Firmount West

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Firmount West, from 105 m² to 115,656 m² (11.57 ha, 28.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Firmount West 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.

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a two-storey extension to an existing single storey dwelling house including alterations and modifications to the existing dwelling. The development will also include the addition of an Office/Home gym within the existing garage, new wastewater treatment system and other ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560663

• 11 Jun 2025N/a

  for construction of a two-storey extension to an existing single storey dwelling house including alterations and modifications to the existing dwelling. The development will also include the addition of an Office/Home gym within the existing garage, new wastewater treatment system and other ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560651

• 15 May 2025Conditional

  for the construction of an extension to the side of the existing garage to facilitate the change of use of the existing domestic garage, as referenced in Planning ref 91/1553, to office accommodation and to be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the main dwelling along with all other necessary ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560506

• 9 May 2025N/a

  For the construction of an extension to the side of the existing garage to facilitate the change of use of the existing domestic garage, as referenced in Planning ref 91/1553, to office accommodation and to be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the main dwelling along with all other necessary ancillary site development works all

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560485

• 19 Apr 2024Conditional

  for the erection of an agricultural entrance and all ancillary site-works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460340

• 31 Jan 2024Conditional

  a new agricultural entrance to be located on the L2002 road, to give access to the site for maintenance

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460067

• 16 Jan 2024Conditional

  for a) the construction of a proposed single storey extension to the rear of the existing two storey dwelling with a floor area of 46.5 m². b) Modifications to the existing dwelling to include: The installation of a new window to the rear at first floor level; and Relevant alterations to facilitate the proposed extension works and new internal layout. c) All associated site development works including connection to all existing services on site and widening of the front driveway—by c. 2.5m—to facilitate the parking of 2 no. cars to the front of the house

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460011

• 22 Dec 2023N/a

  New agricultural entrance to be located on the L2002 road, to give access to site for maintenance

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 231066

• 6 Dec 2023N/a

  New agricultural entrance to be located on the L2002 road, to give access to site for maintenance

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 231015

• 19 Oct 2020Refused

  of sub-dividing a site, constructing a bungalow, dual recessed vehicular entrance, connection to public foul drain system, and all associated ancillary site-works,

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201232

• 24 Feb 2020Conditional

  (a) the erection of a single storey extension to the side (east) and rear (south) elevation of existing single storey house (b) installation of 1 no. window to the east elevation of the existing house and (c) installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20175

• 20 Nov 2019Conditional

  conversion and alterations of existing work shop/office to create a 2 storey 2 bedroom dwelling. New roof and raising of overall height of workshop, new doors and windows are proposed to the existing building. 2 no. new vehicular entrances, new wastewater treatment system for dwelling and associated works. Relocation of the parents wastewater treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191291

• 26 Nov 2018Refused

  removal of condition No. 2 of previous planning Ref. No. 86/884 relating to sterilization of lands, i.e. sterilization of this applicant's site and construction of a new detached dormer type dwelling and single storey detached domestic garage/shed with access from public road via new recessed shared entrance arrangement (shared with applicant's parents), installation of new proprietary waste water treatment system and associated site works and landscaping

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181429

• 22 Nov 2018Refused

  construction of single storey dwelling, blocking of existing entrance and creation of 2 new entrances, new wastewater treatment system and associated works. Relocation of the parent's wastewater treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181412

• 13 Aug 2018Refused

  The construction of a detached, two-storey dwelling, the construction of an associated garage; the provision of a new vehicular entrance (including associated works to achieve sightlines, gates, piers and railings) and driveway; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including waste water treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18979

• 6 Apr 2018Refused

  removal of condition No. 2 of previous planning Ref. No. 86/884 relating to sterilisation of lands i.e. sterilisation of this applicants site and construction a new detached dormer type dwelling with access from public road via new recessed shared entrance arrangement (shared with applicant’s parents), installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and associated site works and landscaping

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18377

• 5 Mar 2018N/a

  constructing a bungalow, detached domestic garage, connection to public foul sewer, and all ancillary site-works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 18216

• 5 Mar 2018Conditional

  constructing a one and a half storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, connection to public foul sewer, and all ancillary site-works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of "proposed revised site boundaries and proposed revised house and garage locations on the relevant lands.".

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 18217

• 16 Nov 2017Refused

  construction of dormer dwelling with basement level, blocking of existing entrance and creation of 2 new entrances and new treatment system for dwelling and associated works. Revised by significant further information consisting of; the proposal has been revised to a single storey dwelling, blocking of existing entrance and creation of 2 new entrances and new treatment system for dwelling and associated works with revised site boundaries

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171286

• 10 Nov 2017Refused

  the construction of a detached, two-storey dwelling; the construction of an associated garage; the provision of a new vehicular entrance (including associated works to achieve sightlines, gates, piers and railings) and driveway; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171262

• 3 Nov 2017N/a

  constructing a bungalow, detached domestic garage, connection to public foul sewer, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171235

• 3 Nov 2017N/a

  constructing a one and half storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, connection to public foul sewer, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171237

• 25 Oct 2017Refused

  (a) Remove the condition No. 2 of previous planning Ref. No. 86/884 relating to sterilization of lands, i.e. sterilization of this applicant’s site, and (b) For the construction of a new detached dormer type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage/shed, together with access from public road via new recessed shared entrance (shared with applicant’s parents), installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services, all

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171193

• 15 Jun 2017Refused

  the construction of a detached, two-storey dwelling, the construction of an associated garage, the provision of a new vehicular entrance (including associated works to achieve sightlines, gates, piers and railings) and driveway, the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments, and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17704

• 24 Mar 2017Refused

  a proposed bungalow, proposed detached garage, proposed entrance, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17314

The 25 most recent of 29 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 Firmount West.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Firmount West.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Firmount West, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2683 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Firmount West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Firmount West · Firmount Thiar

Area

894,108 m² (89.41 ha, 220.94 acres)

Civil parish

Clane, and its townlands

Barony

Clane

Electoral division

Clane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

8,927 people lived in 3,078 households in the Clane electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynagappagh, Butterstream Commons, Clane, Firmount Demesne, Hoganswood, Longtown Demesne, Longtown North, Loughanure Commons

Placenames

Firmount West 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.