Chanterlands

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Chanterlands, from 39 m² to 70,874 m² (7.09 ha, 17.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 · 49 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 May 2026N/a

  (a) to amend Condition No. 2(c) from “In the interest of clarity and to ensure the cohesive development of the subject lands, prior to the commencement of any development, a phasing plan shall be submitted for the overall site for the agreement of the Planning Authority. No more than 26 units shall commence development until such time as revised proposals have been permitted for the blocks detailed above 1-3.” to read as “In the interest of clarity and to ensure the cohesive development of the subject lands, prior to the commencement of any development, a phasing plan shall be submitted for the overall site for the agreement of the Planning Authority. No more than 54 units shall commence development until such time as revised proposals have been permitted for the blocks detailed above 1-3.” (b) change 3no. apartment blocks Nos. 55-58, 39-42 and 75-78 (all incl.) to 2no. four-bed semi-detached and 4no. three-bedroom semi-detached houses respectively. (a reduction of six dwellings). (c) miscellaneous alterations to proposed boundary treatments at the new development and with its junction with Rath Park. (d) All other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including surface water drainage network, petrol oil interception, SuDS features and associated infiltration systems, foul sewerage networks, rising main and connection to the existing public foul drainage network, public lighting and all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660478

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  Blocking up of existing front door and for retention of the following:Front porch , rear extension and conversion of garage to living accommodation.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2647

• 3 Feb 2026Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the front and rear of existing dwelling. Planning permission for alterations and renovations to same dwelling. Planning permission to demolish existing front porch extension. Planning permission to widen the existing vehicular entrance to provide for additional carparking and all associated ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660093

• 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

• 13 Aug 2025Conditional

  of the front porch and retention of conversion of garage to bedroom & utility

  Retention, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 25134

• 15 Jul 2025Conditional

  for an extension to the side of existing dwelling. Full planning permission for alterations and renovations to same dwelling. Full planning permission to install a new wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560799

• 3 Mar 2025Conditional

  for bedroom extension to rear of dwelling and conversion of attached garage to kitchen to side of dwelling

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2548

• 25 Feb 2025Conditional

  for (a) The provision of a total of 96no. two-storey semi-detached dwellings which will consist of the following unit mix: 8no. 4-bed dwellings, 74no. 3-bed dwellings, and 14no. 2-bed dwellings, (b) Provision for a single story creche with associated external play areas, car parking area and new vehicle entrance onto the existing cul-de-sac local road, (c) Provision of new internal roadways and footpaths by extension of the existing residential access road from within the existing Shanrath Housing Estate, with associated works to facilitate vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access and car parking; (d) Provision of a shared footpath and cycle lane connection with the existing shared footpath and cycle lane along the Athy Distributor Route (N78) and previously approved adjacent housing development (Planning Reference 24/60683); (e) Provision of open space areas to include all hard and soft landscape works, planting and boundary treatments; (f) All other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including; surface water drainage system, foul sewerage network including connection to previously approved foul pumping station (Planning Reference 24/61174), public lighting and all ancillary site development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a reduction of the site size, a redesign of the road and housing layouts of the development, an increase in the number of residential units from 96 to 98, changes to residential unit types to incorporate five three-storey elements with 10 no. two-bedroom ground floor apartments with 10 no. three-bedroom duplex units over, changes to boundary treatments, an additional access point to the Athy Distributor Road and all associated site works

  Permission, 74 homes · Kildare County Council, 2560179

• 13 Feb 2025N/a

  for bedroom extension to rear of swelling and conversion of attached garage to kitchen to side of dwelling

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2527

• 31 Jan 2025Conditional

  to alter previously granted Planning Application PL 23/144. Alterations include raising 6no. granted lighting poles from 15m to 18m. Planning permission is also sought for the installation of ball stop netting (12.5m high) along the western boundary. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The proposed location of the ball stop netting on the Eastern boundary

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560081

• 29 Jan 2025N/a

  to alter previously granted Planning Application PL 23/144. Alterations include raising 6no. granted lighting poles from 15m to 18m. Planning permission is also sought for the installation of ball stop netting (12.5m high) along the western boundary

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560069

• 14 Aug 2024Conditional

  for a) a single storey extension to the front of an existing two-storey dormer dwelling, b) conversion of part of the existing attic space into additional habitable space, c) alterations to the existing vehicle entrance to form a new recessed entrance, and d) all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground to accommodate the proposed development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460788

