Whitechurch

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Whitechurch, from 16 m² to 90,726 m² (9.07 ha, 22.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Whitechurch 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.

• 15 Aug 2025Conditional

  for 1) Retention of a detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed A’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (horse riding equipment). 2) Retention of a detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed B’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (straw), 3) Retention of an internal driveway formed through the compaction of soil and stone, 4) Retention of a new vehicle access, 5) Retention of a farm gate with flanking timber fencing, 6) all of the above to be used on this land for equine purposes by the applicant. It should be noted that the development will take place within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS no B14-09 "Ruined Castle and Church and Baptismal Font". Revised by Significant further information which consists of: 1. Land Use; a revised site layout drawing indicates that the 0.66-hectare site on which permission was granted for a house and associated facilities under planning application registration no. 21311, comfortably accommodates both this private residential development and proposed equine development. The submitted drawing also details a proposed landscaping plan. 2. Occupation of Shed A; Shed A is to be used as a dry goods agricultural store only. To address the further information request, the Council is welcome to inspect Shed A to confirm that no unauthorized activities are taking place. 3. Use of Shed B; Shed B is proposed to be used as a dry goods agricultural store (straw). 4. Site Access; it is now intended for the entrance and driveway which serves the two farm buildings which are the subject of this present submission to also be used to access the house which was permitted on this overall landholding under planning application registration number 21311. 5. Neighbour’s Submission; the neighbour's submission has been addressed. 6. Archaeological Issues; an augmented archaeological submission has been issued to address the queries raised in relation to archaeological issues

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560933

• 13 Aug 2025N/a

  for A) A detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed A’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (horse riding equipment) B) A detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed B’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (straw) C) An internal driveway formed through the compaction of soil and stone D) Retention of a new vehicle access E) Retention of a farm gate with flanking timber fencing F) all of the above to be used on this land for equine purposes by the applicant. It should be noted that the development will take place within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS no B14 09 "Ruined Castle and Church and Baptismal Font"

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560924

• 10 Aug 2025N/a

  for A) A detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed A’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (horse riding equipment) B) A detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed B’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (hay) C) An internal driveway formed through the compaction of soil and stone D) Retention of a new vehicle access E) Retention of a farm gate with flanking timber fencing F) all of the above to be used on this land for equine purposes by the applicant

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560909

• 29 Jul 2025N/a

  for A) A detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed A’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (horse riding equipment) B) A detached single story shed (Marked ‘Shed B’) with an area of 51sqm containing dry goods store (straw) C) An internal driveway formed through the compaction of soil and stone D) Retention of a new vehicle access E) Retention of a farm gate with flanking timber fencing F)all of the above to be used on this land for equine purposes by the applicant

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560857

• 31 Mar 2023Conditional

  constructing a detached domestic garage to the side of a dwelling which is currently under construction as approved in planning file ref. no. 22/773, and all associated ancillary site-works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23330

• 27 Jun 2022Conditional

  sensitively restoring an existing derelict vernacular cottage, constructing a single storey extension to the side and rear, new recessed vehicular entrance, effluent treatment system, and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22773

• 12 Mar 2021Conditional

  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 Madigan family home 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 including landscaping and the provision of services. The proposed development would conflict with a sterilization agreement which was entered into pursuant to condition 16 of planning permission ref. no. 00/126 (which required that the site, along with adjacent land, be sterilized from future residential development). The present application seeks to vary this stipulation so as to allow the proposed development to proceed. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of 1. a revised description of the development which now reads as follows: 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 Madigan family home 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 including landscaping and the provision of services. The proposed development would conflict with a sterilisation agreement which was entered into pursuant to condition 16 of the planning permission Ref. No.00/13 (which required that the site, along with adjacent land, be sterilised from future residential development and the present application seeks to amend condition 16 of permission Ref. No. 00/126 so as to allow the proposed development to proceed; 2. The submission of personal documents which show the applicant's residency in this area over a period of greater than 12 years; 3. The submision of a landscaping plan and 4. The re-opening of a trial hole (percolation test) so that it can be inspected by the Planning Authority. All

