Moortown

134 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moortown, from 24 m² to 169,641 m² (16.96 ha, 41.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Moortown 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.

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional

  for (A) Retention Permission for first floor habitable accommodation over existing house previously granted under file ref no. 04/2358 including first floor gable window to the side (west) elevation and dormer window and roof lights to rear (south) elevation, (B) Retention Permission for minor alterations to ground floor plan and external elevations including the omitting of a side door and replaced with a window on the side (west) elevation. (C) Retention Permission for increase length of garage previously granted under file ref no.04/2358 on side (east) elevation

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560678

• 8 May 2025Conditional

  for (1) planning permission is being sought for the construction of a new two storey extension to the North (Rear) elevation of the existing dwelling to provide for a Bedroom/Ensuite at first floor level and a “Home Office” at ground floor level and (2) retention of planning permission is being sought for a previously constructed (Circa. 2022) single storey extension to the North (Rear) of the existing dwelling to provide for a “Playroom” together with all associated landscaping, site works and services,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560482

• 3 Dec 2024Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the rear of the existing clubhouse that will provide for 4 no. changing rooms, a referee’s changing room, showering facilities, ladies and gents toilets and a 44 sq. m. covered outdoor area. The existing 2 no. changing rooms are to be converted to store rooms. the development also includes for provision of an additional 12 no. car parking spaces

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461297

• 2 Dec 2024N/a

  for the erection of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing clubhouse that will provide for 4 no. Changing rooms, a referee’s changing room, showering facilities, ladies and gents toilets and a 44 sq. m. covered outdoor area. The existing 2 no. changing rooms are to be converted to store rooms. The development also includes for provision of an additional 12 no. car parking spaces

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461280

• 28 Nov 2024N/a

  for the erection of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing clubhouse that will provide for 4 no. changing rooms, a referee’s changing room, showering facilities, ladies and gents’ toilets and a 44 sq.m. covered outdoor area. The existing 2 no. changing rooms are to be converted to store rooms. The development also includes for provision of an additional 12 no. car parking spaces

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461264

• 1 Nov 2024N/a

  for a single storey extension to the rear of the existing clubhouse that will provide for 4 no. changing rooms, a referee's changing room, showering facilities, ladies and gents' toilets and a 44 sq.m. covered outdoor area. The existing 2 no. changing rooms are to be converted into store rooms. The development also includes for provision of an additional 12 no. car parking spaces

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24343

• 25 Oct 2024N/a

  for a single storey extension to the rear of the existing clubhouse that will provide for 4 no. changing rooms, a referee's changing room, showering facilities, ladies and gents' toilets and a 44 sq.m. covered outdoor area. The existing 2 no. changing rooms are to be converted into store rooms. The development also includes for provision of an additional 12 no. car parking spaces

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24339

• 26 Sept 2024N/a

  for the rection of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing clubhouse that will provide for 4 no. changing rooms and a 44 sq.m. extension to the existing club lounge bar. The existing 2 no. changing rooms are to be converted to store rooms. The development also includes for provision of an additional 12 no. car parking spaces

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24308

• 14 May 2024Refused

  of 18/1267 which consists of the erection of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing clubhouse that will provide for 4 No. changing rooms and a 44sqm extension to the existing club lounge bar. The existing 2 No. changing rooms are to be converted to store rooms. The development also includes for provision of an additional 12 No. car parking spaces

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 24159

• 2 Jul 2023Conditional

  the construction of a two-storey extension to the rear of the existing single-storey house, comprising a kitchen-dining room at ground floor and two bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms at first floor level as well as minor alterations and refurbishment to the existing house

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360007

• 22 Jun 2023N/a

  will consist of the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the existing single storey house, comprising a kitchen-dining room at ground floor and two bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms at first floor level as well as minor alterations and refurbishment to the existing house

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23693

• 14 Apr 2023Conditional

  Renovation of an existing bungalow house with new single storey living area extension to the rear of the house, new single storey bedroom extension to the side of the house, new waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23395

• 21 Mar 2023N/a

  Renovation of an existing bungalow house with new single storey living area extension to the rear of the house, new single storey bedroom extension to the side of the house, new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23281

• 10 Mar 2023N/a

  Renovation of an existing bungalow house with new single storey living area extension to the rear of the house, new single storey bedroom extension to the side of the house, new waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23238

• 9 Sept 2022Conditional

  the provision of an off-licence sales area as part of an existing shop premises including all associated works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221103

• 3 Dec 2021Conditional

  the erection of a double sided ball wall with flood lights, adjacent to the existing Astro Turf pitches. The ball wall will be 5 metres high and 15 metres wide, with a 5m high perimeter fence. There will be four flood light poles including lights, each pole being no more than 13 metres high

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211700

• 19 Oct 2021Conditional

  for single storey side extension to existing detached bungalow, conversion of garage to dressing room and ensuite, retention of detached glasshouse and plant potting shed, retention of detached single storey domestic store and garage and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 211511

• 4 Oct 2021N/a

  the erection of a double sided ball wall with flood lights, adjacent to the existing Astro Turf pitches. The ball wall will be 5 metres high and 15 metres wide, with the flood lights bring no more than 12 metres high

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211427

• 4 Aug 2021N/a

  the erection of a double sided ball wall with flood lights, adjacent to the existing Astro Turf pitches. The ball wall will be 5 metres high and 15 metres wide, with the flood lights being no more than 12 metres high

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 211114

• 11 May 2021Conditional

  development at site 4 granted under planning permission 16/1218. The development consists of change of house type of a 2 storey house previously granted to a revised 2 storey house, a change of, and relocation of, previously approved garage, and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21642

• 14 Apr 2021Conditional

  an extension to the rear of my house and permission for new sewerage treatment system also at the rear of my house

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21494

• 29 Mar 2021N/a

  of extension and new sewerage treatment system to the rear of my house

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21396

• 30 Oct 2020Conditional

  to use a portion of the existing single storey domestic garage for a sessional Rural Wellness and Yoga Studio and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201303

• 20 Jul 2020Conditional

  for existing single storey domestic structure as constructed (which is a domestic garage, home gym and store room) and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 20789

• 15 Jun 2020N/a

  extension to the rear of my house consisting of 2 bedrooms and 1 en-suite.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 20608

The 25 most recent of 42 applications.

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 Moortown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Moortown.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1700–1837 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house, extant 1837, on an L-shaped plan originally three-bay single-storey on a rectangular plan; single-bay (two-bay deep) single-storey projecting end bay with half-dormer attic (east). Pitched oat straw thatch roof, rope twist ridge with paired exposed stretchers having exposed scallops, rendered dwarf chimney stack on a T-shaped plan having concrete capping, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops; pitched artificial slate roof (east) with ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast battered walls. Square-headed door opening with concrete threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2718 (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 Moortown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Moortown

Area

1,529,855 m² (152.99 ha, 378.04 acres)

Civil parish

Mainham, and its townlands

Barony

Ikeathy and Oughterany

Electoral division

Balraheen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Balraheen electoral division: 2,559 people in 663 households; 87% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boherhole, Castlebrown or Clongowes, Danielstown, Mainham, Painestown, Rathcoffey North, Rathcoffey South

Placenames

Moortown 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.