• 2 Aug 2024N/a

  for a) a single storey extension to the front of an existing two-storey dormer dwelling, b) conversion of part of the existing attic space into additional 4 habitable space, c) alterations to the existing vehicle entrance to form a new recessed entrance, and d) all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground to accommodate the proposed development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460752

• 18 Jul 2024Conditional

  for a residential development. The development consists of the following: (a) The provision of a total of 48no. residential units which will consist of the following unit mix: 8no. 4-bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 34no. 3-bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, and 6no. 2-bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, (b) Provision of new internal roadways and footpaths by extension of the existing residential road network within the existing Shanrath Housing Estate, with associated works to facilitate vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access and car parking; (c) Provision of a shared footpath and cycle lane connection with the existing shared footpath and cycle lane along the Athy Distributor Route (N78); (d) Provision of open space areas to include all hard and soft landscape works, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, fencing and railings and play areas; (e) All other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including; surface water drainage network, petrol oil interception, SuDS features and associated infiltration systems, foul sewerage networks, foul pumping station with access roadway, rising main and connection to the existing public foul drainage network, public lighting and all ancillary site development works on lands

  Permission, 48 homes · Kildare County Council, 2460683

• 12 Jul 2024N/a

  of the following: (a) The provision of a total of 48no. residential units which will consist of the following unit mix: 8no. 4-bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 34no. 3-bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, and 6no. 2-bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, (b) Provision of new internal roadways and footpaths by extension of the existing residential road network within the existing Shanrath Housing Estate, with associated works to facilitate vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access and car parking; (c) Provision of a shared footpath and cycle lane connection with the existing shared footpath and cycle lane along the Athy Distributor Route (N78); (d) Provision of open space areas to include all hard and soft landscape works, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, fencing and railings and play areas; (e) All other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including; surface water drainage network, petrol oil interception, SuDS features and associated infiltration systems, foul sewerage networks, foul pumping station with access roadway, rising main and connection to the existing public foul drainage network, public lighting and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 48 homes · Kildare County Council, 2460660

• 17 Feb 2023Conditional

  to upgrade the existing pitch lighting system (on 3 playing fields) to include 12 no. 15m high lighting poles, 6 no. 18m high lighting poles with all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23144

• 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

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  continuing use of building as Pre-School to accommodate 11 children

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 22701

• 8 Jul 2021Conditional

  for the following (a) new single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house to include minor modifications to existing dwelling and demolition of small shed to rear, (b) modifications to existing domestic shed along south east facing boundary to provide for new home office/gym with toilet and external window/door arrangements, (c) decommissioning and removal of existing septic tank and replacing same with a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211003

• 16 Oct 2019Conditional

  alterations to existing dwelling to include: (a) Demolition of existing extension to rear; (b) New single storey extension to rear; (c) Minor alterations to front elevation; (d) New dormer window to side elevation; (e) New rooflights to existing roof; (f) Extension of existing attic space and (g) All ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 191141

• 7 Oct 2019N/a

  Alterations to existing dwelling to include (A) demolition of existing extension to rear, (B) new single storey extension to rear, (C) minor alterations to front elevation, (D) new dormer window to side elevation, (E) new rooflights to existing roof and (F) all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 191105

• 26 Jun 2019Conditional

  Single Storey extensions to side and rear of existing single storey dwelling and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19728

• 30 May 2018Conditional

  a single storey extension to side and alterations to existing external elevations of existing dormer bungalow and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18638

• 1 Feb 2018Conditional

  widening of existing residential vehicular entrance and all ancillary site developments works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1899

• 11 Oct 2017Conditional

  (a) single storey extension to side of existing two storey dwelling, (b) single storey porch to front of existing two storey dwelling and (c) detached domestic garage

  Retention, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171131

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 Chanterlands.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Chanterlands.

Architectural heritage

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

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.

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.

• Chanterlands, Athy6 sales

Name

Chanterlands · Fearann na gCantairí

Area

289,790 m² (28.98 ha, 71.61 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

Athy, Coneyburrow, Gallowshill, Graysland, Shanrath East, Shanrath West, Townparks

Placenames

Chanterlands 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.