Simmonstown

519 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Simmonstown, from 2 m² to 214,519 m² (21.45 ha, 53.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 68 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 Simmonstown 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.

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  a single storey rear extension to existing two storey semi-detached house all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660944

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING TWO STOREY SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660925

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  a single storey rear extension to existing two storey semi-detached house all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660889

• 14 Jun 2026N/a

  the construction of a single storey rear extension to existing two storey semi-detached house all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660640

• 6 Jun 2026N/a

  for the construction of a single storey rear extension to existing two storey semi-detached house all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660602

• 24 Feb 2026Conditional

  a first floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling house with hipped roof over the existing single storey structure and all associated internal alterations, drainage, site and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660183

• 3 Dec 2025Refused

  erection of new 2 storey detached 4 bedroom dwelling house (gross internal area 240m2) on existing side garden area to include shared access via existing access & driveway, car parking space for 2 cars, new service & drainage connections, and associated site development works, on site comprising (1827m2) 0.183 hectares approx

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561369

• 1 Sept 2025Conditional

  for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front all with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560996

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  for A) Single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling along with internal alterations and all other ancillary site development works. B) Extended 1.7 sqm front porch

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560738

• 19 Aug 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey kitchen / living extension to the rear, a garage conversion to the side and front with new flat roof, a porch enclosure to the front with new flat roof, to existing semi-detached dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460802

• 8 Aug 2024N/a

  for the construction of a single storey kitchen/living extension to the rear, a garage conversion to the side and front with new flat roof, a porch enclosure to the front with new flat roof, to existing semi-detached dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460765

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  to construct domestic dwelling house, Connection to existing services and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460280

• 6 Mar 2024Refused

  2 no. single storey, retail shops (floor area Shop (1) 44m2. Floor area Shop (2) 44m2 on site c0.7 acre. Associated signage zone. Loading area, service yard with entrance gates and 1800mm high walls and all associated site works. Customer car parking is existing on site

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2485

• 28 Feb 2024N/a

  Development will consist of 2 no. single storey, retail shops (floor area shop (1) 44m2 . Floor area shop (2) 44m2 on site c0.7 acre. Associated signage zone. Loading area, service yard with entrance gates and 1800mm high walls and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2475

• 31 Jan 2024N/a

  development will consist of 2 no. single storey, retail shops (floor area shop (2) 44m2 on site c0.7 acre. Associated signage zone. Loading area, service yard with entrance gates at 1800mm high walls, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2439

• 23 Jan 2024N/a

  2 no. single storey, retail shops (floor area Shop (1) 44m2). Floor area Shop (2) 44m2 on site c0.7 acre. Associated signage zone. Loading area, service yard with entrance gates and 1800mm high walls, and all associated site works. Customer car parking is existing on site. This application was granted previously under planning application reference number 04/137

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2424

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  to amend planning condition no 5 of previously granted planning KCC Ref. no. 08/369 & 03/858 at The Close, Hazelhatch Park, Celbridge, Co. Kildare W23YV48 (Hazelhatch, Celbridge leased to Cocoon Childcare, Celbridge). Permission is sought for the extension of operational hours from 7.30am - 18:30pm Monday to Friday

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 231070

• 4 Apr 2023Conditional

  for a new creche/childcare facility over 2 floors (circa. 254m2) new signage, bin storage, play area to read, parking area/drop off zone to front and associated site works to comply with previously granted planning permissions 17/711 & 04/1371. Revised by significant further information which consists of revised plans / Elevational Design Changes, in relation to the application.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23347

• 2 Mar 2023N/a

  a new creche/childcare facility over 2 floors (circa. 254sq.m) new signage, bin storage, play area to rear, parking area/drop off zone to front and associated site works to comply with previously granted planning permissions 17/771 & 04/1371

