Scarletstown
Townland in the civil parish of Morristownbiller, barony of Connell, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile Scarlóid
- Area
- 87.8 ha
- 217 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 2,481 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Scarletstown, from 98 m² to 284,550 m² (28.45 ha, 70.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Scarletstown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Jun 2026Refused
of Planning ref 21/443 which consists of the demolition of an existing rear extension and garage, the construction of an extension to the front, rear and side of the house, raising height of existing roof for provision of first floor accommodation, changes of fenestration and provision of new domestic garage and fuel store, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works and services
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 2676
2 Jun 2026N/a
(A) Demolition of existing outbuildings to the side (south west) elevation, (B) refurbishment of existing derelict cottage complete with new natural slate roof and the restoration of existing walls, new front porch to the Front (south east) elevation and new window fenestration to Front (south east) elevation, Rear (north west) elevation and the insertion of a new corner window on the side (south west) elevation. (C) single storey extension to Side (south west) elevation and (D) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and all associated site development works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660576
28 May 2026N/a
(A) Demolition of existing outbuildings to the side (south west) elevation, (B) refurbishment of existing derelict cottage complete with new natural slate roof and the restoration of existing walls, new front porch to the Front (south east) elevation and new window fenestration to Front (south east) elevation, Rear (north west) elevation and the insertion of a new corner window on the side (south west) elevation. (C) single storey extension to Side (south west) elevation and (D) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and all associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660563
26 Jul 2023Conditional
a new 38kV electricity circuit between the existing Kildare ESB substation and the existing Newbridge ESB substation County Kildare. The circuit will be c. 8.5km in length and will consist of c. 7km of overhead line (OHL) and c. 1.5km of underground cable (UGC). The OHL structures (48 No.) will consist of single and double wood polesets, with a height above ground level ranging from c. 9.7m to c. 18m and will require below ground foundations and staywires at specific locations. The UGC will primarily run along public roads and will consist of electrical cables laid in underground ducts buried in a trench (with varying dimensions between c.0.6m and c. 0.9m width and a depth of c.1.2m). Permission is sought for all associated works including temporary works such as the creation of access ways and ancillary temporary and permanent works. Revised by Significant further information which consists of Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23810
28 Mar 2022Conditional
the removal of existing roof structure on existing detached bungalow, demolition of existing single storey side domestic garage with permission to construct a new one and half storey extension to existing bungalow, permission to construct single storey side and rear extensions to existing house. Permission to amend the front, side and rear façade window arrangements, upgrade existing septic tank system to a secondary effluent treatment system and permission to use the rear portion of the development as a self-contained family unit and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22335
1 Apr 2021Conditional
the demolition of an existing rear extension and garage, the construction of an extension to the front, rear and side of the house, raising height of existing roof for provision of first floor accommodation, changes of fenestration and provision of new domestic garage and fuel store, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works and services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21443
25 Feb 2021N/a
demolition of an existing rear extension and garage, the construction of an extension to the front and side of the house consisting of a storey and a half, changes of fenestration and provision of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works and services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21226
9 Nov 2020Conditional
a 4 bedroom extension to existing cottage and the provision of a new sewage treatment system
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201339
6 Nov 2019Conditional
(A) Retention of front boundary wall, recessed entrance and gates on footprint of original site entrance. (B) Full permission for storey and a half/single storey extensions to front of existing cottage, modifications to existing cottage to include modified window openings and associated works (C) Full permission for domestic garage, landscaping and screen planting (D) All associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 191237
11 Sept 2019Conditional
(1) Construction of barn type domestic shed ancillary to existing dwelling, to rear of site and all ancillary works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 191014
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Pollardstown Fen SAC 000396
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Pollardstown Fen 000396
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Scarletstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Scarletstown.
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
- About 1 in 10 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_2568 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Scarletstown, Newbridge6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Scarletstown · Baile Scarlóid
- Area
- 878,417 m² (87.84 ha, 217.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Morristownbiller, and its townlands
- Barony
- Connell
- Electoral division
- Morristownbiller, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Morristownbiller electoral division: 16,107 people in 5,312 households; 71% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cornelscourt, Hawkfield, Milltown, Pollardstown, Rathbride, Rosberry
- Placenames
- Scarletstown 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.