Monread South
Monread South is a townland in the civil parish of Naas, barony of Naas North, Co. Kildare. Its name in Irish is Móin Réad Theas.
- Area
- 120.1 ha
- 297 acres
- Land parcels
- —
- more than 2,000
- Zoning
- C6
- Industry and Warehousing
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland. The map cannot draw that many.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- C6Industry and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Utilities/Services (Wastewater)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan - M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan - M1Commercial / Residential (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare 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
12 Aug 2026Conditional
2-storey extension to Side & Ground floor extension to front of existing dwelling to contain family ancillary accommodation, with internal modifications and associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660914
30 Jul 2026N/a
1 / 2-Storey Extension to front / side of existing extension to contain family ancillary accommodation, with internal modifications and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660876
10 Jun 2026Conditional
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new gable window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660620
9 Jun 2026N/a
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new gable window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660610
24 Apr 2026Conditional
of a single storey extension to the side of an existing single storey dwelling along with all site development and facilitating works.
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660449
2 Apr 2026Conditional
(A) construction of a two storey side extension to front (south west) elevation and Side (south east) elevation to form a dual aspect house. (B) Single storey extension to Rear (north east) elevation.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660353
31 Mar 2026Conditional
for attic conversion for office / storage home use, raising of gable end to change roof profile and dormer projecting window to rear roof with 2 number velux windows to front roof, also removal of existing chimney and all associated site Works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660337
19 Mar 2026Conditional
first floor extension to side of existing 2 storey dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2634
27 Feb 2026Conditional
a single-storey porch to the front of our existing 2-storey detached dwelling and all associated ancillary site development works above and below ground.
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660213
20 Jan 2026Conditional
the construction of a tennis court with an artificial grass surface on the existing lawn in front of the clubhouses, complete with .9m and 2.4m high fencing to the perimeter of the court and 10m high lighting posts with led lighting, the construction of two mini tennis courts with artificial grass surface on the existing lawn to the west of court 6, complete with 1.2m high fencing and 6m high lighting posts with led lighting
Permission · Kildare County Council, 269
23 Dec 2025N/a
attic conversion for office / storage home use, raising of gable end to change roof profile and dormer projecting window to rear roof with 2 number velux windows to front roof, also removal of existing chimney and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561490
23 Dec 2025N/a
attic conversion for office / storage home use, raising of gable end to change roof profile and dormer projecting window to rear roof with 2 number velux windows to front roof, also removal of existing chimney and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561509
12 Dec 2025Conditional
construction of a new single-storey rear extension and a first floor side/rear extension over the existing single-storey ground floor structure, together with with internal first floor modifications and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 25182
5 Dec 2025Conditional
a modification to the design of the house extension permitted under Register Reference 25/60277: It is proposed to finish the 2 storey external wall on the north-western (side) elevation in plaster render instead of permitted brick
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561387
15 Oct 2025Conditional
change of use of Unit 2 and Unit 3 to coffee shop for sale of hot food, cold food and no-alcoholic beverages for on and off the premises. Retention of amalgamation of Unit 2 and Unit 3. Retention of change of use of Unit 3 to seating area. All ancillary works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 25165
14 Oct 2025Conditional
the construction of a single storey side extension to existing single storey detached bungalow and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561163
12 Oct 2025N/a
for the construction of a single storey side extension to existing single storey detached bungalow and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561152
9 Sept 2025Conditional
for the construction of a gable to the side of the existing roof and rising the side external wall to meet the new roof, removing the side hip roof, new rear facing dormer with rear facing window, two additional windows in the side elevation of the main house and all internal works including the construction of a stairs to the newly formed non-habitable attic room in this single storey semi-detached dwelling house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561031
29 Aug 2025Refused
for (a) revisions to existing extension to dwelling permitted under planning ref. 22/1461 to become a family flat extension, modifications including replacement of previously granted double doors to front elevation to single door, front window, rear door, rooflights to rear and side extension, internal modifications, a staircase opening to first floor, increase in height of rear extension, changes to roof profile of rear extension and planning permission for (a) new ground floor window to side elevation of the subject family flat extension along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560990
31 Jul 2025Conditional
for the demolition of the existing single-storey roof, a proposed first-floor extension to the side of the house, internal modifications & all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560865
31 Jul 2025Conditional
for the demolition of the existing single-storey roof, a proposed first-floor extension to the side of the house, internal modifications & all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560864
27 Jun 2025Conditional
for (a) sub-division of existing site, (b) new two-storey detached dwelling house, (c) new separating wall / boundary treatment, (d) demolition of existing non-habitable domestic shed (e) modifications to front boundary to provide two number entrances, one serving new proposed dwelling and one serving existing dwelling, (e) new connection to mains site services and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560721
11 Jun 2025N/a
for : (a) sub-division of existing site, (b) new two-storey detached dwelling house, (c) new separating wall / boundary treatment, (d) modifications to front boundary to provide two number entrances, one serving new proposed dwelling and one serving existing dwelling, (e) new connection to mains site services and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560653
6 Jun 2025Conditional
for construction of (a) single store extension to rear of existing house and (b)first floor extension to side of existing house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560626
29 May 2025Conditional
for a) raising of existing single storey roof to incorporate a first-floor extension to the front, side & rear of an existing two-storey dwelling & b) single-storey extension to the rear of the existing two-storey dwelling along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560580
The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Monread South.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Monread South.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monread South.
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 Monread South, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2762 (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 Monread South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Monread South · Móin Réad Theas
- Area
- 1,201,341 m² (120.13 ha, 296.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Naas, and its townlands
- Barony
- Naas North
- Electoral division
- Naas Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 26,306 people lived in 8,866 households in the Naas Urban electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Maudlings, Monread North, Naas East, Naas West, Oldtown, Oldtown Demesne, Osberstown
- Placenames
- Monread South 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.