Bonnetsrath

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bonnetsrath, from 9 m² to 294,031 m² (29.4 ha, 72.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing low density residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 19 May 2026Conditional

  of dwelling as constructed (midification from plans approved under pl ref 20/401 and 21/811) reduction of site area and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2646

• 3 Mar 2026Conditional

  for renovation and extension to existing dwelling, demolish existing store and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660126

• 1 Oct 2025Conditional

  for development at this site. The development will consist of 50 no. residential units comprising; of a two-storey terrace of 10 no. 2-bedroom duplex units, 32 no. 3-bedroom two-storey semi-detached houses (House Types C & D & D1), 8 no. 4-bedroom two-storey semi-detached houses (House Types B & B1). This application also seeks the provision of a vehicular entrance off Glendine Road, internal roads and footpaths, a stepped pedestrian access point on to Glendine Road, surface carparking, sheltered bicycle parking, public lighting, site landscaping, site boundaries, provision of foul and surface water disposal and all associated site works

  Permission, 50 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2560638

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct a new agricultural entrance, and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2562

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  for a single storey dwelling, borewell, approved septic tank and percolation area, upgrade of existing agricultural entrance and all associated site works and landscaping (all consistent with that already granted) on our farmlands

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2550

• 23 Apr 2025Conditional

  to decommission and replace the old substandard septic tank system with a new secondary wastewater treatment system and associated soil polishing filter

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560211

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the erection of a dwelling house and domestic garage/store with treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460618

• 5 Nov 2024Refused

  to decommission and replace the old substandard septic tank system with a new secondary wastewater treatment system and associated soil polishing filter

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460526

• 10 Sept 2024Conditional

  to amend design of dwelling already granted under Planning Reference 21/811 by reducing overall floor area and revising elevations accordingly along with associated site works. Siting, access, services, landscaping and agri. sheds etc. to remain as granted also under Planning Reference 21/811

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 24114

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  (a) Retention of works to include demolition of residence and ancillary structures (331.4m2) and construction of hardcore temporary car park area (1,280m2); and the use of land (625m2) for the deposit of waste construction materials; (b) Permission for a temporary 12 No. space car park (350m2) for a period of up to 7 years, minor alterations to the existing vehicular entrance to the Bonnettsrath Road, provision of signage and all associated and ancillary works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360314

• 31 Mar 2023Conditional

  to retain existing sunroom to the side of dwelling house and all associated site development works at Bonnettsrath, Co. Kilkenny, R95 W592.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360133

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  for a new single storey dwelling, a 1.5 storey detached domestic garage with loft storage, stable block and tack room, sand arena, waste water treatment system, new residential site entrance, plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22363

• 3 Mar 2022Conditional

  for a new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new residential site entrance, plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22129

• 28 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the erection of agricultural buildings (as indicated on Planning application Ref. No. 20/401), the slight repositioning of dwelling granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/401 along with revised site layout, and all associated site works on farmlands

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21811

• 26 Jun 2020Conditional

  for a proposed new single storey dwelling, domestic garage, driveway, borewell, upgrade of an existing agricultural entrance to a proposed vehicular entrance, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area, stormwater soakaways and all associated site works and landscaping on our farmland at

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20401

• 11 Jun 2019Conditional

  for the development of 44 houses consisting of 3 no. Type C- five bedroom detached, 4 no. Type D- four bedroom detached, 30 no. Type E- four bedroom semi-detached, 6 no. Type F- four bedroom semi-detached, 1 no. Type G- five bedroom detached house, continuation of public open space, minor amendments to previously permitted boundaries of house numbers 85-89 under planning ref P18/410, provision of foul and surface water disposal, and all associated site development works. This development is a continuation of existing scheme currently under construction previously granted under planning references P.05/478, P.13/369, P17/533 and P.18/410

  Permission, 49 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 19410

• 18 Feb 2019Refused

  to construct a 30m multi-user lattice telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works within the maintenance yard area of Kilkenny Golf Club

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1983

• 17 Dec 2018Conditional

  to construct slatted shed with crush area and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18824

• 29 May 2018Conditional

  for the conversion of existing agricultural outbuildings/stores to holiday accommodation consisting of 1 no. 2 bed and 2 no. 1 bed holiday apartments and permission to upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area to a treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18350

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 Bonnetsrath.

Recorded monuments

• KK014-155 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple Maps satellite imagery), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. A larger enclosure (KK014-156----), also visible as a cropmark, is located c. 60m to the E. See attached imagery: KK014-155----_01 Apple maps satellite imagery Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 June 2023

• KK014-156 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple Maps satellite imagery), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. A field boundary, running roughly NE-SW, runs along the N perimeter of the monument. A smaller enclosure (KK014-155----), also visible as a cropmark, is located c. 60m to the W. See attached imagery: KK014-156----_01 Apple maps satellite imagery Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 June 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2182 (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 Bonnetsrath with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Bonnetsrath · Ráth an Bhoinéisigh

Area

1,094,707 m² (109.47 ha, 270.51 acres)

Civil parish

St. John's, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Kilkenny Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilkenny Rural electoral division: 18,603 people in 6,480 households; 64% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baun, Glendine, Kyleroe, Neworchard, Newtown, Radestown North, Radestown South

Placenames

Bonnetsrath 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.