1785–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1786-8, on a corner site on a T-shaped plan comprising two-bay double-height nave with lancet-arch openings, single-bay double-height transepts to north and to south having single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porch to north-east, three-bay single-storey sacristy projection to south and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to east. Gable-ended roofs on a T-shaped plan with slate (lean-to to porch to north-east; gable-ended to sacristy projection). Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch to east behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered parapet wall to gable to east. Cut-stone coping with cross finial to apex. Rendered quatrefoil to gable. Rendered parapet wall to porch to east. Cut-stone coping. Lancet-arch window openings. Stone sills. Rendered surrounds. Fixed-pane stained glass windows. Tripartite arrangement to east within round-headed frame having rendered hood moulding over. Fixed-pane windows. Pointed-arch window openings to sacristy projection. Rendered surrounds. Diamond-leaded windows. Pointed-arch door openings. Cut-limestone chamfered surround. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Full-height interior. Carved timber stations. Plaster hood mouldings to openings. Plaster coved cornice to ceiling having decorative plaster rosettes to ceiling. Gothic-style marble altar furniture. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site. Gravel grounds to site.Gateways, c.1860, to east and to north comprising cut-stone circular piers with stone capping having wrought iron double gates and railings.

• Unknown, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey building, c.1820, on a corner site retaining early fenestration to first floor with three-bay single-storey lean-to parallel range along rear elevation to north. Renovated and extended, c.1900, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed end bay to left (west) with openings remodelled to ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Refenestrated to ground floor, c.1990. Hipped roof with slate (lean-to to parallel range to rear to north). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Overhanging eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to end bay behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered quoins to corner to end bay. Roughcast parapet wall to end bay with rendered coping. Square-headed openings (remodelled, c.1900, to ground floor with additional openings inserted). Stone sills. 6/3 timber sash windows to first floor. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, to ground floor. Replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors, c.1990. Road fronted on a corner site. Tarmacadam verge to front.Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1820, to north. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Painted. Openings not visible.

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

At the centre of the townland of Straffan, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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_2836 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Straffan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Straffan · Teach Srafáin

Area

868,759 m² (86.88 ha, 214.68 acres)

Civil parish

Straffan, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Straffan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,513 people lived in 758 households in the Straffan electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrass Upper, Barberstown, Bawnoges, Glebe, Lodgepark, Straffan Demesne

Placenames

Straffan 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.