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21311

• 16 Mar 2020Refused

  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 Madigan family home 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 including landscaping and the provision of services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20271

• 15 Mar 2019Refused

  the construction of 2 No. single storey dwellings on family land with individual O'Reilly/Oakstown Wastewater Secondary Treatment Systems, a new shared entrance (with the existing family home entrance), a new shared driveway to the houses and all associated/ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 19265

• 18 Oct 2018Conditional

  Constructing a two storey detached type house, two equine stable blocks which can accommodate a total of twelve horses as well as equine storage space, an American barn with horse stalls and which can accommodate a total of six horses, dungstead, equine walker, equine lunging ring, effluent treatment system, and all associated ancillary site- works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181273

• 26 Jul 2018Conditional

  (a) Bay window on ground floor, 2 No. single storey extensions and 1 No. two storey extension to existing two storey dwelling house; (b) Modifications and alterations to approved two storey dwelling house as granted planning permission on planning file register reference 90/1611; (c) Revised site boundaries; (d) All associated site development works. The granting of planning permission for this development will involve variations to the original grant of permission register reference 90/1611. All development to take place

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 18903

• 29 Mar 2018Conditional

  of: (a) Entire development as constructed to include single storey dwellinghouse and garage (floor area 144sqm), site entrance and Oakstown waste water treatment system with percolation area on revised site boundaries. The original grant of permission for this development was register reference 01/1004; (b) The removal of condition Nos. 2 and 3 from permission register reference 01/1004; (c) Modifications and alterations to said dwellinghouse and garage (floor area 144sqm) including widening of garage door to front, new window and patio door to rear and new single storey extension to rear (additional 31sqm floor area). The modifications will involve a reduction from a three bedroom dwelling to a two bedroom dwelling. The total floor area of this dwellinghouse and garage with proposed extension is 175sqm. All development to take place

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18348

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 Whitechurch.

Recorded monuments

• KD014-022001 Church
  Description

  In the NW corner of a graveyard (KD014-022005-). A moated site, 'Puddlehall Moat' (KD014-021----), lies c. 500m to the NE. According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 46 (142)), 'Nearly in the centre of Whitechurch townland stands Whitechurch Parochial old Church in ruins. It is said a Castle formerly stood attached to this Church, from which circumstance the highest portion of the ruin, is called "Whitechurch Castle".' The 'castle' is a later tower attached to the W end of the church and is only accessible from the church. The church, a heavily ivy-clad, rectangular structure (int dims. L 14.8m E-W; Wth 5.75m), is built of rough, irregularly coursed limestone blocks (av. wall T 0.9m) and has a four-storied, rectangular tower (int. dims. L 4.45m N-S; Wth 3.45m E-W) at W which is only intermittently bonded to the N and S walls of the church. A small stairs turret (ext. dims. L 2.35m E-W; Wth 0.75m N-S) projects S from the SW angle of the tower, but only survives, unlit, to second-floor level, and carries a spiral stairs (diam. 1.55m). Stones projecting from the inner face of the S wall of the church suggest it was once sub-divided into a W nave (L c. 8.9m) and E chancel (L c. 5.88m). The S, E and N walls survive to full height (the W gable being formed by the tower), but portion (L 4.8m) of the W end of the S wall, which would have contained the doorway, is missing, and the W-third of the N wall is thinner (T 0.5m) and appears rebuilt. It was lit by a now partially robbed-out, low, narrow, twin-light, flat-arched window (Wth 0.83m; H 1.32m) in the E gable wall, by an almost opposed pair of partially robbed-out slits (Wth 0.10m; H 0.7m) towards the E ends of the N and S walls (15th century modifications, according to O'Neill (2004-5, 417), and by a slightly larger, plain rectangular window (Wth 0.5m; H 1.05m) towards the W end of the N wall. Access to the tower's ground floor (int. dims. L 4.45m N-S; Wth 3.45m N-S) is through a plain, flat-headed, partially blocked doorway (Wth 0.92m) at the S end of its E wall (wall T 1.3m). Neither ground or first-floor is lit. First-floor level is indicated by opposing corbels in the E and W walls and beam-slot holes in the N and S walls, while second-floor level has a vaulted ceiling orientated E-W. The stairs are accessed through a plain doorway at the W end of the S wall (Wth 0.9m; H 1.6m). At second and third-floor level, only the N wall and the N-half of the W wall survive. At second-floor level, the N wall is pierced by a double-splayed loop and a robbed-out window embrasure to E and W of centre. Corbel stones and a beam-slot hole indicate third-floor level where a loop survives in the W wall, immediately N of which, two rows of small, rectangular, recesses may be have been nesting-boxes for doves/pigeons. A fine, late-15th century, twin-light, ogival window (KD014-023001-) and an equally fine, single-light, ogival window (KD014-023002-), both now incorporated into the fabric of the 18thC 'Turnings House', c. 1000m to the W may have come from this church. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 160) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-022002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Shown on the 1st. ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a long, curving arc of field boundary (est. L c. 200m N-E-SE) which at SE forms the SE limits of a graveyard (KD014-022005-), and contains a possible holy well (KD014-022004-), a medieval fortified church (KD014-022001-) and a baptismal font (KD014-022007-). Visible on a 1971 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGM 76) which also shows a possible associated field system (KD014-022003-) immediately to the NW. Just off the crest at the E end of a low, E-W pasture ridge. The boundary has been removed and even the graveyard which it enclosed has shrunk to the W. Archaeological test-trenching (Licence No. 00E0708: www.archaeology.ie) and subsequent monitoring of topsoil stripping (Licence No. 00E0708 ext.: www.archaeology.ie) associated with a private development 50-80m away, in the adjoining field to the E, revealed nothing of archaeological significance. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-022003 Field system
  Description

