Blackparks

299 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackparks, from 7 m² to 37,959 m² (3.8 ha, 9.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 · 288 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 2 Apr 2025Refused

  for minor amendments to the permitted Large Scale Residential Development KCC Reg. Ref. 23/656 and ABP-318365-23 (currently under construction) for reconstruction of the northern boundary wall between the subject site and Tonlegee Lawns, resulting in the omission of the pedestrian/cycle links as required by condition 3 of the ABP-318365-23 grant of permission. All associated works and landscaping treatments. The remainder of the development will remain as permitted under KCC Reg. Reg. 23/656 and ABP-318365-23

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560337

• 15 Jun 2023Conditional

  a Large Scale Residential Development at a site of c.4.21ha. The development lands are located to the north of the Athy Distributor Road (under construction), east of Branswood residential estate and south of Tonlegee Lawns and Holm Croft residential estates and west of Fortbarrington Road. The proposed development will comprise of 132 no. residential units along with a two storey creche (c.188.5 sq.m floor area). The residential units will comprise: 102 no. two storey, semi-detached/terraced houses (2 no. 2-beds, 77 no. 3 beds, 23 no. 4-beds). 30 no. three storey duplexes/apartments (15 no. 1-bed, 15 no. 2-bed) within 2 no. blocks. All residential units will be provided with associated private gardens/balconies/terraces facing to the north/south/east/west. New vehicular (and pedestrian/cyclist) accesses via Fortbarrington Road and Tonlegee Lawns, with additional pedestrian access via Tonlegee Lawns, Branswood and the Athy Distributor Road (under construction) and including associated upgrade works. The application includes an amendment to the Athy Distributor Road permission (Reg. Ref. HA09.HA0050) as a result, to facilitate the new pedestrian accesses. All associated site development works, including cycle and car parking spaces, open spaces, landscaping, SuDs features, boundary treatments, waste management areas/bin stores, and services provision (including ESB substations) are also proposed

  Permission, 102 homes · Kildare County Council, 23656

• 6 Apr 2023Conditional

  will consist of a new sports (gymnastics) centre; alterations to the boundary and car parking arrangements; and the provision of all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23374

• 9 Jun 2022Conditional

  to construct an extension to the side of existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22711

• 1 Oct 2021Conditional

  of domestic shed with lean-to fuel storage area to the side of shed and all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 211413

• 15 Mar 2021Conditional

  demolition works of 7.5 sqm to the existing shop building. Construction of single storey extension (132.5 sqm) to existing service station including removal of storage containers. Reconfiguration of the internal floor plan layout of existing building and in conjunction with extension will provide retail area (267 sqm), off licence area (10.5 sqm), deli area (28.5 sqm) and ancillary staff area (59 sqm). Alterations to existing shopfront elevations with associated signage

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21319

• 12 Nov 2019Conditional

  demolition of existing dwelling and shed, construction of new 2-storey dwelling, new outbuilding comprising of domestic garage, hearse garage and coffin store, widening of existing recessed entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191262

• 16 Jul 2018Conditional

  Domestic Garage to rear of existing dwelling

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 18853

• 15 Nov 2017Conditional

  for attic conversion, decking to side and single storey extensions to side and rear

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171281

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 Blackparks.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Blackparks.

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1950–1970 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c. 1960. Inscribed with manufacturer's name 'Jessop Davis, Enniscorthy'.

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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2353 (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 Blackparks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Blackparks

Area

206,588 m² (20.66 ha, 51.05 acres)

Civil parish

St. John's, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban West

Electoral division

Athy West Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athy West Urban electoral division: 3,123 people in 1,177 households; 55% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrew, Bennetsbridge, Bleach, Woodstock South

Placenames

Blackparks 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.