Aghards
Townland in the civil parish of Kildrought, barony of Salt North, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 27.5 ha
- 68 acres
- Land parcels
- 661
- registered freehold, median 227 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 54
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
661 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghards, from 11 m² to 26,008 m² (2.6 ha, 6.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 114 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
No zone of a development plan covers Aghards 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Jul 2026Conditional
of garden room for use as a home office and media room, and retention of a shed for use as a boiler room and storage both located to the rear of the property
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660822
16 Jul 2026N/a
The development will consist of: retention of a garden room for use as a home office and media room, and retention of a shed for use as a boiler room and storage both located to the rear of the property.
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660810
5 Jun 2026Conditional
Retention of the existing widened driveway to previously granted Planning permission ref: 24/46 and 2584 together with planning permission for ditching of footpath to driveway and all with site development works.
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660597
5 Jun 2026Conditional
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable c/w window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660599
7 Apr 2026Conditional
alterations and extensions to existing 2-storey semi-detached dwelling. Extensions to the front, side and rear of the existing dwelling to provide new entrance porch, home office, utility room, playroom and extended living area all at ground floor level. Also, alterations and extensions to existing bedrooms and an additional bedroom at first floor level, long with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660367
12 Feb 2026Conditional
for Attic conversion with Dormer to side of existing roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic as non habitable storage space all with associated ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660132
1 Dec 2025N/a
retention of a previously approved 2 storey extension (approved reg. ref. 02-1711) to use as a 2 bed house, and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561348
25 Jun 2025Conditional
for (1) The construction of a single storey extension to the rear. (2) The construction of a single storey extension to the front comprising of Bay window and Porch. (3) The construction of new block boundary walls to side and front and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560707
8 May 2025Conditional
for conversion of attic, dormer to side, extension to rear & all associate works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560478
1 May 2025Conditional
for 1. modifications to previously granted Planning permission of ref: 24/46 to change the roof profile to the single storey extension to the front (North-East) side (South-East) and rear (South-West) of the existing dwelling from flat roof to pitched roof and all with proposed site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2584
28 Feb 2025Conditional
for the construction of a single storey kitchen, living room, playroom and bathroom extension to the side and rear of the existing house together with all associated site and drainage work
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2546
17 Feb 2025N/a
for the construction of a single storey kitchen, living room, playroom and bathroom extension to the side and rear of the existing house together with all associated site and drainage work
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2532
22 Oct 2024Conditional
for an Attic conversion for storage use, comprising of a dormer window structure to the side
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24334
8 Feb 2024Conditional
consists of planning for a single storey extension to the front (North-East,) side (South-East) and rear (South-West) of the existing dwelling to include a new bedroom and proposed new terrace facing South-East with proposed access together with skylights facing South-East with minor internal modifications and all with proposed site development works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2446
25 Nov 2023Conditional
for (a) the demolition of existing garden structure/shed and replacement of same with a new build detached garage located adjacent to the existing property
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360411
15 Nov 2023N/a
a 2-storey extension to the side including family flat and single storey extension to the rear and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23991
27 Oct 2023N/a
a 2-storey extension to the side including family flat and single storey extension to the rear and associated works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23970
15 Aug 2023Refused
the change of use of a section (12.5 sqm) of the existing retail unit for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2360117
31 Mar 2023Conditional
a proposed single storey self-contained family flat to the side/rear plus single storey rear extension to existing dwelling and internal alterations and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23329
15 Dec 2022Conditional
A single storey front and side extension to an existing semi-detached 2 storey dwelling, ancillary alterations to front, side and rear elevations, foul water to foul sewer, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 221486
22 Jul 2022Conditional
the construction of a two storey extension to the side and a single storey extension to the rear of existing semi-detached dwelling with seven roof windows, one to the front, as well as a new Front Porch and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22896
9 Jun 2022Conditional
construction of single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling comprising of office, utility room and kitchen. Construction of tiled porch to the front
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22718
4 May 2022Conditional
Development will consist of: (1) The demolition of an existing rear conservatory and kitchen annex. (2) An extension to the side of the property at first floor level. This extension to accommodate bedroom and bathroom. (3) Extend the existing canopy over the front door across the front elevation. (4) A ground floor side extension, this extension to accommodate a home office. (5) New side ground floor window to utility room. (6) A ground floor rear extension to accommodate family/kitchen/dining area. (7) New skylight in new roof to the side elevation. (8) There will also be internal modifications, and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22514
28 Oct 2021Conditional
for the construction of a New Two Storey Extension (Total Area 64m2) to the side and rear of the existing house, which includes New Porch Extension to the front, with 2 New Roof Lights along with boundary treatments and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211552
4 Oct 2021N/a
for a New Two Storey Extension (64m2) to the side and rear of the existing house and New Porch Extension to the front, shall include 2 New Roof lights along with boundary treatments and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211433
The 25 most recent of 54 applications.
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 Aghards.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Aghards.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghards.
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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2900 (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 Aghards with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Aghards
- Area
- 274,581 m² (27.46 ha, 67.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kildrought, and its townlands
- Barony
- Salt North
- Electoral division
- Celbridge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Celbridge electoral division: 16,066 people in 5,350 households; 79% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Celbridge, Oakleypark, Oldtown, Thornhill
- Placenames
- Aghards 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.