Danville
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick's, barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish Dainbhil
- Area
- 58.2 ha
- 144 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 1,647 m²
- Zoning
- C3
- Industrial/Technology Park
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Danville, from 6 m² to 162,638 m² (16.26 ha, 40.19 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
- C3Industrial/Technology Park (Office, business/technology park and related)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 Sept 2026N/a
The development consists of retention permission for: The construction and placement of 2 no. detached timber cabins (main structure floor area approx. 25 sq.m each), each featuring a small single-storey extension (6.25 sq.m) accommodating an ensuite shower and toilet room, giving a total gross floor area of approx. 31.25 sq.m per unit (62.5 sq.m combined). The use of the 2 no. cabins for short-stay tourism accommodation. All associated site development works, including ground works, access pathways, landscaping and connections to site services and utility infrastructure.
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660567
8 Jul 2026N/a
to retain indefinitely existing dog boarding kennels (Coco’s Kennels) and a storage shed including all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660436
7 May 2025Conditional
for development at Block E, Danville Business & Technology Park, Bohernatounish Road, Danville, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of a logistics warehouse with ancillary office and staff facilities. The proposed development will have a maximum building height of 16 meters with a gross floor area of 2754.81 sq. m including a warehouse (1840.7 sq. m), ancillary office space (444.15 sq. m) and staff facilities (469.96 sq. m). The development will also include: Provision of vehicular access to the site including pedestrian access; Car parking spaces and bicycle parking; HGV yard to rear; level access goods door and 3 No. dock levellers; site lighting; ESB substation; sprinkler storage tank and associated pumphouse; bin store; hard and soft landscaping; PV panels to roof and all associated development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560243
28 Jan 2025Conditional
to erect new signage on Units 3, 6, 7 & 10 and associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560035
14 Jul 2023Conditional
for a replacement totem sign on site and erection of a new sign to the front facade of Glanbia House
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360312
13 Apr 2023Conditional
to retain storage sheds, including all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2390
19 Apr 2022Conditional
(1) Retention Permission to retain indefinitely an existing second floor mezzanine area comprising of 72.0 Sq.M and (2) Planning Permission for a change of use of the entire unit from light industrial/office use (permitted under Pl. Ref. 051566) to educational and training use and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22253
23 Apr 2021Conditional
to carry out alterations to my existing house to include for new 14.765m2 single storey extension to the front of the existing house, for minor alterations to the existing dormer roofs and fenestration together with all associated sit works to my property located
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21324
22 Feb 2021Conditional
for elevational alterations to include the proposed new windows to the West Elevation of the unit - the erection of signage to the South and West façade of the existing unit - The construction of a 70m2 mezzanine floor within the footprint of Unit 15 - All associated ancillary site development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21105
4 Mar 2020Conditional
for minor elevation alterations consisting of the installation of 3 no windows to the side (south west facing) elevation of block C and all associated works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20133
20 Feb 2020Conditional
Change of Use of Unit 35 from business/light industrial use to recreational use
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2098
28 Jan 2020N/a
for the following (a) Change of Use of Unit 35 from City Development Plan Section 3.4.5.9 "Permitted Use" to Section 3.4.5.9 "Open for consideration" - Recreational Use
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2041
13 Dec 2019Conditional
and retention planning permission for the works as outlined below: - Amalgamation of units no 13 and No 14 Danville Business park through the formation of ground floor, first floor and mezzanine level connection between the units. - internal alterations to the floor layout of Unit 14 along with the new fit-out of unit 13, - The construction of a 70m2 mezzanine floor within Unit 13. - The retention of the existing 72m2 mezzanine floor within Unit 14. The extension of the existing mezzanine floor space in Unit 14 by a further 5m2, and - All associated ancillary site development works. No external elevational alterations are proposed as part of this application
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19927
20 Nov 2018Conditional
is sought for the modification of existing business units no. 16 and no. 17 to include forming connection between both units and for the construction of additional mezzanine floor space at first floor level
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18761
30 Apr 2018Conditional
for the proposed removal of existing signage and the erection of replacement signs throughout site
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18270
16 Mar 2018N/a
for proposed removal of existing signage and the erection of replacement signs throughout site at
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18194
21 Dec 2017N/a
for a change of use from existing retail unit to a retail unit and off-licence as part of existing ground floor shop unit at the existing two storey.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17862
13 Dec 2017Conditional
to build a farm machinery store shed and all associated site development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17826
22 Sept 2017Conditional
for development which consist of: 1-Extension to existing cow cubicle house to include cow cubicles, underground slatted slurry storage, 2 No. robotic milking machines with clean are, machine room, farm office and canteen and straw bedded area. 2- New cow cubicle house to include cow cubicles, feeding passage, underground slatted slurry storage, 1 No robotic milking machine with clean area and straw bedded area. 3- Meal bin and milk bulk tank. 4-External extension to underground slatted slurry storage in existing cattle shed. 5-Demolition of existing cow cubicle shed. Along with concrete yards and ancillary works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17627
1 Aug 2017Conditional
for retention permission for signage on one elevation and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 17510
6 Jul 2017Unconditional
Ext of Duration: Re Planning Ref: 12/432
Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 17449
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 Danville.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Danville.
Architectural heritage
- Danville House, farm house, 1760–1770 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, built 1765, on a rectangular plan. Pitched fibre-cement slate roof with ridge tiles, iron-covered coping to gables with red brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-limestone step threshold, cut-limestone doorcase with engaged columns on stepped plinths supporting archivolt on ogee-detailed cornice on blind frieze framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows without horns. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting flat iron double gates.
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 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_2194 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Danville with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Danville · Dainbhil
- Area
- 581,775 m² (58.18 ha, 143.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patrick's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shillelogher
- 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
- Archersgrove, Gallowshill, Joinersfolly, Loughboy, Raggetsland, Warrington
- Placenames
- Danville 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.