Toolestown

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toolestown, from 249 m² to 406,280 m² (40.63 ha, 100.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Toolestown 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.

• 28 Mar 2025Refused

  for the construction of a solar PV development and an ‘under the fence’ transformer compound on a ca. 180ha site consisting of: I. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; II. 39 No. inverter units (ca. 2.9m (h) x ca. 6.1m (l) and 2.4(w)); III. 1 No. control room structure (5m (h) x 15.3m (l) and 3.7m (w)); IV. 1 No. transformer unit (ca. 6m x ca. 4m) and associated bund; V. Security fencing around the ‘under the fence’ transformer compound (2.65m high); VI. Electrical and communications cabling; VII. Pole-mounted security cameras; VIII. Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; IX. Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; X. Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; XI. 3 No. temporary construction compounds; XII. Internal access tracks; and, XIII All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560326

• 2 Sept 2021Conditional

  application for a 10 year permission for development on lands in the townland of Griffinrath, Celbridge. The development will consist of the construction of a solar PV farm with an operational life of 35 years comprising approximately 75,984 No. photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 44.21 hectares and associated ancillary development including 10 No. transformer stations, approximately 124 No. string-inverters, 1 No. onsite 38kV substation building, 1 No. 40ft storage container building, 7 No. CCTV security cameras mounted on 4 metre high poles and perimeter security fencing (2 metres high), the construction of an internal hardcore access road between the solar panels and the site access, localised improvements to an existing agricultural access from the adjoining L5065 road to facilitate construction and operational phase access and, the installation of a 38kV underground electricity cable from the onsite 38kV substation to the 110kV Griffinrath substation ca. 0.75km to the southeast. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of an Aviation Glint and Glare Assessment Report, an Archaeological Report ; an amended Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment; a Traffic Report; drawings of cable locations and trench reinstatement and road closures and road diversion routes; a Stage 1/2 Road Safety Audit; updated drawings of the existing and proposed entrance and the proposed compound and temporary set down area; and a risk assessment of the hazards associated with a fire in or near the solar arrays.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211256

• 13 Jul 2021Conditional

  The application will consist of the closing up of existing shared entrance to farm and residence and relocation of same to the South, to allow for greater sight lines onto road R406. It will include the construction of 2mt high entrance piers, addition of new traditional style gates, removal of existing hedging, replanting of new hedging and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211028

• 24 Jun 2021N/a

  the closing up of existing shared entrance to farm and residence and relocation of same to the south, to allow for greater sight lines onto road R406. It will include the construction of 2m high entrance piers, addition of new traditional style gates, removal of existing hedging, replanting of new hedging and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21917

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  extensions and renovation of an existing house known as Toolestown House, Straffan Road (R406) Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 D9H3 (A Protected Structure) works will include the demolition of an existing non original part 2 storey/part single storey extension to the east side and rear of the existing house. Provision of a new replacement part 2 storey/part single storey east and south side of the existing house incorporating new side entrance bootroom, shower room and plant room leading to new kitchen, dining room and living room with master bedroom dressing room and ensuite with family bathroom overhead linking to main house via new double height rear access stairs. The new 2 storey extension will be connected on the northern side to a new single storey building comprising a swimming pool, changing room together with a plant room to the east side. The pool building will extend eastwards into the existing walled garden and face south. External works will include a replacement waste water treatment system and new soakaway to service new swimming pool, new associated drainage works, new landscaping to front and rear walled garden and all associated site works and repair works to all existing boundary walls within walled gardens. Services to be provided will include an extended air to water heat pump system serving new underfloor heating to entire ground floor of existing and extended house. Provision of revised services with the existing house including revised electrics and plumbing. Works to include for repairs to existing slate roof and chimneys. All at

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21588

• 12 Feb 2020Conditional

  to construct a low profile single storey detached domestic garage/shed at rear of existing dwelling, together with all associated landscaping, site works and services. This building is a protected structure

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20116

• 1 Jun 2017Conditional

  to alter the design/layout of the previously granted permission (Pl. Ref. 15/877) entrance gate design/layout off the public road including addition of limestone wing walls to match existing limestone piers, existing piers to be widened by 1m, together with all associated landscaping, site works and services. This building is a protected structure, “Toolestown House”,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17639

• 24 Apr 2017Refused

  for a new vehicular access driveway to serve the main farmhouse in lieu of the current shared residential and agricultural entrance driveway to include associated gates, pillars, wing walls and set down/hardstanding area between the carriageway and the gates.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17457

• 21 Apr 2017N/a

  to alter the design / layout of the previously granted permission (pl. ref. 15/877) entrance gate design / layout off the public road including addition of limestone wing walls to match existing limestone piers, existing piers to be unchanged, together with all associated landscaping, site works and services. This building is a protected structure

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17453

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 Toolestown.

Recorded monuments

• KD010-066 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Cropmark of small circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 8m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 11 September 2019

• KD010-067 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Cropmark of small circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 9m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 11 September 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately low, 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_2834 (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 Toolestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Toolestown

Area

754,243 m² (75.42 ha, 186.38 acres)

Civil parish

Taghadoe, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Straffan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Straffan electoral division: 2,513 people in 758 households; 83% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corbally, Dowdstown, Griffinrath, Moneycooly, Taghadoe, Windgates

Placenames

Toolestown 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.