Toberton
Toberton is a townland in the civil parish of Johnstown, barony of Naas North, Co. Kildare.
- Area
- 55.1 ha
- 136 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 5,731 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres)
- Zoning
- C6
- Equestrian
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toberton, from 50 m² to 80,471 m² (8.05 ha, 19.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- C6Equestrian (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kill, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Johnstown, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
31 Oct 2024Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling serviced with an onsite waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, a detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461144
6 Aug 2024N/a
for 1) elevational alterations to existing dwelling, 2) the demolition of existing sunroom, 3) the erection of a single storey extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works to facilitate same
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460762
21 Sept 2023Conditional
The development will consist of: 1) Demolition of the existing two storey dwelling. 2) Proposed new replacement two storey dwelling, amendments to existing stables and courtyard walls, new on-site treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23910
30 Jun 2020Conditional
the erection of a dwelling, the installation of an O'Reilly Oakstown Secondary Wastewater Treatment System, and the use of an existing vehicular entrance and driveway which already serves the stables (KCC16/969) to access the new house (along with the provision of a connection between this driveway and the site of the new building) and all associated/ancillary site works at
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20686
19 Jun 2020N/a
the erection of a dwelling, the installation of an O'Reilly/Oakstown Secondary Wastewater Treatment System, the use of an existing vehicular entrance and driveway which already serves the stables (KCC 16969) to access the new house (along with the provision of a connection between this driveway and the site of the new building) and all Associated/Ancillary Site Works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20631
19 Sept 2018Refused
The demolition and removal of all existing buildings, including 3 equestrian arenas, 1 American barn, 2 ancillary sheds, equestrian walker (total floor area 10192sqm ), all associated site works including car parking areas and external works above and below ground
Permission · Kildare County Council, 181150
2 Aug 2018Conditional
Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 13/258 - the general repair and refurbishment of the existing two storey plus basement detached house (246 sqm). The construction of a new two storey extension (97 sqm) on the north east side and rear. Associated front, sides and rear elevation changes. Associated internal changes to the existing house on all levels. Replacement of fenestration where required. The essential repairs and refurbishment of the 3 No. existing out buildings. Replacement of existing septic tank with new waste water treatment system. All associated ancillary conservation, landscaping, site development works. Re-use of internal road/parking layout and re-use of the existing vehicular access
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 18935
21 May 2018Conditional
the demolition of the existing habitable dwelling on site (111sqm) and the construction of 49 no. residential dwellings comprising of 4 no. 1 bed Maisonette units (Type A); 2 no. 2 bed terraced units (Type B1); 2 no. 2 bed, end of terrace units (Type B); 20 no. 3 bed, semi-detached units (Type C); 18 no. 4 bed, semidetached units (Type D & D2); 2 no. 4 bed, detached units (Type D1 & D3) and 1 no. 3 bed bungalow unit (Type C1); together with the creation of a vehicular access and 2 no. pedestrian only entrances off the L6033; all ancillary internal access roads, parking, infrastructure, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site and development works on a site measuring approx 1.976ha. The proposed development facilitates the upgrading of L6033 and the provision of a pedestrian footpath to integrate with improvements to the L6033/L6034 junction to the west, permitted under Kildare County Council Reg. Ref. 16/833 (An Bord Pleanála Reg. Ref. PL09.248488)
Permission, 49 homes · Kildare County Council, 18585
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Toberton.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Toberton.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Toberton.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Toberton, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2841 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Toberton with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Toberton
- Area
- 550,556 m² (55.06 ha, 136.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Johnstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Naas North
- Electoral division
- Kill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,565 people lived in 1,843 households in the Kill electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Forenaghts Great, Greenhills, Johnstown, Morristown, Newtown, Palmerstown, Westown
- Placenames
- Toberton 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.