# Sunnyhill, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcullen, barony of Kilcullen, Co. Kildare; in Irish Cnoc na Gréine. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,596,050 m² (159.61 ha, 394.39 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 584 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential / Infill, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcullen, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/kilcullen.md - Barony: Kilcullen - Electoral division: Kilcullen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25846 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 81153 - Centre: latitude 53.128283, longitude -6.767398 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sunnyhill, from 50 m² to 323,878 m² (32.39 ha, 80.03 acres); 42 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1090078: 323,878 m² (32.39 ha, 80.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090078.md - Parcel 1090077: 219,459 m² (21.95 ha, 54.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090077.md - Parcel 3013336: 195,025 m² (19.5 ha, 48.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013336.md - Parcel 1056587: 174,185 m² (17.42 ha, 43.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1056587.md - Parcel 1086351: 142,639 m² (14.26 ha, 35.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086351.md - Parcel 1053793: 86,540 m² (8.65 ha, 21.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053793.md - Parcel 1020974: 72,065 m² (7.21 ha, 17.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020974.md - Parcel 1090094: 70,101 m² (7.01 ha, 17.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090094.md - Parcel 1021045: 60,641 m² (6.06 ha, 14.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021045.md - Parcel 1026269: 34,557 m² (3.46 ha, 8.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026269.md - Parcel 1023666: 29,924 m² (2.99 ha, 7.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023666.md - Parcel 1026543: 25,331 m² (2.53 ha, 6.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026543.md - Parcel 1083792: 22,968 m² (2.3 ha, 5.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1083792.md - Parcel 1087283: 21,134 m² (2.11 ha, 5.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087283.md - Parcel 1025697: 18,407 m² (1.84 ha, 4.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025697.md - Parcel 1018473: 15,568 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018473.md - Parcel 1084066: 14,547 m² (1.45 ha, 3.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084066.md - Parcel 1028830: 6,392 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1028830.md - Parcel 1046522: 6,271 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1046522.md - Parcel 2430015: 4,726 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2430015.md - Parcel 1075836: 3,706 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075836.md - Parcel 2942678: 3,476 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2942678.md - Parcel 1021047: 3,418 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021047.md - Parcel 1031555: 3,143 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031555.md - Parcel 1089454: 2,805 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089454.md - Parcel 1078087: 2,804 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078087.md - Parcel 1021046: 2,780 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021046.md - Parcel 1023881: 2,735 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023881.md - Parcel 1087589: 2,348 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087589.md - Parcel 2479511: 2,221 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2479511.md - Parcel 5540288: 2,142 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540288.md - Parcel 1072380: 2,133 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072380.md - Parcel 1027491: 2,114 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027491.md - Parcel 1088220: 1,368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088220.md - Parcel 1089974: 1,111 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089974.md - Parcel 1031731: 1,030 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031731.md - Parcel 1090788: 863 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090788.md - Parcel 1059455: 808 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059455.md - Parcel 4909454: 795 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4909454.md - Parcel 1014884: 584 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014884.md - Parcel 2676228: 419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676228.md - Parcel 1082111: 403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1082111.md - Parcel 2657998: 396 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657998.md - Parcel 1082982: 366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1082982.md - Parcel 3005519: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3005519.md - Parcel 2657988: 317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657988.md - Parcel 2657997: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657997.md - Parcel 1049479: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1049479.md - Parcel 2657982: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657982.md - Parcel 3569431: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3569431.md - Parcel 4268955: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4268955.md - Parcel 2587646: 289 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2587646.md - Parcel 2657990: 277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657990.md - Parcel 2658015: 253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658015.md - Parcel 2942679: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2942679.md - Parcel 2658004: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658004.md - Parcel 1064214: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064214.md - Parcel 2569388: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2569388.md - Parcel 2657986: 244 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657986.md - Parcel 2657984: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657984.md - Parcel 2658001: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658001.md - Parcel 1064856: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064856.md - Parcel 2658002: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658002.md - Parcel 2657983: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657983.md - Parcel 2657995: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657995.md - Parcel 2658013: 191 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658013.md - Parcel 3570048: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3570048.md - Parcel 2657980: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657980.md - Parcel 2658150: 185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658150.md - Parcel 2657985: 180 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657985.md - Parcel 1048776: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1048776.md - Parcel 4369223: 178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4369223.md - Parcel 2658011: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658011.md - Parcel 1082664: 173 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1082664.md - Parcel 2658009: 172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658009.md - Parcel 2430017: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2430017.md - Parcel 1030901: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1030901.md - Parcel 2658007: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2658007.md - Parcel 2676227: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676227.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential): Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare; 34 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/KildareCountyDevelopmentPlan2023-2029/VariationNo3Section28Guidelines/ - C6 Industry 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: https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/KildareCountyDevelopmentPlan2023-2029/VariationNo3Section28Guidelines/ - G4 Open 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: https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/KildareCountyDevelopmentPlan2023-2029/VariationNo3Section28Guidelines/ ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 5 Mar 2026, Kildare County Council 2660242: Conditional. Retention. existing single storey domestic shed and open dog run as constructed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660242/0 - 23 Dec 2025, Kildare County Council 2561501: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561501/0 - 12 Aug 2024, Kildare County Council 2460781: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460781/0 - 8 Aug 2024, Kildare County Council 2460767: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460767/0 - 23 Jan 2024, Kildare County Council 2460037: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460037/0 - 19 Jan 2024, Kildare County Council 2422: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2422/0 - 23 Dec 2023, Kildare County Council 2460001: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460001/0 - 19 Dec 2023, Kildare County Council 2360510: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360510/0 - 31 Jan 2023, Kildare County Council 2377: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2377/0 - 31 Jan 2023, Kildare County Council 2378: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2378/0 - 19 Mar 2019, Kildare County Council 19279: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19279/0 - 26 Apr 2018, Kildare County Council 18477: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a two-storey dwelling house, recessed entrance and a secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18477/0 - 29 Mar 2018, Kildare County Council 18338: N/a. Permission, 1 home. a two storey dwelling house, recessed entrance and a secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18338/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Curragh (Kildare), site code 000392 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sunnyhill. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Sunnyhill House, gate lodge, 1850–1890, Regional interest, registry number 11902814, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD®no=11902814. 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. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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, 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/sunnyhill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/sunnyhill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/sunnyhill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Sunnyhill, Castlemartin Lodge: 32 sales, https://everytownland.com/kildare/sunnyhill-castlemartin-lodge.md - Sunnyhill, Kilcullen: 9 sales, https://everytownland.com/kildare/sunnyhill-kilcullen.md - Sunnyhill, Castlemartin: 6 sales, https://everytownland.com/kildare/sunnyhill-castlemartin.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Castlemartin: https://everytownland.com/kildare/castlemartin.md - Curragh: https://everytownland.com/kildare/curragh-80447.md - Kineagh: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kineagh.md - Knockaulin: https://everytownland.com/kildare/knockaulin.md - Knockbounce: https://everytownland.com/kildare/knockbounce.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. --- 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/sunnyhill - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/sunnyhill