Gormanstown

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gormanstown, from 886 m² to 729,365 m² (72.94 ha, 180.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Gormanstown 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.

• 1 Jul 2026N/a

  The development consists of the following works, retention permission for a) alterations to front porch that differ from that granted under 06/931, b) attic conversion to habitable accommodation including: two additional rooflight windows to the front (eastern) elevation, 5 additional rooflights to the rear (western) elevation and 1 additional rooflight to the side (southern) elevation, c) relocated position of granted garage location that differs from that granted under 06/931 and conversion of the same to home-office use, d) 51m2 Steeltech Storage shed and attached open-air lean-to located to north-western corner of site along with all associated site development & facilitating works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660731

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional

  for 1. Renovations, refurbishment and alterations to existing vernacular cottage including alterations to front elevation. 2. Construction of single storey and storey and a half extension to rear and side of the existing dwelling. 4. Upgrade existing entrance to new recessed entrance. 5. Upgrade existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Relocation of the entrance

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561005

• 28 Aug 2025N/a

  for 1. Renovations, refurbishment and alterations to existing vernacular cottage including alterations to front elevation 2. Construction of single storey and storey and a half extension to rear and side of the existing dwelling 4. Upgrade existing entrance to new recessed entrance 5. Upgrade existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560981

• 17 Apr 2023Refused

  for change of design for dwelling granted under planning ref: 20/328 to a log cabin constructed dwelling. All the conditions attached to the already granted permission will be adhered to within this application, all site works and entrance will remain the same as those granted under planning ref: 20/328

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23398

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  conversion of an existing barn to a dwelling including part demolition of existing walls to the front; a new single storey extension to the front/south; erection of detached store and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area. Revised by significant further information which consists of submission of a Bat Survey.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221153

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  a) proposed new single storey dwelling, b) new combined double entrance, c) stable block with manure pit and effluent tank, d) new water well, e) treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works. REVISED BY SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION which consists of revised siting of house and revised red line boundary

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201611

• 17 Apr 2020Conditional

  for a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, recessed residential entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20395

• 27 Mar 2020Conditional

  for dwelling, garage, on-site treatment unit and all associated site works. It is proposed to use the existing farm entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20328

• 29 Jan 2019Conditional

  (A) the erection of a two-storey type extension to the rear (south east) elevation of existing two storey farmhouse, (B) single storey extension to side (north east) elevation, (C)alterations to side (south west) elevation consisting of the removal of an existing window and replaced with a new bay window and new window in existing lounge on side (south west) elevation and minor internal alterations and (D) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with tertiary polishing sand filter percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1969

• 2 Jan 2018Conditional

  variations to dwelling house, garage and site from that which was previously granted planning permission with reference 17/546 consisting of A) retain and complete increased area of bedroom 2 on first floor by 5.6 square metres, B) retain and complete alterations to fenestration of front elevation by adding two extra windows on first floor. C) to alter window and door opes of garage and D) to alter rear and side boundaries of site to reduce the area from .372ha to .357ha.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181

• 10 Aug 2017Conditional

  of alterations to development permitted under Planning Permission No. 06/1327 including alteration to roof/extent of single storey side extension, alterations of windows to single storey extension and provision of attic conversion in lieu of portion of ground floor extension not constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17901

• 15 May 2017Conditional

  a one and a half storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new septic tank, percolation area, new entrance, landscaping and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17546

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 Gormanstown.

Recorded monuments

• KD028-057 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture. A sub-rectangular area (c. 38m NE-SW; c. 26m NW-SE) is enclosed by a modern stone wall. The interior is very uneven and rises towards the centre. The headstones date from the 18th – 20th century. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 14 May 2013

• KD029-037 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture. Visible on a high altitude aerial photograph (GSI N 352, 353) as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (est max diam. c. 40m) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 16 September 2013

Architectural heritage

• Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height Catholic church, c.1830, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bays to south, single-bay double-height transepts to north-east and to south-west and single-bay double-height lower chancel to north-west having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to north and bellcote to gable. Gable-ended roof on a cruciform plan with slate. Red clay crested ridge tiles. Cross finials to gables. Cut-stone bellcote to gable to north-west. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995. Flat-roofs to projecting bays (behind moulded cornice to north). Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered bands to eaves. Round-headed window openings (pointed-arch window opening to gable end to south-east). Stone sills. Fixed-pane diamond-leaded stained glass windows. Oculus window openings to gables to transepts. Square-headed door openings. Timber panelled doors. Set back from road in own grounds.Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers, c.1830-c.1950.Gateway, dated 1912, to north-west comprising pair of cut-granite piers with cross motifs, cut-stone date stone/plaque and wrought iron gates and railings.

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 Gormanstown, 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 the townland of Gormanstown.

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.

• Gormanstown, Kilcullen6 sales

Name

Gormanstown · Baile Galmóir

Area

3,764,040 m² (376.4 ha, 930.11 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcullen, and its townlands

Barony

Kilcullen

Electoral division

Usk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

566 people lived in 194 households in the Usk electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlefish, Gilltown, Grange Beg, Killinane, Toberogan

Placenames

Gormanstown 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.