  Visible on a 1971 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 76) as a series of low earthworks with curving banks immediately outside, to the NW of, a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (KD014-022002-) which contains a possible holy well (KD014-022004-), a graveyard (KD014-022005-), a medieval fortified church (KD014-022001-) and a baptismal font (KD014-022007-). Just off the crest at the E end of a low, E-W pasture ridge. Land improvement has resulted in local field boundaries being removed with some replaced by wire-and-post fencing. No visible surface traces were noted. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-022004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (KD014-022002-), immediately outside, to NW, of a church (KD014-022001-) and graveyard (KD014-022005-). According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 46 (142)), 'About 50 perches (c.250m) from the old Church (KD014-022001-) to the west, there was a holy well, which bore the name, "Lady Well", or "Sunday Well". (I could not learn exactly which was the name, (it being nearly forgotten) as the well has not this long time (been) frequented, partly because of a limestone quarry being opened near it exhausted almost all its waters). Within 4 yards of that part of the ruin called the "Castle", (KD014022001-), there is another "Well", the denomination of which, if it ever had any, is now forgotten'. However, the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map names 'Lady Well' at the latter location, just outside the graveyard. No obvious visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-022005 Graveyard
  Description

  In a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (KD014-022002-), and containing a church (KD014-022001-) and a baptismal font (KD014-022007-). A holy well (KD014-022004-) lay immediately outside to the NW. The 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map indicates that the graveyard once extended further E (est. L c. 25m). A sub rectangular area (dims. L c. 60m E-W; Wth c. 50m N-S) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall (dims. H 1.4-1.6m; T 0.5m) and entered through a gate at S. Burials are concentrated to the S and the earliest legible grave marker is dated 1790. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-022007 Font
  Description

  Located in the nave of a fortified church (KD014-022001-). A well-finished, almost square, granite font (dims. L 0.56m; Wth 0.53m; H 0.31m) with a well cut basin (dims. L 0.42m; Wth 0.39m; D 0.13m) and a drain-hole. 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 Whitechurch.

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 5 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.

• Whitechurch, Straffan5 sales

Name

Whitechurch · An Teampall Geal

Area

295,068 m² (29.51 ha, 72.91 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, Clownings, Turnings Lower, Turnings Upper

Placenames

Whitechurch 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.