Suncroft
Townland in the civil parish of Carn, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare; in Irish Crochta na Gréine
Parcel 1069301
- Area
- 263 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 135 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential / Infill (Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft) The objective
- Townland
- Suncroft
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2572 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 32.8 ha
- 81 acres
- Land parcels
- 125
- registered freehold, median 272 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential / Infill
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
125 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Suncroft, from 12 m² to 91,206 m² (9.12 ha, 22.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft, Kildare · 100 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Suncroft, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Jan 2025Conditional
for change of house types on site 11 to 17 inclusive from 7no. 2 storey detached house type J1 to 15no. 2 storey houses as follows, 12no. 2 storey, 3 bedroom semi detached houses, Type J2 on sites 11 to 22 inclusive and 3no. 2 storey, 3 bedroom terraced houses Type J5 on sites 23 to 25 inclusive. The above changes seek an additional 8no. houses on the land permitted for residential development under Pl ref No. 23/201. The site access, connection to services / sewers and all associated site development works remain unchanged as part of this application
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560015
1 Oct 2024Conditional
for a change of use of a garage / workshop into habitable space to accommodate a family flat, a single storey extension link to the rear of the existing house, a car port, garage / workshop, and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460985
21 Aug 2024Conditional
for (a) The installation of Ball Stop netting to the existing 4 no. GFC goal posts (goal posts 1 & 2 are located within the GFC playing pitch 1 and goal posts 3 & 4 are located within the GFC playing pitch no. 2) and (b) All associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460808
19 Dec 2023Conditional
construction of new single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360504
1 Sept 2023Conditional
for (a) Erection of 8Nr, 10m high floodlighting columns to existing playing pitch with associated light fittings, (b) removal of existing temporary lighting columns along with site infrastructure works, landscaping works and all associated site development and facilitating works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23880
11 Aug 2023N/a
The development will consist of the following works, planning permission for (a) Erection of 8Nr, 10m high floodlighting columns to existing playing pitch with associated light fittings, (b) removal of existing temporary lighting columns along with site infrastructure works, landscaping works and all associated site development and facilitating works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23843
3 Mar 2023Conditional
28 no. dwellings, comprising of 23 no. one and a half storey four bed houses (approx. 182.7 sq.m each), 1 no. two storey detached four bed house (approx. 142.2sqm), 4 no. two storey semi-detached three bed houses (approx. 103.2sq.m each), and a crèche (approx. 247sq.m) and all ancillary site development works and connections to existing services all on a site with an area of approx. 2.53 hectares (6.25 acres). The proposed development forms part of a previously permitted development (planning references no's. Reg. Ref. 06/212 and extension of duration reference no. Reg, Ref. 11/991 refers as does Reg. Ref. 16/1084). Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of permission for 41 no. dwellings, comprising of 17 no. 2 storey, 4 bed detached houses, 18 no. 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached houses, 4 no. 2 storey 3 bed terraced houses, 2 no. single storey, 2 bed elderly houses. Wholesale changes to the house designs, estate layout/roads layout, omission of the crèche building, landscaping, car parking, connection to existing services/sewers and all associated site development works
Permission, 41 homes · Kildare County Council, 23201
11 Jan 2023N/a
proposed storey and a half domestic extension to rear of existing single storey dwelling house, to include additional living dining room on ground floor, also recreation/games room on upper floor and all other associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2322
5 Oct 2022Refused
Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. 16/1084 - 38 no. dwellings, comprising 33 no. one and a half storey four bed houses (approx. 182.7sq.m each), 1 no. two storey detached four bed house (approx. 142.2sq.m), 4 no. two storey semi-detached three bed houses (approx. 103.2sq.m each), and a crèche (approx. 247sq.m) and all ancillary site development works and connections to existing services all on a site with an area of approx. 3.127 hectares (7.73 acres). The proposed development forms part of a previously permitted development (planning reference no. 06/212 and extension of duration reference no. 11/991 refers)
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 221198
28 Apr 2022N/a
38 no. dwellings, comprising 33 no. one and a half storey four bed houses (approx. 182.7sq.m each), 1 no. two storey detached four bed house (approx. 142.2sq.m), 4 no. two storey semi-detached three bed houses (approx. 103.2sq.m each), and a crèche (approx. 247sq.m) and all ancillary site development works and connections to existing services all on a site with an area of approx. 3.127 hectares (7.73 acres). The proposed development forms part of a previously permitted development (planning reference no. 06/212 and extension of duration reference no. 11/991 refers)
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 22489
6 Apr 2021Refused
to construct a 24 metre monopole tower carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound with temporary access track
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21452
1 Oct 2020Conditional
(a) Erection of a single storey type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) Installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (d) New combined vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201130
24 Sept 2020N/a
(A) erection of a single storey type house, (B) Garage/ fuel store for domestic use, (C) installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) New combined vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works,
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201093
25 Jan 2017Conditional
for retention and completion of 5 no. detached two storey dwellings at site No's 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 Eascanrath Brook, Suncroft, Co. Kildare. The dwellings were originally permitted by Register Reference 06/212 and the modifications for which permission is sought will consist of (i) minor internal modifications, (ii) additional velux window to first floor wc. The removal of condition no. 2 of Reg. Ref. 06/212 (restriction of occupancy to "local need" / "local growth") is also sought as part of this planning application having regard to the fact that the lands are now zoned for residential development and Suncroft is now designated as a village and is subject to land use zonings (Map ref. 17.14)
Permission, 5 homes · Kildare County Council, 1768
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Suncroft.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Suncroft.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Suncroft.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2572 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Suncroft with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Suncroft · Crochta na Gréine
- Area
- 328,377 m² (32.84 ha, 81.14 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carn, and its townlands
- Barony
- Offaly East
- Electoral division
- Ballysax West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballysax West electoral division: 1,233 people in 415 households; 80% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carn, Churchland South, Common North, Common South, Crockaun, Newtown
- Placenames
- Suncroft 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.