Richardstown

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Richardstown, from 406 m² to 645,343 m² (64.53 ha, 159.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Richardstown 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.

• 5 Jan 2026Conditional

  consist of an alteration to the position of- (1), the dwelling, (2), the septic tank and percolation area, and (3) the proposed road entrance; all from that previously granted under registry reference 23/60340, with the altered entrance moving from the Western to the Eastern side of the site.

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660004

• 22 Dec 2025N/a

  for an alteration to the position of- (1), the dwelling, (2), the septic tank and percolation area, and (3) the proposed road entrance; all from that previously granted under registry reference 23/60340, with the altered entrance moving from the Western to the Eastern side of the site

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561474

• 22 Oct 2025N/a

  an alteration to the position of the proposed road entrance from that previously granted under registry reference 23/60340, with the altered entrance moving from the Western to the Eastern side of the site

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561201

• 3 Mar 2025Conditional

  for an attic conversion with 2 additional habitable bedrooms, roof windows to both sides of roof. 2 no. gable windows to both front and rear of existing house . Removal of chimney, Solar panels to side roof all with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560204

• 6 Feb 2025N/a

  for an attic conversion with 2 additional habitable bedrooms, roof windows to both sides of roof. 2 no. gable windows to both front and rear of existing house . Removal of chimney, Solar panels to side roof all with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560092

• 8 Nov 2024N/a

  for an attic conversion with 2 additional habitable bedrooms, roof windows to both sides of roof. 2 no. gable windows to both front and rear of existing house . Solar panels to side roof all with associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461182

• 10 Aug 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling, a domestic shed, an onsite wastewater treatment system, a new road entrance and ancillary works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a change of house type and correction of an adjacent boundary and road entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460778

• 18 Mar 2024Conditional

  of the demolition of conservatory spaces at the front and rear of the property. A 12.5sqm extension is proposed to the front of the dwelling, along with an additional eight rooflights and all other associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460231

• 13 Mar 2024N/a

  will consist of the demolition of conservatory spaces at the front and rear of the property. A 12.5sqm extension is proposed to the front of the dwelling, along with an additional eight rooflights and all other associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460220

• 15 Feb 2024N/a

  development will consist of the demolition of conservatory spaces at the front and rear of the property. A 12.5sqm extension is proposed to the front of the dwelling, along with an additional eight rooflights and all other associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461

• 1 Dec 2023Conditional

  a town park along with a new vehicular access off the R403 via a new roundabout junction, provision of a new traffic calming gateway along the R403 and a new 3m public footpath/cycle lane and lighting along the R403 to connect into the existing public footpath network in the town. The park will consist of: Footpaths/cycle lanes, Soft and hard landscaping, including new woodland planting and grass amphitheater, 3 no. constructed wetlands (including viewing platforms), Car and cycle parking, with new access road to same and pedestrian bridge access to the park, All associated site works including relocation of spoil material from the creation of the constructed wetlands onto agricultural lands at lands

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360433

• 27 Oct 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling, a domestic shed, an onsite waste water treatment system, a new road entrance and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360340

• 26 Oct 2023N/a

  for the construction of a dwelling, a domestic shed, an onsite waste water treatment system, a new road entrance and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360333

• 23 Oct 2023N/a

  for the construction of a dwelling, a domestic shed, an onsite waste water treatment system, a new road entrance and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360319

• 25 Feb 2022Conditional

  Development consists of demolishing a sun room to the side of an existing dwelling and constructing a new extension to the side in lieu, and all associated ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22197

• 4 Jun 2021Refused

  the provision of a new detached, part single storey and part two storey, dwelling house with detached two-car domestic garage. The development will also include the provision of a new single storey commercial building for the operation of a dog kennel business by the occupants/owners of the proposed domestic dwelling, with five associated parking spaces for staff and customers. The development will also include the widening of the existing gated access to the site, the provision of a new gate and piers, the provision of new waste water treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21803

• 28 Jan 2020Conditional

  extensions and alterations to existing storey and a half type house to include (a) Single storey sitting room extension to front of existing house. (b) Single storey utility room and car port extension to rear of existing house. (c) Storey and a half living room and bedroom extension to side of existing house. (d) Modifications to front door opening, modified window openings to front gable, ground and first floor, omission of front dormer window, new velux rooflight to front of house, new bedroom window at first floor level, side gable, modified window opening to kitchen area, new window to dining area at ground floor level, side gable, modified patio door opening to include new window opening to toilet at ground floor level, internal modifications and all associated works. (e) Single storey domestic garage. (f) All associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2061

• 22 Oct 2019Refused

  a one and a half storey dwelling and a domestic garage, incorporating a fuel store, Effluent treatment system and percolation area, recessed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191171

• 3 Jul 2019Refused

  A one and a half storey dwelling and a domestic garage, Effluent treatment system and percolation area, recessed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19754

• 22 Aug 2018Conditional

  an extension to existing garage to incorporate additional area of 14.4sqm at ground floor level. The proposal also includes for conversion of the attic with replacement of existing traditional pitched roof to barrel roof to provide a study of 41sqm with external terrace of 6sqm and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181025

• 22 Jan 2018Conditional

  proposed separate structure from the main dwelling which will incorporate a garden room of 52sqm, a green house of 21sqm, and all associated site development works to include an external deck

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1855

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 Richardstown.

Recorded monuments

• KD010-039 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AF.17) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure with a small curvilinear annexe on its north-eastern side, both defined by fosses. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 08 March 2012

• KD014-012 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Recorded in the OSL (Herity 2002, 26 (75)) as '… an old Castle … which is, according to the Namebook, "A square building about sixty feet in height"'. At the top of a long and very gentle S-facing pasture slope. A slightly raised, rectangular area (dims. L 16.8m E-W; Wth 10m; H 0.5m) of grassed-over, collapsed stone carries a small segment of 'in situ' mortared wall core (dims. L 1.8m E-W; T 1m; H 1.5m) from which the inner and outer facing stones have been robbed, and, 3m to the W, two similar but collapsed portions of wall core, one of which has inner and outer facing stones intact (wall T 1.2m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-063 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 59m) with possible entrance gap at NNE visible on Google earth aerial imagery. S perimeter of enclosure is intersected by modern road running E-W. Cropmark of possible barrow (KD014-064----) 160m to NNE. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. Date of upload: 2 November 2018

• KD014-064 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Cropmark of small circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 13m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Cropmark of enclosure (KD014-063----) 160m to SSW. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. Date of upload: 2 November 2018

• KD014-068 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Cropmark of roughly circular-shaped enclosure/barrow (approx. diam. 11m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 5 November 2018

• KD014-069 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Cropmark of roughly circular-shaped enclosure/barrow (approx. diam. 9m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 5 November 2018

• KD014-070 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of roughly circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 38m) bisected by a field boundary running N-S visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 5 November 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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_2758 (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.

• Richardstown, Kildangan7 sales

Name

Richardstown

Area

2,378,195 m² (237.82 ha, 587.66 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

Capdoo, Capdoo Commons, Castlebrown or Clongowes, Clonagh, Danielstown, Irishtown Upper, Longtown, Ovidstown

Placenames

Richardstown 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.