Loan

94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loan, from 49 m² to 294,762 m² (29.48 ha, 72.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Loan 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.

• 15 May 2026N/a

  for construction of a Single Wind Turbine development on a 5.98-hectare site consisting of: - I. A single 4.26-megawatt (MW) wind turbine with an overall tip height of 150 metres, comprising a rotor diameter of 138m and a hub height 81m; II. Wind turbine foundation, crane hardstanding and assembly area; III. Temporary Construction Compound; IV. Upgrading and repositioning of existing farm entrance; V. Upgrading and widening of existing access track; VI. New access track; VII. An on-site 20kV electrical substation building; VIII. Electrical and communication cabling within private lands; IX. Underground 20kV grid connection within private lands and within the L5851 and the R426 public roads connecting to the existing ESB Castlecomer 38kV Substation; X. Hedge and tree removal, landscaping and reinstatement works; and XI. All associated ancillary works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35-years from the date of commissioning. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). This Planning Application is not subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660292

• 18 Jul 2025N/a

  to retain attic conversion, internal changes and external changes to front, rear and side elevations and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560435

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  permission for (a) domestic shed to rear of site as constructed, (b) Extension to rear of existing permitted shed (permitted under P08/647), (c) changed to elevations of permitted dwelling including conversion of attic space to domestic storage and roof lights to the rear elevation, (d) change of roof type to existing permitted domestic garage ( permitted under P05/833) and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460299

• 30 May 2023Refused

  of Planning Permission Reference P17/865

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 23135

• 15 Sept 2022Conditional

  of constructed dwelling, comprising the modification of approved planning reference 20/511, to include retention of as-built dwelling, detached garage and wastewater treatment system and polishing filter in revised location and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22611

• 15 Sept 2022Conditional

  to construct a storey and a half dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new vehicular entrance which will be shared with entrances approved under 16/276 and 20/511, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22612

• 19 Jul 2022Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new well borehole, vehicular entrance, landscaping and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22474

• 11 Apr 2022N/a

  for development at this site. The development will consist of: 1) replacing concrete roof tiles with slate, 2) an additional ensuite added to the existing master bedroom and 3) a family flat extension and all other associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22230

• 22 Dec 2020Unconditional

  Ext of Duration: Re Planning File: 16276

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 20908

• 7 Aug 2020Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, new vehicular entrance which will be shared with entrance approved under 16/276, landscaping and all associated siteworks.

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20511

• 13 Mar 2020Conditional

  for ten-year permission for development. The development will consist of the provision of a temporary prefabricated welfare unit on the site of Loon Water Treatment Plant, including associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20159

• 13 Feb 2020N/a

  for ten-year permission for development. The development will consist of the provision of a temporary prefabricated welfare unit on the site of Loon Water Treatment Plant, including associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2079

• 4 Sept 2019Conditional

  to construct a slatted dry stock shed together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19633

• 17 May 2019Conditional

  for construction of domestic extension to side of existing dwelling consisting of store, gym, sunroom and craft room and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19329

• 2 Apr 2019Refused

  for the following: (a) Erection of new dwelling house (b) Erection of detached garage (c) Installation of waste treatment system (d) Upgrade to entrance from public road (e) Associated Works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19202

• 28 Aug 2018Refused

  for the following: (a) Erection of New Dwelling House (b) Erection of detached garage (c) Installation of Waste Treatment System (d) Upgrade to entrance from Public Road (e) Associated Works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18569

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  to demolish existing dwelling house leaving the utility room portion intact and decommissioning existing septic tank and constructing a replacement two storey dwelling house incorporating the existing utility room, installing a proprietary wastewater treatment system and raised sand polishing filter and all necessary and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 17865

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Loan.

Architectural heritage

• Lacy, house, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1825, on a corner site incorporating fabric of earlier Catholic chapel, between 1670-90, with entrance windbreak. Renovated, c.1925, to accommodate part commercial use. Undergoing renovation, 2004-5. Hipped roof undergoing renovation, 2004-5, with replacement oat thatch having rope work to ridge, and rendered squat chimney stacks. Painted rendered walls over mud construction with slight batter, and rendered dressings, c.1925, to windbreak including fluted Ionic pilasters supporting fascia having raised lettering with moulded cornice. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows having margins. Square-headed door opening with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-door, post-1994. Set in own grounds on a corner site.

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

At the centre of the townland of Loan, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Loan.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Loan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Loan · Na Leamháin

Area

3,534,576 m² (353.46 ha, 873.41 acres)

Civil parish

Castlecomer, and its townlands

Barony

Fassadinin

Electoral division

Clogh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,288 people lived in 471 households in the Clogh electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogh, Crutt, Moneenroe, Moyhora

Placenames

Loan 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.