Posseckstown

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Posseckstown, from 6 m² to 998,974 m² (99.9 ha, 246.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Posseckstown 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.

• 28 Mar 2025Refused

  for the construction of a solar PV development and an ‘under the fence’ transformer compound on a ca. 180ha site consisting of: I. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; II. 39 No. inverter units (ca. 2.9m (h) x ca. 6.1m (l) and 2.4(w)); III. 1 No. control room structure (5m (h) x 15.3m (l) and 3.7m (w)); IV. 1 No. transformer unit (ca. 6m x ca. 4m) and associated bund; V. Security fencing around the ‘under the fence’ transformer compound (2.65m high); VI. Electrical and communications cabling; VII. Pole-mounted security cameras; VIII. Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; IX. Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; X. Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; XI. 3 No. temporary construction compounds; XII. Internal access tracks; and, XIII All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560326

• 11 Sept 2024Conditional

  for a solar farm development with an operational lifespan of 40 years comprising the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows on a site of circa 47.44 hectares, a single storey onsite 38kV substation with compound, with two number single storey storage containers, 25 number invertor stations, ducting and underground electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, 23 number mounted CCTV cameras, provision of a new access from the L5066 / Killadoon Road, provision of internal access tracks, and all associated site development and landscaping works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 24291

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  the extension of the operational lifespan of the permitted solar pv development by An Bord Pleanála under Ref. ABP-303636-19 (Kildare County Council Planning Ref. 18/250) from 25 no. years as permitted (by reason of condition no. 3 of permission Ref. ABP-303636-19) to 40 years

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360037

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  a 10 year permission (to construct development) for a solar farm comprising: the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows on a site of C.47.44 hectares, a single storey onsite 38kV substation with compound, with 2 no single storey storage containers, 25 no. invertor stations , ducting & underground electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, 23.no mounted CCTV Cameras, provision of a new access from the L5066/Killadoon Road, provision of internal access tracks, and all associated site development and landscaping works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18250

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 Posseckstown.

Recorded monuments

• KD010-038 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Remains of a possible tower house are incorporated into outbuildings to the rear of Rose Lawn house (pers. comm. P. Black).

Architectural heritage

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

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 Posseckstown, about 1 in 20 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2835 (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.

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

Name

Posseckstown

Area

1,006,070 m² (100.61 ha, 248.61 acres)

Civil parish

Killadoon, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Celbridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

16,066 people lived in 5,350 households in the Celbridge electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrass Lower, Barberstown Lower, Crippaun, Killeenlea, Windgates

Placenames

Posseckstown 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.