Horsepasstown
Horsepasstown is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymore Eustace, barony of Naas South, Co. Kildare.
Parcel 1040889
- Area
- 2,518 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 205 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Horsepasstown
Planning applications on this parcel
2 Aug 2018Conditional
to refurbish and extend existing dwelling to rear and side, new full height front porch, demolish small rear extension, decommission and remove existing old septic tank, install new proprietary effluent treatment system, tertiary filter unit and percolation area, planning permission for retention and completion of first floor attic development to bedrooms, bathroom, landing and stairs, associated site development works and services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18936
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 31.5 ha
- 78 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 2,522 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Horsepasstown, from 85 m² to 144,939 m² (14.49 ha, 35.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Horsepasstown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Dec 2025Refused
Permission is sought for A) The provision of a new entrance arrangement to service the development. Retention permission is sought for: B) The use of the site as a drive-thru coffee facility, C) The erection of a shipping container for drive-thru coffee facility use, D) The installation of 4 no. advertising feather flags, E) The installation of an advertising trailer, F) The installation of an advertising signage and G) Creation of an outdoor seating area to the western boundary including all associated site and development works, and services
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561377
7 Feb 2025N/a
for permission is sought for: A) The provision of a new entrance arrangement to service the development. Retention permission is sought for: B) The use of the site as a drive-thru coffee facility, C) The erection of a shipping container for drive-thru coffee facility use, D) The installation of 4 no. advertising feather flags, E) The installation of an advertising trailer, F) The installation of an advertising signage and G) Creation of an outdoor seating area to the western boundary including all associated site and development works, and services
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560102
18 Nov 2023Conditional
for retention of dwelling as built which comprises of minor changes/alterations from that granted under planning permission Reg. Ref. 21/630. These changes relate mainly to, the removal of the single storey office annex to the side, replacing the zinc roof & glazed atrium finishes to the rear single storey annex with slates & roof lights, revised zinc canopy to the east elevation and an additional zinc canopy to the west elevation, as well as other minor fenestration revisions
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2360391
10 May 2021Conditional
for change of house design from the single storey dwelling previously granted under PPRR 20/1188 to a traditional low ridge two storey farm house with single storey annex to rear
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21630
12 Oct 2020Conditional
a single storey farmhouse, serviced with on site waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, recessed entrance with driveway and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201188
18 Jul 2019Refused
construct a single storey farmhouse with attic storage, serviced with on site waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, recessed entrance with driveway and all associated site development works at "Hollow Garden Stud", Horsepasstown, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19811
27 Aug 2018N/a
elite badminton training facility comprising (a) 236sqm detached 9m high training court / gym. (b) 125sqm three bedroom self catering accommodation retreat. (c) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance. (d) treatment system and percolation area, and (e) all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181046
2 Aug 2018Conditional
to refurbish and extend existing dwelling to rear and side, new full height front porch, demolish small rear extension, decommission and remove existing old septic tank, install new proprietary effluent treatment system, tertiary filter unit and percolation area, planning permission for retention and completion of first floor attic development to bedrooms, bathroom, landing and stairs, associated site development works and services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18936
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA 004063
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Horsepasstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Horsepasstown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Horsepasstown, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Horsepasstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Horsepasstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Horsepasstown
- Area
- 315,460 m² (31.55 ha, 77.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymore Eustace, and its townlands
- Barony
- Naas South
- Electoral division
- Ballymore Eustace, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,589 people lived in 582 households in the Ballymore Eustace electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymore Eustace East, Bishopsland, Bishopslane, Britonstown (Co. Wicklow), Fallarees Commons, Tulfarris (Co. Wicklow)
- Placenames
- Horsepasstown 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.