Grangecuffe
Townland in the civil parish of Grange, barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish Gráinseach Chuffe
- Area
- 131.7 ha
- 325 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 2,062 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grangecuffe, from 54 m² to 637,415 m² (63.74 ha, 157.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Grangecuffe 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
18 Jun 2025Conditional
to remove three existing single storey extensions 1) a utility extension to the rear 2) a bedroom and shed extension to the rear and 3) an attached shed to the side of the two-storey dwelling and to replace with a proposed single storey Kitchen / living room extension to the rear. A new packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works on lands
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560351
4 Dec 2023N/a
for works relating to the Turbine Delivery Route for Farranrory Wind Farm. The proposed development will consist of: • Construction of a Blade transfer area, located off the N76, in the townlands of Browns Town, and Rathaleek includes hardstanding areas for cranes, welfare facilities and parking for staff, laydown area for turbine blades, temporary removable security barrier and all associated drainage and ancillary works. • Temporary widening of a section of the R691 in the townland of Ballyclovan at the junction of the R695 comprising construction of a stoned area to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. Advisory Note : There are also works required in County Tipperary, and a separate amendment planning application will be made for these to Tipperary County Council. The planning application will be accompanied by an Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360553
21 Nov 2023N/a
for the construction of a Blade transfer area, located off the N76, in the townlands of Browns Town, and Rathaleek includes hardstanding areas for cranes, welfare facilities and parking for staff, laydown area for turbine blades, temporary removable security barrier and all associated drainage and ancillary works. •Temporary widening of a section of the R691 in the townland of Ballyclovan at the junction of the R695 comprising construction of a stoned area to accommodate abnormal load deliveries.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360527
3 Jul 2023N/a
for the following: (a) Redesign of House as Granted Permission P18 297 by (1) Fitting of 2 No. Dormer Windows in front pitch of cottage roof, and (2) Relocation of Velux Windows to rear pitch of cottage roof. (b) New front boundary wall consisting of block wall mounted Wrought Iron Fencing with vehicular gate and personnel gate. (c) Retention of Demolition of original cottage (d) Associated Works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 23168
24 Jun 2023Conditional
to retain indefinitely an existing commercial garage for the repair of motor vehicles, 2 no. steel storage containers, widening of the existing field entrance/gate onto the Local Road (L5033) and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360271
9 Jun 2023N/a
for (a) Fitting of 2 no. dormer windows in front pitch of cottage roof. (b) Relocation of Velux Windows to rear pitch of cottage roof. (c) New front boundary wall consisting of block wall mounted wrought iron fencing with vehicular gate and personnel gate. (d) Associated works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 23147
2 Nov 2021Conditional
of constructed garage and associated works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21901
13 Jul 2021Conditional
for (1) the utilisation of groundworks arising from the demolition of the house and the removal of septic tank system permitted to be demolished and removed under planning permission Ref:07/1576; (2) the completion of the remainder of the development permitted under planning permission Ref:07/1576 involving the construction of a 2-storey dwelling, garage and proprietary waste water treatment and entrance; (3) all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21601
22 May 2019Conditional
for the following: (a) Installation of domestic waste treatment and disposal system (b) Associated works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19340
21 Aug 2018Conditional
to demolish existing dwelling and construct a replacement dwelling, improvement works to existing entrance, upgrade existing wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards, soakpits and all other associated works at
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18555
9 May 2018Conditional
(a) Construction of extension to Dwelling House (b) Partial demolition of Dwelling House to facilitate extension at (a) above (c) Installation of Waste Treatment System - previously granted permission P17534 (d) Associated Works.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18297
15 Aug 2017Conditional
for the following: (A) Installation of domestic waster treatment and disposal system, (B) Associated works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17534
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 Grangecuffe.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Grangecuffe.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Grangecuffe.
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Grangecuffe.
- 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 Grangecuffe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Grangecuffe · Gráinseach Chuffe
- Area
- 1,316,957 m² (131.7 ha, 325.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Grange, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shillelogher
- Electoral division
- Grange, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Grange electoral division: 903 people in 285 households; 92% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybur Upper, Baunlusk, Brownstown, Church Hill, Kilmog or Racecourse, Raheenduff, Rathaleek
- Placenames
- Grangecuffe 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.