Sunnyhill

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sunnyhill, from 50 m² to 323,878 m² (32.39 ha, 80.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Industry and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 Mar 2026Conditional

  existing single storey domestic shed and open dog run as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660242

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  amendments to the regional distribution warehouse/logistics centre permitted under Ref.: 2422. (A) Alterations to the internal layout, including a reduction in the gross floor area from 3238sq.m to 2583sq.m. (B) Alterations to include the changes to the proposed main building to include first storey ancillary offices, staff facilities and drivers waiting area located on the first floor and (C) Alterations to internal layout to include change of use of warehouse space to truck maintenance area with 3no. service areas to the ground floor of the building envelope. (D) Alterations ancillary to the main building to include a 5.6m high truck wash. The development includes minor alterations to soft and hard landscaping, and permitted car parking layout along with all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561501

• 12 Aug 2024Conditional

  for (a) subdivision of an existing site (b) erection of a new boundary, (c) construction of a part storey and a half, part single storey dwelling (d) pedestrian access for active travel connection to the neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development, (e) connection to existing services within neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460781

• 8 Aug 2024N/a

  for (a) subdivision of an existing site (b) erection of a new boundary, (c) construction of a part storey and a half, part single storey dwelling (d) pedestrian access for active travel connection to the neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development, (e) connection to existing services within neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460767

• 23 Jan 2024Conditional

  for (a) extension located to the north western side of the existing dwelling with connection to existing garage, (b) change of use of existing garage to domestic use, (c) raising of roof level of part of existing dwelling house, (d) internal modifications, (e) upgrading of existing vehicle entrance along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460037

• 19 Jan 2024Conditional

  for construction of a regional distribution warehouse/logistics centre. The proposed main building will have a gross floor area of 3238 sq.m and will have an overall height of 12.8m (from finished floor level to parapet level) with two storey ancillary offices, staff facilities and drivers waiting area located within the main building envelope along with 6 no. loading docks and a level access loading bay located in the warehouse area, internal plant within warehouse, ground level air conditioning units, roof and southern elevation mounted solar panels and back lit elevation signage. Ancillary to the main building a new 6.5m high sprinkler supply storage tank ancillary 3.5m high pumphouse for fire safety is proposed. The proposed development involves the reconfiguration of an existing turning bay with ancillary roadside verge works and road markings, extension of the existing foul sewer and water main public infrastructure, onsite car parking spaces (including disabled spaces and EV spaces) on site cycle parking spaces. The development includes site development and facilitation works including new vehicular entrance, internal drainage infrastructure with connection to existing surface water pipeline, waste and recycling areas, boundary treatments, landscaping, service yards, internal roads, footpaths, lighting, internal gates and fire tender access route

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2422

• 23 Dec 2023Refused

  for (a) subdivision of an existing site (b) erection of a new boundary, (c) construction of a part storey and a half, part single storey dwelling (d) domestic garage, (e) pedestrian access for active travel connection to the neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development, (f) connection to existing services within neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460001

• 19 Dec 2023N/a

  for (a) subdivision of an existing site (b) erection of a new boundary, (c) construction of a part storey and a half, part single storey dwelling (d) domestic garage, (e) pedestrian access for active travel connection to the neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development, (f) connection to existing services within neighbouring Cnoc na Greine residential development along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360510

• 31 Jan 2023Conditional

  the retention of a 272sqm garage for classic car storage previously used for the sale of caravans along with ancillary site development and facilitating works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2377

• 31 Jan 2023Conditional

  the retention of: (a) 43 sqm rear extension to dwelling comprising kitchen, sun room and utility areas. (b) 20 sqm garden storage shed; (c) 64 sqm garage for classic car storage; (d) 52 sqm garage along with all ancillary site development and facilitating works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2378

• 19 Mar 2019Conditional

  of an open-fronted structure for the purpose of equine shelter and stud-related storage along with associated external holding pens. The structure measures 30.72m long x 13.789m wide x 6.34m high and has a gross floor area of 423.59sqm. Internally the structure is divided into three equal sections. The pens are enclosed by timber fencing and gates. Surface water is collected via drainpipes and drains to a soakpit. All associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 19279

• 26 Apr 2018Conditional

  a two-storey dwelling house, recessed entrance and a secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18477

• 29 Mar 2018N/a

  a two storey dwelling house, recessed entrance and a secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18338

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: Curragh (Kildare) 000392

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sunnyhill.

Architectural heritage

• Sunnyhill House, gate lodge, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone double-pile gate lodge, c.1870, retaining early aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to rear to west. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) roof with slate (gabled to porch). Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack with yellow brick dressings. Cast-iron rainwater goods on yellow brick corbelled eaves. Rubble stone walls (rendered, c.1990, to rear to west). Vermiculated clay quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Yellow brick dressings including chamfered reveals. 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening. Replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.1990. Road fronted. Concrete footpath to front.

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sunnyhill.

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.

• Sunnyhill, Castlemartin Lodge32 sales
• Sunnyhill, Kilcullen9 sales
• Sunnyhill, Castlemartin6 sales

Name

Sunnyhill · Cnoc na Gréine

Area

1,596,050 m² (159.61 ha, 394.39 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcullen, and its townlands

Barony

Kilcullen

Electoral division

Kilcullen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcullen electoral division: 3,695 people in 1,256 households; 75% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlemartin, Curragh, Kineagh, Knockaulin, Knockbounce

Placenames

Sunnyhill 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.