Pluckstown
Pluckstown is a townland in the civil parish of Lyons, barony of Salt South, Co. Kildare.
Parcel 1089261
- Area
- 1,317 m²
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 417 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
- Pluckstown
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2903 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 82.4 ha
- 204 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 3,047 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pluckstown, from 695 m² to 158,556 m² (15.86 ha, 39.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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
- P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 6 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
28 Sept 2026N/a
The development consists of the construction of an outdoor horse shelter and the provision of a horse walker for exercising horses.
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2661066
27 Feb 2026Refused
For the construction of a single storey bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, block up existing agricultural entrance, construct a new recessed entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660209
23 Feb 2026N/a
the construction of a single storey bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, block up existing agricultural entrance, construct a new recessed entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660174
29 Aug 2025Conditional
for Repositioning of approved stable and haybarn/machinery store. Repositioning of approved vehicular entrance. Repositioning of approved access route. The change of use from haybarn/machinery store to commercial dog kennels
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560985
23 Jul 2025Refused
for the construction of a single storey bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system , block existing system, block up existing agricultural entrance, construct a new recessed entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560833
27 Feb 2025Refused
for the construction of a single storey bungalow, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to recessed entrance and all associated development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560191
18 Sept 2024Refused
for the construction of a single storey bungalow, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to recessed entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460923
17 Sept 2024N/a
for the construction of a single storey bungalow, single storey domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to recessed entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460915
27 Sept 2023Refused
Construction of a new dwelling, with separate domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new splayed entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23919
6 Sept 2023N/a
the construction of a new dwelling, with separate domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new splayed entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23884
21 Jun 2023Conditional
will consist of the demolition of the existing house, remains of an existing derelict house and agricultural buildings, the construction of a part single storey part two storey house with septic tank, percolation area and soakaway, provision of a vehicular entrance setback from the road, construction of a stable haybarn/machinery store, dedicated area for manure and bedding waste, associated access route and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23686
12 Oct 2020Conditional
extension to existing dairy building to incorporate: (I) Replace existing underground effluent tank; (ii) Cubicle and loose straw area with flow channels; (iii) Collecting yard/drafting area with flow channel; (iv) Meal Bin and all associated site works. Demolition of part of the existing building is required
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201184
3 Jul 2018Refused
new single storey four bedroom house, including 5 no. rooflights to rear, solar panels to rear, new domestic road entrance, new well, foul drainage and percolation area, surface water soakaway, landscaping, and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18796
17 Nov 2017Conditional
an entire 1.5 storey dwelling as constructed, recessed entrance, revised site boundary & all associated site works as constructed and previously granted permission under planning ref. 09/659
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171289
6 Oct 2017Refused
the construction of a single storey bungalow, recessed entrance, private well and secondary effluent treatment system all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171109
12 May 2017Refused
the construction of a split level single storey bungalow, recessed entrance, private well and secondary effluent treatment system , all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17540
20 Sept 2005Grant permission & grant retention
Retention of an existing shed (260 sq.m) for agricultural use, also incorporating planning permission sought for 10 stables.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0790
26 Apr 2005Refuse permission for retention
Retention of existing agricultural building measuring (260sqm) and the partial change of use of the building to a Transport Depot (125sqm). In addition the application also includes for the retention of a cabin type structure (30sqm) as an associated tool lock-up.
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0311
15 Mar 2005Invalid - site notice
Retention of existing agricultural building measuring (260sq.m.) and the partial change of use of the building to a transport depot (125sq.m.). In addition the application also includes for the retention of a cabin type structure (30sq.m.) as an associated tool lock up.
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0190
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 Pluckstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Pluckstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Pluckstown.
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 Pluckstown, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2903 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Pluckstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Pluckstown
- Area
- 823,826 m² (82.38 ha, 203.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lyons, and its townlands
- Barony
- Salt South
- Electoral division
- Donaghcumper, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 6,652 people lived in 2,218 households in the Donaghcumper electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 60% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Athgoe South (Co. Dublin), Banshee (Co. Dublin), Boston, Castlewarden North, Clonaghlis, Lyons, Oughterard
- Placenames
- Pluckstown 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.