Common

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Common, from 346 m² to 3,089 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Common 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.

• 14 Feb 2026Conditional

  will consist of; 1) A new rear extension, 2) Extension to accommodate two new coach / bus service bays, store room, shower / locker room, WC., 3) All alterations, internal modifications and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660139

• 5 Dec 2023Refused

  of 21/1347 which consists of construction of 200 Dwellings and site works and 20 Industrial Units at

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 231013

• 4 Dec 2023Conditional

  For retention planning permission for retaining and completing Industrial Units 6,7 and 9-12 incl. with warehousing / factory space and office space on two floors in Block 4 and Block 5, currently under construction and granted under planning permission 05/576 and extended under planning file 12/113, 17/1126 & 21/1347 and all associated ancillary site-works and full planning permission for Industrial Units 13-20 incl. with warehousing / factory space and office space on two floors in Blocks 6, 7 & 8, an additional entrance and all associated ancillary site-works as previously granted under planning permission 05/576 and extended under planning file 12/113, 17/1126 & 21/1347

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2360444

• 20 Sept 2021Conditional

  for construction of 200 Dwellings and site works and 20 Industrial Units at

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 211347

• 30 May 2018Conditional

  to subdivide Site G1, Clane Industrial Estate, and to construct a vehicle inspection centre in a two-storey block, with ancillary offices, a new vehicular road entrance, car parking, boundary treatments, and all ancillary associated works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18639

• 9 Oct 2017Conditional

  Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. 05/576 & 12/113 - construction of 200 dwellings consisting of 7 no. 4 bed bungalows, 9 no. 4 bed dormer bungalow, 18 no. 2 storey 4 bed semi-detached houses, 33 no. 2 storey 3 bed semi-detached houses, 74 no. 2 storey 3 bed terraced houses. etc.

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 171126

• 20 Jul 2017N/a

  Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 05/576 - construction of 200 dwellings consisting of 7 no. 4 bed bungalows, 9 no. 4 bed dormer bungalow, 18 no. 2 storey 4 bed semi-detached houses, 33 no. 2 storey 3 bed semi-detached houses, 74 no. 2 storey 3 bed terraced houses. etc.

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 17845

• 21 Apr 2017N/a

  Extension of Duration of Planning Reg. Ref. 14/574 for change of house type on sites numbered 117 to 141 inclusive, that consisted of 22 No. two storey semi-detached dwellings and 3 No. detached dwellings that were previously granted under planning permission 05/576 and An Bord Pleanála decision No. PL.09.217279 to 18 No. two and a half storey semi-detached dwellings and 4 No. two storey semi-detached dwellings and 3 No. two storey detached dwellings and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 17454

• 21 Apr 2017N/a

  Extension of Duration of Planning Reg. Ref. 15/193 for change of housetype on sites 43-116 and 142-162 inclusive, that consisted of 95 two – storey dwellings previously granted under planning permission 05/576 and an Bord Pleanala decision PL.09.217279 to 79 dwellings consisting of : 12 no. detached 4 bed two-storey houses with attic conversion, 54 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses with attic conversion, 12 no 3- bed semi-detached houses and 1 no. 3 bed detached house and all ancillary site-works.

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 17455

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 Common.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Common.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Common, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2719 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Common with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Common

Area

18,760 m² (1.88 ha, 4.64 acres)

Civil parish

Mainham, and its townlands

Barony

Ikeathy and Oughterany

Electoral division

Balraheen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,559 people lived in 663 households in the Balraheen electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlebrown or Clongowes, Loughbollard Commons, Mainham

Placenames

Common 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.