Bennetsbridge

291 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bennetsbridge, from 13 m² to 127,307 m² (12.73 ha, 31.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 · 169 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  - Replace (“restringing”) and uprating of c.10.2km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 14No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m, with height increases between 1m and 2m; - Replacement of 15No. existing Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts; and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660323

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  a first floor extension to the rear of existing two storey semi-detached dwelling, minor alterations to rear elevation and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360479

• 22 Jun 2023Conditional

  to widen the existing vehicular entrance to provide for additional car parking and all associated ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23691

• 18 May 2023Conditional

  a single storey extension to side of dwelling & associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23531

• 9 Jun 2022Conditional

  to construct an extension to the side of existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22711

• 5 May 2022Conditional

  sought for a single storey domestic shed to the rear of dwelling and boundary wall with associated pier to the side of existing dwelling and all ancillary site developments

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 22521

• 27 Jan 2021Conditional

  to construct new dwelling house, new site entrance and all associated works at

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2188

• 18 Nov 2020Conditional

  construct an extension to dwelling house, necessary renovations to same house and associated site work. This combination of works will cater for a family dwelling and granny flat,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201389

• 12 Nov 2019Conditional

  demolition of existing dwelling and shed, construction of new 2-storey dwelling, new outbuilding comprising of domestic garage, hearse garage and coffin store, widening of existing recessed entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191262

• 6 Mar 2017Conditional

  a new Aswaflow wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all ancillary site development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17233

• 6 Mar 2017Conditional

  a single storey dwelling, conversion of existing cottage to domestic shed, Aswaflow wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all ancillary site development

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17232

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 Bennetsbridge.

Recorded monuments

• KD035-053 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.X.07) shows the cropmark of a large oval enclosure defined by two fosses. Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD035-054 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.15) shows the cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a narrow fosse. Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2353 (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.

No address of the register names Bennetsbridge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Bennetsbridge

Area

1,687,804 m² (168.78 ha, 417.07 acres)

Civil parish

St. John's, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban West

Electoral division

Athy Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athy Rural electoral division: 4,548 people in 1,506 households; 65% of households own their home; 66% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrew, Blackparks, Garroonagh (Co. Laois), Goulyduff, Quarry, Rosbran, Roundhills, Tonlegee, Whitebog (Co. Laois), Woodstock South

Placenames

Bennetsbridge 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.