Turnings Upper

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turnings Upper, from 57 m² to 153,816 m² (15.38 ha, 38.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 Upper 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.

• 24 Jul 2026N/a

  will consist of building a single storey dwelling, serviced with an onsite waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660852

• 26 Jan 2026N/a

  installing a wastewater treatment system and tertiary system that will service the existing gate lodge, which is located within the curtilage of the protected structure ‘Turnings House and Lodge/Entrance Walls’ (B14-33)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660066

• 21 Oct 2025N/a

  installation of new Wastewater treatment tanks and new Teritary filter

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561186

• 17 Oct 2025N/a

  Installation of New Wastewater treatment tank & a new Tertiary filter for this Gate Lodge

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561178

• 22 Jul 2025N/a

  for to install a 6 PE rewatec tank and a tertiary filter on a raised bed designed for four bedrooms

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560827

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  for the following: decommissioning / removal / backfilling existing on-site domestic sewage treatment system, and replacement of same with a new on-site domestic wastewater treatment system, diverting existing connections from original system to new system, landscaping and all associated development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560475

• 14 Sept 2024Refused

  for the construction of a single storey bungalow, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460903

• 24 Aug 2022Refused

  the erection of a two storey house, the installation of an effluent treatment system and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221039

• 16 Oct 2020Conditional

  of the complete refurbishment and redevelopment of an existing single storey residential bungalow to include replacement of the existing roof to provide a new first floor with a double height entrance porch, dormer windows to the North, South & East elevations, velux roof windows to the West elevation, increase of ridge height from 6.15m to 7.95m. Permission also to include a one and half storey extension to the rear, decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system and replacement with a new treatment system as previously submitted and approved under register reference; 20/150, to include all associated site and landscaping works,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201217

• 5 Oct 2020N/a

  amendment to previously approved register reference 20/150 for the full conversion and alteration of the existing 4 bedroom bungalow into a one-and-a-half storey dwelling to include; a) Removal of the entire existing roof to allow for the increase in ridge height from 6150mm to 7950mm to form a habitable roof space, b) construction of a new double height porch entrance extension to the front (South) elevation, c) new pitched roof incorporating 4no. dormers to the front (South) elevation, 3no. dormers to the rear (North) elevation d) removal of the external leaf of brickwork and quoins to allow for enlarging of the cavity for the installation of 150mm fulfil insulation within a new cavity, e) reinstatement of all brickwork and quoins to all elevations to match existing, f) removal and replacement of all double glazed windows and doors for new triple glazed Aluclad windows and doors g) construction of a new one and half storey extension to the rear, (North) elevation to include 2no. rooflights to side (West) elevation, 1 no. dormer to the side (East) elevation and 1no. window to the rear (North) elevation of the proposed extension, h) 2no. opaque windows to the side (West) elevation within bathrooms and 2no. windows to the side (East) within bedrooms both within new gables at first floor level, I) minor internal alterations, j) decommissioning of the existing waste water treatment system and the installation of a new waste water treatment system as previously submitted and approved and, k) all associated services and landscaping works,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201148

• 26 May 2020Conditional

  (a) the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing single storey dwelling together with minor modifications to the front and side elevations, (b) minor internal layout alterations to existing dwelling and (c) the replacement of an existing septic tank with the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20519

• 20 Feb 2020Conditional

  the construction of a two storey extension to the side of the existing two storey dwelling together with internal modifications to the existing dwelling required to connect the proposed new extension and all associated services and landscaping work. Revised by significant further information consisting of; the decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20161

• 19 Feb 2020Conditional

  the construction of a one and a half storey extension to the rear to allow for internal modifications for relocation of existing bedrooms, to include rooflights to the south and 3 No. dormer windows and rooflights to the east and all associated services and landscaping works. Revised by significant further information consisting of; the decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20150

• 8 Mar 2019Conditional

  dormer bungalow, a detached garage, a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, a new entrance, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19230

• 11 Oct 2017Refused

  (a) Erection of single storey type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with sand polishing filter percolation area and (d) Upgrading of existing residential entrance to include an additional entrance to serve the proposed house, with an agricultural entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171137

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 Upper.

Recorded monuments

• KD014-023001 Architectural feature
  Description

  Turnings House is a heavily rendered, three storied, five-bayed structure, built in the early-18th century according to the owner. At ground-floor level it incorporates a fine, late-15th century ogival, twin-light window, the head of which is decorated with a knot pattern, a monkey, a bird and an unidentified animal. (Fitzgerald 1902, 482) The original location of the window is unknown. The house also contains a late-15th century ogival, single-light window (KD014-023002-) and there are two small, early-18th century date stones (KD014-023003-, KD014-023004-) on the grounds. (Record number KD014-023005- has been created to cover the (unknown) Original location of the twin-light window (KD014-023001-) and record number KD014-023006- covers the (unknown) original location of the single-light window (KD014-023002-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-023002 Architectural feature
  Description

  Turnings House is a heavily rendered, three storied, five-bayed structure, built in the early-18th century, according to the owner. At ground-floor level it incorporates a fine, a late-15th century ogival, single-light window, the head of which bears geometric decoration. The house also contains a late-15th century, ogival twin-light window (KD014-023001-) and there are two small, early-18th century date stones (KD014-023003-, KD014-023004-) on the grounds. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-023003 Inscribed stone
  Description

  At the base of a gate pier attached to Turnings House, a heavily rendered, three storied, five-bayed structure, built in the early-18th century, according to the owner. A small rectangular plaque (dims. L 0.33m; H 0.22m) is dated 1711. There is a second 18th century date stone (KD014-023004-) on a pier at a nearby farm road. The house incorporates two fine, late-15th century, decorated windows (KD014-023001- and KD014-023002-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-023004 Inscribed stone
  Description

  On a gate pier at a farm road beside Turnings House, a heavily rendered, three storied, five-bayed structure, built in the early-18th century, according to the owner. A small rectangular plaque bears the date 1712. There is a second 18th century date stone (KD014-023003-) on a pier attached to the house. The house incorporates two fine, late-15th century, decorated windows (KD014-023001- and KD014-023002-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-024 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  The monument is shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as circular area (est. max. diam. c. 70m) defined by a bank. (Also shown, as a dotted line, is a very large, outer enclosing feature (est. max. diam. c. 400m) concentric with the monument from E-N, which is of uncertain significance). On level, improved pasture. No visible surface trace of either feature survives, and a modern house with extensive outbuildings occupies part of the site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2838 (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.

No address of the register names Turnings Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Turnings Upper · Toirnín Uachtarach

Area

1,129,395 m² (112.94 ha, 279.08 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

Baronrath, Daars North, Daars South, Killeenmore, Turnings, Turnings Lower, Whitechurch

Placenames

Turnings Upper 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.