Guidenstown South

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Guidenstown South, from 131 m² to 478,081 m² (47.81 ha, 118.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Guidenstown 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.

• 21 May 2026Conditional

  Retention Permission for modifications to certain aspects of the main yard development, as previously permitted under Planning Register Reference 2461109, including: a. The relocation of a previously permitted staff canteen from the two-storey administration building into part of the adjoining stable block; b. Minor revisions to fenestration and first floor openings within the main yard building, including the introduction of a sliding door system with Juliet balcony and associated minor roof/eaves amendments; c. Retention of a plant and services building required to facilitate the operational and servicing requirements of the wider equine facility

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660533

• 20 May 2026N/a

  A) Demolishing existing unroofed derelict building (in ruins) with materials to be reused as part of the new development, B) Construction of a new single storey stable block with a 2 storey element that will cater for 16 stable units, staff canteen, offices, viewing area, toilet facilities and associated car parking areas, C) Construction of a new equine barn with 20 horse stalls and ancillary rooms, D) Construction of staff accommodation in the form of 3 no. single storey terraced units with associated car parking areas, E) Construction of a farm managers house in the form of a part 2 storey, part single storey dwelling with a single storey integrated garage, F) Construction of a single storey isolation stable block, G) Construction of an agricultural shed providing a covered paddock area, H) Construction of a fillies barn, I) Construction of a horse walker and horse lunging ring, J) Construction of a machinery shed and an agricultural shed for hay storage with ancillary manure pit, K) Construction of a horse loading bay and wash bay area, L) Installation of waste water treatment systems to cater for all residential and equine buildings, including the installation of underground tanks, M) Upgrade to existing vehicular entrance, N) Installation of a new well , O) Construction of internal access roads, additional car parking (including EV spaces), landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660525

• 31 Oct 2025Refused

  a) proposed single storey dwelling, b) proposed driveway connection to existing driveway accessed through existing property entrance, c) provision of domestic garage, d) provision of bored well, e) treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561243

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  for an equine bloodstock breeding facility. The proposed equine bloodstock breeding facility will involve consolidation and relocation of an established breeding business in the UK and Ireland to this location. The proposed development will consist of: A) Demolishing existing unroofed derelict building (in ruins) with materials to be reused as part of the new development, B) Construction of a new single storey stable block with a 2 storey element that will cater for 16 stable units, staff canteen, offices, viewing area, toilet facilities and associated car parking areas, C) Construction of a new equine barn with 20 horse stalls and ancillary rooms, D) Construction of staff accommodation in the form of 3 no. single storey terraced units with associated car parking areas, E) Construction of a farm managers house in the form of a part 2 storey, part single storey dwelling with a single storey integrated garage, F) Construction of a single storey isolation stable block, G) Construction of an agricultural shed providing a covered paddock area, H) Construction of a fillies barn, I) Construction of a horse walker and horse lunging ring, J) Construction of a machinery shed and an agricultural shed for hay storage with ancillary manure pit, K) Construction of a horse loading bay and wash bay area, L) Installation of waste water treatment systems to cater for all residential and equine buildings, including the installation of underground tanks, M) Upgrade to existing vehicular entrance, N) Installation of a new well , O) Construction of internal access roads, additional car parking (including EV spaces), landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461109

• 19 Oct 2024N/a

  for A) Demolishing existing unroofed derelict building (in ruins) with materials to be reused as part of the new development, B) Construction of a new single storey stable block with a 2 storey element that will cater for 16 stable units, staff canteen, offices, viewing area, toilet facilities and associated car parking areas, C) Construction of a new equine barn with 20 horse stalls and ancillary rooms, D) Construction of staff accommodation in the form of 3 no. single storey terraced units with associated car parking areas, E) Construction of a farm managers house in the form of a part 2 storey, part single storey dwelling with a single storey integrated garage, F) Construction of a single storey isolation stable block, G) Construction of an agricultural shed providing a covered paddock area, H) Construction of a fillies barn, I) Construction of a horse walker and horse lunging ring, J) Construction of a machinery shed and an agricultural shed for hay storage with ancillary manure pit, K) Construction of a horse loading bay and wash bay area, L) Installation of waste water treatment systems to cater for all residential and equine buildings, including the installation of underground tanks, M) Upgrade to existing vehicular entrance, N) Installation of a new well , O) Construction of internal access roads, additional car parking (including EV spaces), landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461079

