Baunreagh
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick'S, barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish An Bán Riabhach
- Area
- 61.5 ha
- 152 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 53,647 m² (5.36 ha, 13.26 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baunreagh, from 110 m² to 333,796 m² (33.38 ha, 82.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Baunreagh 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
9 Jul 2025Conditional
for development. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of Protected Structures Ref. C1000, C1002 and C330. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560416
16 Apr 2025N/a
for development at this site. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560202
26 Jul 2024N/a
PERMISSION TO RETAIN, FOUNDATIONS, BASE TO FLOOR LEVEL AND RISING BLOCK WORK TO VARIOUS LEVELS AS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED. (THE PREVIOUS CONSENTS PERTAINING TO THIS DEVELOPMENT; 18/718 – INITIAL CONSENT FOR TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, & 23/152 – CONSENT FOR CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM TWO STOREY TO SINGLE STOREY DESIGN) B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DESIGN DWELLING, THE PROVISION OF AN ANCILLARY GARAGE, PROVISION OF ETU WITH PERCOLATION AREA, SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460358
26 Jul 2024Conditional
TO RETAIN, FOUNDATIONS, BASE TO FLOOR LEVEL AND RISING BLOCK WORK TO VARIOUS LEVELS AS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED. (THE PREVIOUS CONSENTS PERTAINING TO THIS DEVELOPMENT; 18/718 – INITIAL CONSENT FOR TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, & 23/152 – CONSENT FOR CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM TWO STOREY TO SINGLE STOREY DESIGN) B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DESIGN DWELLING, THE PROVISION OF AN ANCILLARY GARAGE, PROVISION OF ETU WITH PERCOLATION AREA, SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460359
3 Jul 2024N/a
for Development. THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF:- PERMISSION TO RETAIN & COMPLETE ALL WORKS TO THE FOLLOWING PLANNING FILES; PLANNING REF NO. 23/152 & 18/718 WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460314
8 Apr 2024Refused
of Planning Permission Ref P23/152 and P18/718
Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2441
16 Jan 2024N/a
For extension of Duration on Planning Permission on P18/718 and 23/152
Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 243
25 Jul 2023Conditional
to retain as follows: 1. extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, 2. domestic shed and carport, 3. domestic home office, 4. Planning Permission to install a secondary treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360342
14 Jun 2023Conditional
for a) change of house design from two storey dwelling to single storey dwelling with attached car port & domestic garage & b) modification of the house position on the site to Planning Ref No. 18.718 with all previously permitted associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 23152
22 Sept 2021N/a
to retain as follows: 1. extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, 2. domestic shed and carport, 3. domestic home office and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21794
21 Jul 2020Conditional
to demolish existing stone shed and construct a new agricultural shed and all associated site development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20466
26 Oct 2018Conditional
to construct/install a new dwelling, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment and disposal system, new entrance, private well and all associated site works on our site
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18718
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 Baunreagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Baunreagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Baunreagh.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Baunreagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Baunreagh · An Bán Riabhach
- Area
- 614,527 m² (61.45 ha, 151.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patrick'S, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shillelogher
- Electoral division
- Kilkenny Rural, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughtanny, Bigbog, Castleblunden, Castleinch Or Inchyolaghan, Clonmoran, Derdimus, Shellumsrath
- Placenames
- Baunreagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.