Graysland

217 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graysland, from 3 m² to 26,080 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 227 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  Retention to retain after school building, with independent relaxation room building as constructed to the side of existing playschool, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561513

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  to construct an extension to the side and rear of our Dwelling house. Full planning permission to demolish part of same dwelling to facilitate the proposed extension and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561172

• 9 Jun 2025Conditional

  for to retain Staff Room unit as constructed to the front of existing childcare building, to retain 2 no. single storey prefabricated childcare classrooms as constructed to the rear of existing childcare building, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560633

• 22 Jul 2022Conditional

  (a) retention of a single storey extension to the rear of two storey semi-detached dwelling, (b) retention of porch to front of dwelling, (c) retention of awning over car parking area to front of dwelling, (d) retention of lean-to roof over footpath to side of dwelling

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 22901

• 22 Sept 2021Conditional

  1 single storey creche, 36 No. 2 storey 3/4 bed semi-detached houses Type A/B, 12 No. 2-storey 3 bed semi-detached houses Type C, 32 No. 2 storey 3 Bed townhouses in blocks

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 211361

• 19 Mar 2021Refused

  (a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include general site preparation works; (b) The provision of a total of 72no. residential units which will consist of the following unit mix:- 4no. 4 bed three-storey semi-detached dwellings- 8no. 3 bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 16no. 2 bed ground/first floor duplex apartments with 16no. 3 bed first/second floor duplex apartments in 4no. split level two/three storey blocks. 8no. 2 bed ground floor apartments with 8no. 3bed first/second floor duplex apartments above in 2no. three storey blocks, 6no. 1 bed ground floor apartments with 6no. 1bed apartments over in 3no. 2storey blocks; (c) Provision of new access from Carlow Road with associated works to facilitate vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access to include provision of a right turning lane; (d) Provision of a footpath and cycle lane alongside the Carlow Road including an extension of the public footpath from the site to Ardreigh Cross; (e) Provision of internal access roads, footpaths and open spaces area to include all hard and soft landscape works with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, fencing and railings and play areas; (f) Provision of associated car parking; (g) Provision of associated electric vehicle charge points with associated infrastructure; (h) Provision of associated bicycle and bin storage areas with associated enclosure buildings; (i) Provision of a riparian buffer park along the Barrow Navigation (canal); (j) All other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including surface water drainage, foul sewerage networks, foul pumping station and associated rising main, petrol oil interceptor and associated soakaway, roads and footpaths and all ancillary site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. All on lands

  Permission, 12 homes · Kildare County Council, 21345

• 27 Aug 2020Refused

  a change to the requirements of Condition 13 of Permission register ref. 05/300070, which requires that "The Creche shall be operational prior to the occupation of the 70th dwelling". Permission is now sought to amend that requirement to "The crèche shall be operational prior to the occupation of the 79th dwelling"

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20973

• 26 Jun 2020Conditional

  change of house type on site no. 34 from Type C, as granted by planning permission 05/300070, extended by register ref. 17-1013, to type E, a 2-storey, 3 bedroom, semi-detached house, including revised boundary outline

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20666

• 29 Apr 2019Conditional

  of: (a) Two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling; (b) Veranda extension to front of existing dwelling and all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 19468

• 26 Mar 2019Conditional

  Change of house type designs and layout for certain houses granted under permission register reference 05/300070, which was for construction of 100 houses and a crèche. It is proposed to change the houses on sites 2-13, 38-45 and 62-65 from Type E, 2- storey 3 bedroom terraced houses to modified Type E2, two – storey 3- bedroom terraced house type. It is also proposed to omit 8 houses on sites 50-57, currently Type D and E1, 2-storey 3- bedroom houses and replace them with 7 no. type A & A1 (mid terrace), 2 storey 3 bedroom houses in two blocks of 2 semi-detached and one block of 3 terraced houses and associated site works. No change to roads or services layouts. Overall reduction of one house in the full scheme.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19319

• 15 Nov 2018Conditional

  2 no. single storey prefabricated childcare classrooms to the rear of existing childcare building and all ancillary development works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 181381

• 27 Nov 2017Conditional

  alterations to existing semi-detached bungalow, including new pitched roof to front and extension to rear and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171333

• 7 Sept 2017Conditional

  Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 05/300070 - 1 single storey creche, 36 No. 2 storey 3/4 bed semi-detached houses Type A/B, 12 No. 2-storey 3 bed semi-detached houses Type C, 32 No. 2 storey 3 Bed townhouses in blocks

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 171013

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 Graysland.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Graysland.

Architectural heritage

• Riverview, house, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, c. 1913, with canted bay windows to both sides of front door and modern conservatory to south side. Mature grounds to front, square piers and iron railngs on stub walls to recessed entrance gates. Plain iron railings around house, single-storey sheds to rear. Wrought-iron railings and gate to front on stone plinth with stone pillars.

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_2399 (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.

• Graysland, Athy5 sales

Name

Graysland

Area

228,516 m² (22.85 ha, 56.47 acres)

Civil parish

St. Michael's, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban West

Electoral division

Athy East Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athy East Urban electoral division: 4,216 people in 1,630 households; 60% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Chanterlands, Coneyburrow, Shanrath, Shanrath West

Placenames

Graysland 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.