# Graigue Upper, Co. Kilkenny: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Burnchurch, barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish An Ghráig Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 978,601 m² (97.86 ha, 241.82 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,926 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Burnchurch, https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/parish/burnchurch.md - Barony: Shillelogher - Electoral division: Burnchurch, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 617 people lived in 190 households in the Burnchurch electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kilkenny, https://everytownland.com/kilkenny.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/26127 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 90853 - Centre: latitude 52.577697, longitude -7.26923 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graigue Upper, from 413 m² to 222,136 m² (22.21 ha, 54.89 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 863817: 222,136 m² (22.21 ha, 54.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/863817.md - Parcel 827849: 156,842 m² (15.68 ha, 38.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/827849.md - Parcel 870433: 93,162 m² (9.32 ha, 23.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/870433.md - Parcel 869404: 66,295 m² (6.63 ha, 16.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/869404.md - Parcel 2673052: 54,097 m² (5.41 ha, 13.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2673052.md - Parcel 859218: 50,964 m² (5.1 ha, 12.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/859218.md - Parcel 870237: 37,270 m² (3.73 ha, 9.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/870237.md - Parcel 5128401: 37,229 m² (3.72 ha, 9.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5128401.md - Parcel 835864: 35,212 m² (3.52 ha, 8.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/835864.md - Parcel 854291: 30,609 m² (3.06 ha, 7.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/854291.md - Parcel 2673049: 25,303 m² (2.53 ha, 6.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2673049.md - Parcel 847689: 25,067 m² (2.51 ha, 6.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/847689.md - Parcel 828900: 24,331 m² (2.43 ha, 6.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/828900.md - Parcel 839611: 23,047 m² (2.3 ha, 5.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/839611.md - Parcel 822982: 21,860 m² (2.19 ha, 5.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/822982.md - Parcel 820283: 10,240 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/820283.md - Parcel 2904130: 7,600 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2904130.md - Parcel 832606: 4,785 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/832606.md - Parcel 4869347: 4,306 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4869347.md - Parcel 818533: 3,270 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/818533.md - Parcel 2592010: 3,081 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2592010.md - Parcel 860510: 2,979 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/860510.md - Parcel 4660380: 2,873 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4660380.md - Parcel 859584: 2,787 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/859584.md - Parcel 837829: 2,779 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/837829.md - Parcel 2707751: 2,586 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2707751.md - Parcel 822192: 2,465 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/822192.md - Parcel 842897: 2,406 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/842897.md - Parcel 2673034: 2,383 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2673034.md - Parcel 820907: 2,328 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/820907.md - Parcel 858799: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/858799.md - Parcel 4640339: 2,120 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4640339.md - Parcel 2903809: 1,745 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2903809.md - Parcel 827428: 1,657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/827428.md - Parcel 3035290: 1,448 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3035290.md - Parcel 864207: 1,219 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/864207.md - Parcel 3035294: 1,168 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3035294.md - Parcel 823252: 1,077 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/823252.md - Parcel 2400425: 761 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2400425.md - Parcel 839249: 707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/839249.md - Parcel 4640362: 690 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4640362.md - Parcel 855413: 619 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/855413.md - Parcel 865867: 423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/865867.md - Parcel 815325: 413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/815325.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Graigue Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 5 Aug 2026, Kilkenny County Council 2660492: N/a. Permission. to remove an existing detached shed in front of the cottage. To construct a single storey extension to the side of the cottage and a single storey extension to the rear of the cottage, a new packaged wastewater treatment system and a raised soil polishing filter, a new bored well and all associated sites work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660492/0 - 22 Jun 2023, Kilkenny County Council 2360269: Conditional. Retention. of 1) extensions and alterations to existing dwelling, 2) revised location of septic tank and percolation area, 3) revised site boundaries and location of entrance, 4) storage shed and dog kennels to the rear of the dwelling and 5) garden shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360269/0 - 12 Aug 2021, Kilkenny County Council 21694: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to build a dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, bore well, install septic tank system, including associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21694/0 - 18 Jun 2021, Kilkenny County Council 21535: Conditional. Permission. for development at this site. The development will consist of permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21535/0 - 7 Feb 2020, Kilkenny County Council 2069: Conditional. Permission. for alteration and extension of existing house to include works to existing garage, associated treatment system works and all site and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2069/0 - 5 Dec 2019, Kilkenny County Council 19901: Conditional. Permission. for development at this site. The development will consist of a silage pit, concrete yards and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19901/0 - 3 Sept 2019, Kilkenny County Council 19629: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. for the construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing two storey detached dwelling which will form a link between it and the existing detached garage, the conversion of the garage into a family flat at ground floor level and an attic conversion to form a store room at first floor level and to construct a new separate detached single storey stable building to the rear of the existing two storey detached dwelling and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19629/0 - 1 Nov 2018, Kilkenny County Council 18725: Refused. Extension of duration. The construction of a dormer style dwelling house, stables, new entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18725/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Graigue Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Graigue Upper. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Graigue Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Graigue Upper, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Graigue Upper. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/graigue-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/graigue-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/graigue-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Graigue Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyda: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/ballyda.md - Ballyroberts: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/ballyroberts.md - Burnchurch Viper: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/burnchurch-viper.md - Cotterellsrath: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/cotterellsrath.md - Dundaryark: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/dundaryark.md - Graigue Lower: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/graigue-lower.md - Newlands: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/newlands.md - Oldtown: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/oldtown-91267.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/graigue-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kilkenny/graigue-upper