Hobartstown West

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hobartstown West, from 456 m² to 439,501 m² (43.95 ha, 108.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Hobartstown West 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.

• 19 Jun 2026Conditional

  planning permission to sub divide existing site and construct a dormer style dwelling and single storey garage. I also intend to use and alter the existing entrance, construct a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connect to mains water, decommission existing septic tank and upgrade to a wastewater treatment system and percolation area (to the front of existing dwelling) and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660669

• 2 Aug 2022Conditional

  sought to construct a single storey dwelling, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, bored well, use of existing entrance with new internal roadway, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22945

• 15 Feb 2021Conditional

  for 1) an extension to existing dwelling, 2) modifications to the existing dwelling, 3) domestic garage/store and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21170

• 10 Dec 2019Conditional

  (a) Retention of alterations to existing roof including raising ridge height; (b) Permission for proposed single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling to form a "Family Flat" and all ancillary works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 191367

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  Retention permission for unauthorised works to include the construction of a boundary wall, a new entrance and hard standing area, I also wish to apply for retention permission for an existing mobile home on site being used as a dwelling for the duration of essential repair works to my existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 19173

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 Hobartstown West.

Recorded monuments

• KD038-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 61, 62) shows cropmarks of complex of four annular and penannular enclosures (est. max. diams. c. 25m- 35m), probably ring-barrows or ring-ditches, and one sub-rectangular enclosure (est. max. dims. c. 40m N-S x 60m E-W). Other similar sites nearby (KD038-016-018----, KD024-027---, 029----). Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-016 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 61, 62) show a cropmark of a fosse of circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 40m). Possibly barrow or ringfort. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-017 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 58, 62) shows cropmarks of two adjacent circular enclosures (est. max diams. c. 25m). Probably ring-barrows or ring-ditches. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-018 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 61, 62) show a cropmark of a fosse defining a small circular area (est. max. diam. c. 15m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-024001 Moated site
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 59-61) show a cropmark of a fosse enclosing a sub-rectangular area (KD038-024001-) (dims. c. 80m SW-NE x c. 50m NW-SE), with traces of a possible field (KD038-024002-) attached at the NE. May be associated with the cropmarks of the ring-ditch complex which it appears to overlie (KD038-027----). No visible surface trace. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-024002 Field system
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 59-61) show a cropmark of a fosse enclosing a sub-rectangular area (KD038-024001-) (dims. c. 80m SW-NE x c. 50m NW-SE), with traces of a possible field (KD038-024002-) attached at the NE. May be associated with the cropmarks of the ring-ditch complex which it appears to overlie (KD038-027----). No visible surface trace. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

• KD038-027 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 59-62) show cropmarks of two circular areas of similar size (est. max. diams. c. 35m) defined by fosses, partly superimposed. Probably ring-barrow or ring-ditch sites. See also KD038-015---/018----, -024---, -029---. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-032 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  There is some scattered stone in the vicinity, but there are no other traces of the castle visible. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

• KD038-033001 Church
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 59) shows a rectangular cropmark of a church aligned E-W, within a small circular enclosure (KD038-033002-) defined by a fosse. Traces of two other enclosures are visible at the S and W (see field system KD038-033003-), the latter defined by two fosses and a possible bank. Slight traces of circular platform (diam. c. 26m) are visible. The soil in this area is reported as being very stony. Situated on a slight ridge in well-drained pasture land. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-033002 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 59) shows a cropmark of small circular enclosure defined by fosse (est. max diam. c. 45m), surrounding cropmark of church (KD038-033001-). Traces of a larger enclosure at the S and rectangular enclosure defined by two fosses and possible bank at W (see field system KD038-033003-). Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-033003 Field system
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 59) shows a cropmark of small circular enclosure (KD0330002-)defined by fosse (est. max diam. c. 45m), surrounding cropmark of church (KD038-033001-). Traces of a larger enclosure at the S and rectangular enclosure defined by two fosses and possible bank at W. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2575 (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 Hobartstown West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Hobartstown West · Baile Hiobaird Thiar

Area

1,716,214 m² (171.62 ha, 424.09 acres)

Civil parish

Castledermot, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Belan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Belan electoral division: 321 people in 110 households; 84% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvass, Belan, Bolton, Hobartstown East, Saintjohns, Skenagun

Placenames

Hobartstown West 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.