Turnings

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turnings, from 249 m² to 102,039 m² (10.2 ha, 25.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Turnings in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 4 Aug 2021Conditional

  the erection of new floodlighting, together with all associated siteworks, to serve the existing equestrian sand arena previously granted planning permission under planning references 19/597 and 20/874

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211120

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  the erection of a slatted cattle shed with a straw lie back and a silage base with all associated facilities and site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21807

• 10 Aug 2020Conditional

  revisions to the proposed development previously granted planning permission under planning reference 19/597 to include the following: relocating the proposed stable block (5 no. Stables); associated concrete hard standing areas, manure pit, effluent holding tank and associated siteworks westwards away from the neighbouring property boundaries and away from its location as previously granted under planning reference 19/597; relocating the new sand arena, driveway and associated siteworks from its location as previously granted under planning reference 19/597; relocating the existing Machinery Store and all associated siteworks westwards away from neighbouring property boundaries & away from its location as previously granted under planning reference 19/597; replacing the existing septic tank and associated works with a proprietary waste water treatment system and associated siteworks in the same location; relocating the proposed Percolation Area & associated siteworks southwards away from neighbouring property boundaries & away from its location as previously granted under planning reference 19/597

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20874

• 28 May 2019Conditional

  (1) A two storey rear extension to an existing cottage, associated alterations to all elevations to replace existing septic tank with an on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works; (2) Stable block with 5 No. stables, associated concrete hard standing area, dung stead and effluent holding tank, machinery store, sand arena and all associated site works. Revised by significant further information consisting of; revised vehicular entrance details. Revised design of proposal to single storey. Retention of 42 sqm rear extension

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19597

• 1 Feb 2017Conditional

  for: (a) Ground floor extension to rear of original dwelling house and porch to side measuring 60.5 square metres; (b) The conversion of the attic space to two store rooms measuring 44.5 square metres; (c) Boiler house/laundry room measuring 11.42 square metres; (d) Fuel store measuring 60.6 square metres, and full planning permission for the (e) Demolition and removal off site of lean-to shed constructed to side of fuel store and all associated site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Kildare County Council, 17100

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 Turnings.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Turnings.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Turnings.

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2802 (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.

• Turnings, Straffan5 sales

Name

Turnings · Toirnín

Area

213,144 m² (21.31 ha, 52.67 acres)

Civil parish

Whitechurch, and its townlands

Barony

Naas North

Electoral division

Bodenstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bodenstown electoral division: 5,091 people in 1,700 households; 71% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Daars North, Ladycastle Upper, Shortwood, Turnings Lower, Turnings Upper

Placenames

Turnings 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.