Saintjohns

91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Saintjohns, from 17 m² to 688,999 m² (68.9 ha, 170.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 50 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 50 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Castledermot, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic garage/store, gymnasium to the rear of existing dwelling and all site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560787

• 9 Jul 2025N/a

  for the construction of a domestic garage/store, gymnasium to the rear of existing dwelling and all site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560774

• 21 Dec 2023Refused

  for the construction of Workshop, floor area 1125sqm., with staff facilities, offices, waste water treatment system, parking for 13 no cars, cycle rack for 10 no bicycles, hard standing area and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360535

• 7 Dec 2023Refused

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, associated landscaping, bored well, secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter, new entrance, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360463

• 27 Feb 2023Conditional

  Retention permission is sought for an infill section between existing industrial units of circa 61 sq.m, attached single storey 'lean to' toilet block and store of circa 20 sq.m and detached office 'Portacabin' of circa 42 sq.m, increased height of extraction duct from carbon filter to circa 3 metres over existing parapet, foul water to foul sewer, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works. Planning permission is sought for the increase in height of portion of existing side wall by circa 1.5m and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23174

• 29 Jun 2020Refused

  for an infill section between existing industrial units of circa 61sq.m, attached single storey 'lean to' toilet block & store of circa 20sq.m and detached office 'Portacabin' of circa 42sq.m, foul water to existing septic tank, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works. Planning Permission is sought for an infill industrial unit between existing industrial units of circa 225sq.m, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 20674

• 11 Oct 2017Conditional

  to construct a milking parlour, dairy, holding yard, slatted tank and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 171130

• 25 Sept 2017N/a

  to construct a milking parlour, dairy, holding yard, slatted tank and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171068

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• KD038-046 Mound
  Description

  Shown on the 1909 OS 6-inch map as a double scarp at the end of a ridge running along the 300' contour (max L. c. 90m). No visible surface traces. Possibly natural. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-053 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Adjacent to Preceptory of St. John the Baptist (see Castledermot town). There are no known traditions associated with the well, which is now covered over. Date of upload: 16 September 2016

Architectural heritage

• House, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey house, c.1915, on a corner site retaining most original fenestration. Reroofed and renovated, c.1970, with single-bay single-storey projecting glazed porch added to side elevation to east. Hipped and gable-ended roof (hipped to porch). Replacement artificial slate, c.1970. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on rendered eaves course. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered dressings including quoins to corners and band to eaves. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. 1/1 timber sash windows (replacement timber casement window, c.1975, to left ground floor). Fixed-pane timber windows to porch. Square-headed door opening. Timber panelled door. Square-headed door opening to porch. Glazed timber panelled door. Road fronted on a corner site perpendicular to road with side (west) elevation fronting on to road.

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_2606 (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 Saintjohns with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Saintjohns · Fearann Eoin

Area

1,853,973 m² (185.4 ha, 458.13 acres)

Civil parish

Castledermot, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Graney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Graney electoral division: 803 people in 274 households; 81% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castledermot, Crophill, Hobartstown East, Hobartstown West, Knockaphuca, Moatavanny, Narraghbeg, Plunketstown Lower, Roscolvin, Skenagun

Placenames

Saintjohns 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.