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23196

• 26 Aug 2022Conditional

  LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: 5 year planning permission for a Large Scale Residential (LRD) Development scheme on lands at Glencarrig House, Simmonstown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare W23 Y9PY, on a site of approximately 2.1 ha. The proposed development will consist of: (a) The demolition (total area approx. 800 sqm) of the existing buildings, including a habitable dwelling on site, and the existing front boundary treatment; and (b) The construction of a new residential and creche scheme of 137 No. units in a mixture of houses and apartments units ranging from 2 to 5 storeys in height as follows: Block A (3-5 storey apartment block) comprising 39 No apartments (19 No. 1 bed and 20 No. 2 bed units); Block B (4-5 storey apartment block) comprising 51 No. apartments (24 No. 1 bed and 27 No. 2 bed units); Block C (3-4 storey apartment block) comprising 25 No. apartments (11 No. 1 bed and 14 No. 2 bed units); Houses (2-3 storeys) comprising 22 No. house units (5 No. 4-bed semi-detached, 4 No. 3-bed semi-detached, 4 No. 3-bed terraced and 9 No. 3-bed end of terrace). A separate building will accommodate a Childcare Facility/Crèche of approx. 248 sqm with outdoor play area of 460 sqm. Bike Store building (86 sqm) and Plant Room/ESB Sub-station building (66.9 sqm). Each residential unit will be afforded with private open space in the form of a balcony or terrace in the case of the apartment units and a rear garden in the case of the housing units. Public open space is proposed in the form of play areas, outdoor seating and planting and pedestrian and cyclist links (approx. 4,380 sqm). A total of 129 No. car parking spaces are provided at surface level, including 7 No. accessible spaces: 80 No. bicycle spaces (for Visitors and Residents, in bike stands) together with 124 No. Secure bicycle spaces within 5 No. Bike stores. The development shall be served via a new vehicular access point from the L5062. Upgrade works are proposed to the vehicular access point from the R405 onto the L5062 to facilitate the proposed development and to provide for improved access and egress for the overall development. New pedestrian and cyclist access points will be provided on to the R405 from the site. The associated site and infrastructural works include provision for water services; foul and surface water drainage and connections; attenuation proposals; permeable paving; all landscaping works; boundary treatment; internal roads and footpaths; waste storage

  Permission, 22 homes · Kildare County Council, 22221052

• 22 Jun 2022Refused

  sought for erection of a 3 bedroom, 2 storey, detached dwelling with vehicular access and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22761

• 12 May 2022N/a

  erection of a 3 bedroom, 2 storey, detached dwelling with vehicular access and associated site workss

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22552

• 25 Apr 2022Conditional

  development will consist of a single storey self contained family flat extension to the side/rear and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22473

• 10 Mar 2022Conditional

  for (A) Demolition of existing detached shed and boiler house in the rear garden. (B) Construct a new first floor side extension with modifications to front elevation. (C) Single storey rear extension. (D) Attic conversion to storage space with a rear dormer and a roof light on the front elevation. (E) New window and relocated door on ground floor side elevation, slight relocation of first floor rear bedroom window at first floor. (F) New wood burning stove internally with a stainless steel flue pipe seen externally on rear elevation. (G) New detached shed store equipped with outdoor bathroom and log store with pitched roof at the end of the rear garden

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22266

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a new first floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling located over the existing side playroom, utility & kitchen area, to provide an additional bedroom & ensuite and enlarge ex. bedroom, & other associated minor internal & external alterations to facilitate works including new feature box windows to rear, all located at & to the side of

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211689

The 25 most recent of 40 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 Simmonstown.

Recorded monuments

• KD011-016 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Recorded in the OSL (Herity 2002, 9) as, '… a Castle in ruins, of which a great part is remaining.' On level pasture. The ruins were burnt c. 1980 and subsequently removed, leaving no visible surface trace of the monument (SMR file). Some sub-surface features may, however, survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-029 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on a GSI aerial photograph (W 467-6) as the cropmark of a possible enclosure. On level pasture in a stud farm c. 200m W of a castle (KD011-016----) and c. 250m SW of a possible enclosure (KD011-030----). No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-030 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on a GSI aerial photograph (W 467-6) as the cropmark of a possible circular enclosure. On level pasture in a stud farm c. 100m N of a castle (KD011-016----) and c. 250m NE of a possible earthwork site (KD011-029----). No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-063 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AF.10) shows the cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. Cropmark of enclosure visible on Google earth aerial imagery captured 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Revised by: Caimin O'Brien The attached image is copyright and uploaded courtesy of Dr. Gillian Barrett. See attached image taken from Google Earth taken 28/06/2018 Date of revised upload: 11 March 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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; 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 Simmonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Simmonstown

Area

1,178,812 m² (117.88 ha, 291.29 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghcumper, and its townlands

Barony

Salt South

Electoral division

Donaghcumper, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Donaghcumper electoral division: 6,652 people in 2,218 households; 76% of households own their home; 60% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Celbridge Abbey, Commons, Coolfitch, Donaghcumper, Newtown

Placenames

Simmonstown 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.