Woodlands East
Townland in the civil parish of Castledermot, barony of Kilkea and Moone, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 161.6 ha
- 399 acres
- Land parcels
- 148
- registered freehold, median 1,541 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential / Infill
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Woodlands East, from 37 m² to 297,163 m² (29.72 ha, 73.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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
- R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 81 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 81 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agricultural (Agriculture)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 Oct 2025Refused
for new dwelling, garage, new entrance onto the public road, blocking up two existing agriculture entrances onto public road, connection to public mains water and sewage and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561136
6 Dec 2024Refused
for new dwelling, garage, new entrance onto the public road, connection to public mains water and sewage and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461308
3 Dec 2024N/a
for permission for new dwelling, garage, new entrance onto the public road, connection to public mains water and sewage and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461288
24 Oct 2023Refused
for new motor sales building, external motor car sales parking area, new entrance onto public road and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360322
14 Jul 2023Conditional
to construct an agricultural cubicle shed, underground slatted slurry storage tank, and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360040
17 May 2023Refused
new dwelling, garage, new entrance onto the public road, connection to public mains water and sewage and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23524
25 Apr 2023N/a
for new dwelling, garage, new entrance onto the public road, connection to public mains water and sewage and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23431
30 Sept 2022Conditional
to construct a single storey dwelling, detached garage, connection to mains sewage, mains water, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221182
19 Sept 2022Conditional
To construct a single storey dwelling, detached garage, connection to mains sewage, mains water, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221139
12 Jul 2021N/a
4 no. 3 Bedroom Semi- Detached 2 storey houses consisting of entrance hall / kitchen / dining area/ living room and WC at ground floor level and 3 no. bedrooms and bathroom at first floor level, along with all associated site works associated with the development
Permission, 4 homes · Kildare County Council, 211016
10 Feb 2020Conditional
a two storey dwelling, bored well, waste water treatment system and percolation area, detached double garage, new entrance and driveway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20106
16 Oct 2018Conditional
to construct an all-weather training pitch with associated flood lighting and fencing to pitch area, to construct additional car-parking, all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 181259
15 Jan 2018N/a
a two storey dwelling, new recessed entrance and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 1837
11 Oct 2017Conditional
to construct a single storey dwelling, single storey garage, new domestic entrance, connection to existing mains water & mains foul services and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171129
12 May 2017N/a
a two storey dwelling, new recessed entrance and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17542
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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
Recorded monuments
- KD038-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
Shown as a circular enclosure on 1837 OS 6-inch map; a fosse visible as a cropmark defining a circular area is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP BOC 80). The fosse of a penannular structure at the centre is probably a hut-site. Situated on a gentle slope in tillage land. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD038-043 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (CUCAP BOC 80) shows a cropmark of a circular area enclosed by a fosse (est. max diam. c. 30m). No visible surface trace. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD038-044 Mound
Description
Prominent circular hillock (H. c. 4.5m; summit diam. 11m) within view of the rear of Woodlands House. It may be a platform ringfort modified for use as a landscape feature but no definite indications of an antiquity are visible. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD038-067 Enclosure
Description
Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett in 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91.DX.09) shows the cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. The enclosure is almost circular but the fosse extends outwards slightly to the south-west and at that point, within the enclosure, a defined pit is located. A ring-ditch (KD038-068----) lay immediately outside to the W. The monuments were plough-levelled when photographed in 1991, but have been destroyed by quarrying sometime between 2000 and 2005. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD038-068 Ring-ditch
Description
Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett in 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91.DX.09) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch, located immediately west of a curvilinear enclosure (KD038-067----). Both monuments were plough-levelled when photographed in 1991, but have been destroyed by quarrying sometime between 2000 and 2005. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD038-069 Enclosure
Description
Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett in 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91.DX.38) shows the cropmark of an irregular and incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. Located immediately south of another curvilinear enclosure (KD038-067----) and a ring-ditch (KD038-068----). All the monuments were plough-levelled when photographed, but have been destroyed by quarrying sometime between 2000 and 2005. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD038-070 Enclosure
Description
Located due south of two other enclosures (KD038-067---- and KD038-069----) and a ring-ditch (KD038-068----), all destroyed by quarrying between 2000 and 2005. All identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett in 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91.DX.38) shows the cropmark of an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by three fosses. Cut E-W by a modern field boundary, the inner ditch continues as a cropmark into the adjacent arable field to the N on the aerial photograph, which now falls within the apparent limits of the quarry. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Woodlands East.
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_2577 (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
No address of the register names Woodlands East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Woodlands East
- Area
- 1,615,762 m² (161.58 ha, 399.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castledermot, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilkea and Moone
- Electoral division
- Castledermot, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castledermot electoral division: 1,853 people in 664 households; 70% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castledermot, Dairyfarm, Garterfarm, Halfmiletown, Hallahoise, Woodlands West
- Placenames
- Woodlands East 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.