• 3 Nov 2020Refused

  is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of up to 30 years for a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on a site area of 49.74 hectares within the site of the Dunmurry Springs Golf Club. The proposed development consists of solar photovoltaic panels covering an area of up to 92,024 m² on ground mounted steel frames; 1 no. 38 kV on-site substation/control room and palisade fencing; up to 10 no. inverter/transformer container units; underground cabling and ducts; boundary security fence; use of existing entrance to public road at Dunmurry Springs Golf Club; new and upgraded internal access tracks; upgrade of an existing maintenance access onto the public road; construction of a maintenance shed; CCTV cameras; 1 no. temporary site compound; landscaping and all ancillary site services and works within the townlands of

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201325

• 20 Aug 2020Conditional

  Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 15/713 - for the construction of a single storey rear and side extension to existing two storey house and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 20930

• 18 Jun 2020N/a

  EXTENSION OF DURATION: (15/713) for the construction of a single storey rear and side extension to existing two storey house and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 20626

• 5 Jun 2020Conditional

  single storey dwelling house, upgraded recessed site entrance, septic tank, screen planting and landscaping and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20573

• 2 Nov 2018Refused

  The development consist / consists of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm within a site area of 26 hectares consisting of solar photovoltaic panels covering an area of up to 185,000m2 on ground mounted steel frames, 1 no; on-site substation / control room and palisade fencing, up to 5 no. inverter / transformer stations, underground cables and ducts, boundary security fence, use of existing entrance to public road at Dunmurray Springs Golf Club, upgrade to parts of existing track from the public road to the proposed solar farm, new and upgraded internal tracks, CCTV cameras, two temporary site compounds and all associated site services and works located within townlands. Permission is sought for 10 years.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181328

• 15 Feb 2017Conditional

  for two new stable blocks containing seven horse boxes adjoining a proposed new shed for the storage of new and used bedding also for the storage of hay and straw, feed room, tea room, staff toilet and a first floor tack room and rug room, also a new onsite effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17151

• 30 Jan 2017N/a

  two new stable blocks containing seven horse boxes adjoining a proposed new shed for the storage of new and used bedding also for the storage of hay and straw, feed room, Tea room, staff toilet and first floor tack room and rug room, also a new onsite effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1786

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 Guidenstown South.

Recorded monuments

• KD022-002 Enclosure
  Description

  Not recorded on the 1st. ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map, and shown as a small circular depression on the latest ed. (1939). On a gentle, SE-facing, pasture slope, overlooked by Dunmurry Hill (OD 769 feet) to the NE. A shallow, circular depression (diam 26m; D 0.2-0.3m) is visible at the location. The cropmark of a possible ringbarrow (KD022-028----) is visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 34: 1963) c. 50m to the SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 02 December 2011

• KD022-028 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on a 1963 aerial photograph (CUCAP AHL 92) as the cropmark of a small circular feature (est. max diam. c. 25m). Not visible at ground level in 1987 (SMR file). May be the remains of a ringbarrow or a ring-ditch. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 15 December 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Guidenstown 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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Guidenstown South, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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 Guidenstown South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Guidenstown South

Area

1,109,287 m² (110.93 ha, 274.11 acres)

Civil parish

Rathangan, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly East

Electoral division

Dunmurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

504 people lived in 155 households in the Dunmurry electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunmurry East, Dunmurry West, Grangeclare, Guidenstown North, Killeagh Common, Kilmoney South, Rahilla Glebe, Thomastown East, Thomastown West

Placenames

Guidenstown 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.