Cooltrim South
Cooltrim South is a townland in the civil parish of Donadea, barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany, Co. Kildare. Its name in Irish is Cúil Troim Theas.
Parcel 1087372
- Area
- 22,718 m² (2.27 ha, 5.61 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cooltrim South
Planning applications on this parcel
16 Mar 2023Conditional
of a roofed overground slurry store, concrete yards, and all ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23264
21 Dec 2017Conditional
(a) Demolition of existing storage building and cubicle house. (b) Construction of an agricultural cubicle house and underground slatted slurry tanks. (c) Construction of a machinery and straw storage building. (d) Construction of an un-roofed dungstead and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 171465
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 126.8 ha
- 313 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 3,440 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooltrim South, from 8 m² to 373,515 m² (37.35 ha, 92.3 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cooltrim South 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Dec 2025Conditional
single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, driveway and entrance together with all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: change in redline boundary
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561352
26 Oct 2025Refused
the construction of a one-off 3-bed single-storey dwelling, a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area, a new vehicular entrance, and all associated site works and landscaping
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561218
27 Sept 2025N/a
for the construction of a one-off 3-bed single-storey dwelling, a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area, a new vehicular entrance, and all associated site works and landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561093
27 Feb 2025Conditional
for retention of the dwelling house as is, the notable changes from planning grant 81/926 include construction of the porch area, conversion of existing garage area to habitable space, construction of ancillary room off bedroom on first floor. Retention of outbuildings. Proposed upgrade of wastewater treatment system. All ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2543
12 Feb 2025N/a
for retention of the dwelling house as is, the notable changes from planning grant 81/926 include construction of the porch area, conversion of existing garage area to habitable space, construction of ancillary room off bedroom on first floor. Retention of outbuildings. Proposed upgrade of wastewater treatment system. All ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2526
16 Mar 2023Conditional
of a roofed overground slurry store, concrete yards, and all ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23264
29 Jan 2021Refused
constructing a two storey type house, detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system, recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2199
14 Aug 2020Conditional
two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, driveway and entrance onto existing internal farm road. The development also includes upgrade of the existing farm road and entrance onto the public road for adequate sight lines together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20909
14 Aug 2020Conditional
two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, driveway and upgrade of the existing farm entrance to form a dual entrance for adequate sightlines together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20910
15 Jul 2020N/a
two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, driveway and upgrade of the existing farm entrance to form a dual entrance for adequate sightlines together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20754
15 Jul 2020N/a
two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, driveway and entrance onto existing internal farm road. The development also include upgrade of the existing farm road and entrance onto the public road for adequate sightlines together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20755
28 May 2019Conditional
construction of a dormer bungalow type dwelling, detached domestic garage with fuel store, effluent treatment system, and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19598
12 Mar 2019Refused
constructing dormer bungalow type dwelling, detached domestic garage with fuel store, effluent treatment system, and all associated ancillary site-works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19240
5 Sept 2018Refused
construction of a dormer bungalow type dwelling, detached domestic garage with fuel store, effluent treatment system, and all associated ancillary site-works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181093
21 Dec 2017Conditional
(a) Demolition of existing storage building and cubicle house. (b) Construction of an agricultural cubicle house and underground slatted slurry tanks. (c) Construction of a machinery and straw storage building. (d) Construction of an un-roofed dungstead and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 171465
31 Aug 2017Conditional
to regularise the following: Change of use from garage into a gym, construction of a two car garage at the rear of the property and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17991
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cooltrim South.
Recorded monuments
- KD009-041 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of D-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 52m) with possible traces of an annex at SE visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 6 November 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cooltrim South.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Cooltrim South, about 1 in 20 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cooltrim South.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cooltrim South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Cooltrim South · Cúil Troim Theas
- Area
- 1,267,674 m² (126.77 ha, 313.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donadea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ikeathy and Oughterany
- Electoral division
- Donadea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 857 people lived in 284 households in the Donadea electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cooltrim North, Donadea, Fanaghs, Newtownmoneenluggagh
- Placenames
- Cooltrim South 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.