Oldtown

920 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldtown, from 1 m² to 196,209 m² (19.62 ha, 48.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 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 Oldtown 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.

• 26 Jun 2026Conditional

  for Attic conversion with dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front. Retention for extended vehicle access all with associated Ancillary works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660707

• 17 Jun 2026N/a

  Attic conversion with dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front all with associated Ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660660

• 25 Apr 2026Conditional

  a first floor extension to the side over existing study/kitchen area and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660451

• 2 Apr 2026Conditional

  A. Change of roof profile from hip end profile to full gable end profile to accommodate attic conversion incorporating dormer extension to rear, B. new window to new gable, C. 2 No 'velux' roof lights to front elevation, D. all associate4d site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2639

• 31 Mar 2026Conditional

  a single storey extension to the side and rear and the conversion of the attic space for storage. This will involve the construction of a dormer window to the rear of the existing roof

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2637

• 25 Mar 2026N/a

  A. change of roof profile from hip end profile to full gable end profile to accommodate attic conversion incorporating dormer extension to rear, B. new window to new gable, C. 2 no. velux roof lights to front elevation, D. All associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2636

• 15 Dec 2025Conditional

  proposed new single storey kitchen and dining extension with 2 new windows to the side elevation and patio doors to the rear elevation along with a pitched roof to match existing with 2no. rooflights to the rear of the property and the conversion of existing shed to home office/gym to the rear garden, all external finishes to match existing along with ancillary work associated with the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 25183

• 15 Sept 2025Conditional

  to retain a dormer window extension of the hipped roof to the side of the two storey semi-detached dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 25153

• 8 Sept 2025N/a

  to retain a dormer window extension of the hipped roof to the side of the two storey semi-detached dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 25152

• 16 Jul 2025Conditional

  for a 21.6m2 pergola in the rear garden constructed of timber columns, timber joists, timber fencing and polycarbonate roof sheets and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560803

• 27 Jun 2025Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling with pitched, tiled roof and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560722

• 3 Apr 2025Conditional

  for retaining the change of use of a playroom to a beauty salon including the provision of an additional door to the side elevation of the dwelling, a roofed canopy structure to the side, and all associated ancillary site-works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560344

• 1 Apr 2025N/a

  for the change of use of a playroom to a beauty salon including the provision of an additional door to the side elevation of the dwelling, a roofed canopy structure to the side, and all associated ancillary site-works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560334

• 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

• 3 Oct 2024N/a

  for the relocation and modification of boundary treatments and all associated site works to the rear of units 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 51

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460996

• 6 Aug 2024N/a

  for Boundary location to Rear of units 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, relocated due to location of existing trees, and other landscaping features, Boundary treatments redesigned and rear gardens reduced in area, along with all associated Site Works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460756

• 16 Jul 2024N/a

  Planning Retention for Boundary location to Rear of units 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, relocated due to location of existing trees, and other landscaping features, Boundary treatments redesigned and rear gardens reduced in area, along with all associated Site Works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460669

• 16 Jul 2024Conditional

  for amendments to previously approved (Reg Ref 19/1282) to include the continuation of an internal road and footpath to the western boundary of the site to provide access to and from the adjoining lands, including minor amendments to the open space and boundary treatments

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24235

• 10 Jul 2024Conditional

  for single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling along with internal alterations and all other ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460647

• 24 Jun 2024N/a

  for amendments to previously approved (Reg Ref 19/1282) to include the continuation of an internal road and footpath to the western boundary of the site to provide access to and from the adjoining lands, including minor amendments to the open space and boundary treatments

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24205

• 10 Jun 2024Conditional

  for A First floor extension to side over existing study/kitchen, B. All associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24188

• 31 May 2024Conditional

  For a Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising of the construction of 168 no. residential units, 1 no. creche, 1 no. ESB substation and all associated site development works including footpaths, cycle paths, parking, fencing, drainage, bicycle and bin stores, public lighting and landscaping/amenity areas. Access to the proposed development will be provided via a new access from the existing Shackleton Road together with improvements to a pedestrian footpath and cycleway along Shakleton Road, an upgraded pedestrian junction at Shackleton Road and the Clane Road (R403) and 2 no. pedestrian bridges over Toolestown Stream to connect into Oldtown Woods Estate. A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission, 132 homes · Kildare County Council, 2460497

• 22 May 2024Conditional

  for alteration/extension of the existing two-storey semi detached house comprising the conversion of the existing attic space including conversion of the hipped roof to a gable end profile plus a new attic dormer to the rear pitch of the main roof with all associated internal alterations and site development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24172

• 7 May 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a rear and side pitched roof single-storey extension, including two rooflights, and all associated ground works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460404

The 25 most recent of 82 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 Oldtown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oldtown.

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are made ground.

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.

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

Name

Oldtown

Area

1,012,672 m² (101.27 ha, 250.24 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

Aghards, Ballymakealy Lower, Ballymakealy Upper, Griffinrath, Kilwoghan, Oakleypark, Thornhill

Placenames

Oldtown 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.