Lughil

118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lughil, from 29 m² to 55,792 m² (5.58 ha, 13.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Lughil 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.

• 12 May 2026N/a

  Retention Permission for horses stable block, comprising of 6 no. horse boxes and all associated site works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660508

• 28 Apr 2026Conditional

  alterations to previously granted application PL21/1559. Alterations to include removal of a single storey extension to the side and reduction in size of the granted rear extension, connection to onsite services and all associated site works (granted under PL 21/1559)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660462

• 3 Apr 2026Refused

  construct a chalet bungalow with a rear return and a single storey element to the side, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, WWTP with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660362

• 30 Mar 2026N/a

  to construct a chalet bungalow with a rear return and a single storey element to the side, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, WWTP with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660333

• 28 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a detached one and half storey house with single storey element, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560057

• 17 Oct 2024Conditional

  for existing single storey detached structure for use as a shed/storage/home office use ancillary to the permitted house on site as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461067

• 9 Jun 2023Conditional

  construction of a single storey bungalow, single storey domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23622

• 1 Nov 2021Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing single storey dwelling, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to onsite services and all associated site works at

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211559

• 19 Oct 2021Conditional

  for change of house type on previously approved site under planning ref: 16/1047 which permitted a dormer house, permission to change this approved house type to a detached two storey house with single storey element, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211512

• 11 Aug 2021Refused

  for the construction of a two storey house with single storey element, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works. The applicants have been previously granted permission under 16/1047. Planning application 16/1047 will be rescinded if permission is approved

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211155

• 1 Apr 2021Refused

  the construction of a two storey house with single storey element, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works. The Applicants have been previously granted permission under 16/1047 and the development if permitted will be in lieu of planning reference 16/1047

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21431

• 2 Dec 2020Refused

  the construction of a two storey house with single storey element, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works, the applicants have previously granted permission under 16/1047 and the development, if permitted, will be in lieu of planning reference 16/1047,

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201471

• 24 Mar 2020Refused

  1.5 storey house, a proposed detached garage, a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, a new entrance, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20305

• 10 Oct 2019Conditional

  to change of house type from that previously granted under file ref: 19643, to a dormer style dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 191122

• 21 Aug 2019Refused

  proposed 1.5 storey house, a proposed detached garage, a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, a new entrance, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19952

• 7 Jun 2019Conditional

  (a) Removal of existing mobile home; (b) Permission for new bungalow type dwelling, upgrade existing treatment system to include raised bed percolation area, retained existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19643

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  (a) agricultural slatted shed. (b) agricultural storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181539

• 18 Jul 2018N/a

  (a) Removal of existing mobile dwelling and storage shed; (b) Permission for new bungalow type dwelling, with connection to existing effluent treatment system to be retained, using existing vehicular entrance to be retained and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18871

• 16 Feb 2018Refused

  to erect a new single storey bungalow dwelling and on site waste water treatment system with ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18163

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 Lughil.

Recorded monuments

• KD026-006 Burial ground
  Description

  On a low NE-SW ridge, in tillage. An unenclosed overgrown, rectangular area (20m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW) is densely covered with hazel, boultry and thorn bushes, with a good deal of dead and decaying vegetation underfoot. A plain headstone noted in 1986 (SMR file) is no longer visible, but is probably obscured by the very dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 August 2012

• KD026-021 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on an aerial photograph (GSAP ACP 685) as the cropmark of a small rectangular enclosure. On a gentle SW-facing pasture slope. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 August 2012

• KD026-025 Habitation site
  Description

  In 2003, prior to construction of the M7 Heath-Mayfield Motorway, archaeological excavation (Excavation licence No. 03E0634 www.excavations.ie Accessed 28 August 2012) uncovered ‘hearth activities’ with associated post-holes and disturbed subsoil. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 August 2012

• KD026-026 Habitation site
  Description

  In 2003, prior to construction of the M7 Heath-Mayfield Motorway, archaeological excavation (Excavation licence No. 03E0634 http://www.excavations.ie Accessed 28 August 2012) uncovered ‘hearth activities’ with associated post-holes and disturbed subsoil. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 August 2012

• KD026-028 Furnace
  Description

  In 2003, prior to construction of the M7 Heath-Mayfield Motorway, three possible bowl furnaces, with associated post-holes and hearths were archaeologically excavated (Channing 2003. Excavation Licence No. 03E0602) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 14 January 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lughil, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lughil.

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 Lughil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Lughil

Area

1,115,719 m² (111.57 ha, 275.7 acres)

Civil parish

Ballybrackan, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly West

Electoral division

Ballybrackan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

660 people lived in 223 households in the Ballybrackan electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Fearmore, Gorteen, Grangecoor, Kilpatrick, Larch Hill, Mooreabbey Demesne, Riverstown

Placenames

Lughil 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.