Castlebanny
Townland in the civil parish of Derrynahinch, barony of Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish Caisleán an Bhainne
- Area
- 836.7 ha
- 2,068 acres
- Land parcels
- 160
- registered freehold, median 5,863 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
160 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlebanny, from 58 m² to 1,168,173 m² (116.82 ha, 288.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 50 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 Castlebanny 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
27 May 2026Conditional
to construct a roofed shed, with slatted tank underneath and concrete apron, including all necessary site works, at Castlebanny, Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660318
13 May 2026Conditional
for retention of conversion of dormer attic space to individual rooms with dormer windows to the front and velux’s to the rear and for planning permission to construct a porch shelter to the front of my existing house, additional window to the south side gable of house, including all necessary site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660276
25 Mar 2026Conditional
for a kitchen extension to my dwelling house, including all necessary site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660175
24 Mar 2026Conditional
for a machinery and straw storage shed, concrete apron and associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660173
9 Mar 2026Conditional
for the replacement of approximately 120 m of existing 2.4 m high chainlink fencing and associated gates with 120 m of new 2.4 m high green palisade security fencing/gates and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660133
25 Feb 2026Unconditional
on P20/614
Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2621
27 Jun 2025Conditional
for retention of demolition of original dwelling house, permission for retention of original garage as converted to a granny flat. For planning permission to reconstruct the original dwelling house with alterations to design of house with attachment to above mentioned garage / granny flat, planning permission for additional utility room to garage / granny flat, planning permission for a work shed / store, newly located site entrance, new sewage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works.
Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560387
13 Jun 2025N/a
of demolition of original dwelling house, permission for retention of original garage as converted to a granny flat with additional new alterations, to construct an extension to said garage for use as a dwelling house, permission for a work shed / store, new site entrance, sewage treatment system and percolation area, with some of these works as granted planning permission under planning permission P2360591, including all necessary site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560347
5 Jul 2024Conditional
for a dwelling house, sewerage system and percolation area, including siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460319
21 Jun 2024Conditional
to retain indefinitely dormer windows and permission to erect extensions to sides, porch to front, electric gates to access and all associated works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460289
18 Dec 2023Conditional
alterations, renovation and a single storey extension to our existing dwelling to incorporate a former garage for use as a family flat, a new 240m2 work shed / store, plus a new waste water treatment system plus all associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for indefinite retention of unauthorized conversion of a domestic garage to flat (which shall be incorporated into the main dwelling as described above) plus indefinite retention of unauthorized secondary site access
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360591
13 Mar 2023Conditional
to demolish our existing utility room and to construct an extension to our existing dwelling house with a new kitchen / dining area, new front porch, including all necessary site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360095
9 Feb 2023Refused
for retention of domestic garage / store and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360047
9 Aug 2022Conditional
for a domestic garage with solar panels and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22517
20 Apr 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, detached garage, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22261
14 Jun 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site work
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21520
15 Apr 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21291
30 Mar 2021N/a
to construct a dwelling house, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21236
23 Mar 2021Conditional
to replace an existing 27m metre monopole telecommunications support structure with a new 33 metre multi-user lattice telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes and to extend the compound enclosed by 2.4 metre high palisade fence together, with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21209
18 Sept 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling house with attached garage, detached outhouses, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20614
14 Sept 2020N/a
to construct a dwelling house with attached garage, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20603
2 Sept 2020Conditional
for a new two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new site entrance, plus all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20580
15 Jun 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20364
22 May 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20320
5 Mar 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house with attached garage, sewerage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19130
The 25 most recent of 33 applications.
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 Castlebanny.
Recorded monuments
- KK036-001 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK036-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK036-003 Castle - unclassified
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK036-004 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK036-005 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK036-006 Moated site
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castlebanny.
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 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castlebanny.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Castlebanny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Castlebanny · Caisleán an Bhainne
- Area
- 8,366,985 m² (836.7 ha, 2,067.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Derrynahinch, and its townlands
- Barony
- Knocktopher
- Electoral division
- Castlebanny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlebanny electoral division: 156 people in 51 households; 93% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballytarsna, Cappagh, Castlecosker, Castlegannon, Coolmeen, Coolnahau, Derrynahinch, Kiltorcan, Kilvinoge, Knockwilliam
- Placenames
- Castlebanny 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.