Loughboy

329 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughboy, from 5 m² to 139,455 m² (13.95 ha, 34.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 297 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Business Park (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Industrial/Technology Park (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industrial/Warehousing (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 May 2026Conditional

  for (1) a new single storey extension to the front of the existing building (2) a new single storey extension to the side of the existing building (3) part of the existing roof along the side and rear of the building to be raised (4) alterations to the existing external facades including the insertion of new windows (5) new sliding gate and supporting walls (6) internal alterations to include ancillary offices on the ground & first floor levels to the front the existing building and a mezzanine storage area to the rear of the existing building and (7) all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660273

• 23 Jan 2026N/a

  to retain (A) change of use of existing single storey attached garage to dwelling to habitable use. (B) Aforementioned single storey attached side extension and elevation changes to dwelling. (C) Subdivision of entire existing dwelling into two separate dwelling units. And also Planning Permission for: (D) Proposed extra site entrance to accommodate separate dwelling, including all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 267

• 9 Jan 2026N/a

  to retain (A) change of use of existing single storey attached garage to dwelling to habitable use (B) Aforementioned single storey attached side extension and elevation changes to dwelling. And also Permission for (C) Proposed subdivision of entire existing dwelling into two seperate living units. Including all associated site works.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 263

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  an extension of the existing industrial building (for the purpose of medical device manufacturing) on site and alterations to the vehicular entrance and car park in the southeastern portion of the site. The proposed extension of the industrial building will comprise the extension of the building southwards by 10.5m, with the extension to the building having an overall height of c. 9.3m. The extension to the building will result in an increase in gross floor area of 1,375 sq.m. in total, and will accommodate additional medical device manufacturing floor space, corridors, and service areas. PV arrays will be provided at roof level. The proposed alterations to the existing vehicular entrance and car parking area comprise site clearance works, a new visitor vehicle entrance with a set down area and 6 no. visitor parking spaces to the southwest of the existing security hut, and the provision of 8 no. additional parking spaces as an extension of the existing car park. The proposed development also includes associated access arrangements and alterations to existing pedestrian and cycle facilities and fire tender route to accommodate the visitor entrance and extension, lighting, bollards, 1 no. additional ‘visitor’ sign, boundary treatments and barriers, alterations to existing landscaping to facilitate the building extension and visitor entrance / parking, alteration to existing roof PV arrays on the existing building to allow for additional roof ventilation ducting to facilitate the building extension, alterations to underground services, and all associated and ancillary works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660002

• 19 Dec 2025N/a

  to retain: (A) Change of use of existing single storey attached garage to habitable use. (B) Aforementioned single storey attached side extension and elevation changes. And also Planning permission for: (C) Proposed subdividing entire existing dwelling into two separate units. Including all associated site works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560820

• 4 Nov 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension consisting of one additional classroom with toilet facilities, link corridor, connection to existing school services and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560705

• 30 Oct 2025N/a

  for development at this site situated at IDA Business and Technology Park, Ring Road, Loughboy, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of an eight-storey office building, with rooftop amenity terraces at upper levels and plant at roof level. The application also seeks permission for the construction of a single-storey facilities management store, a single-storey secure bicycle shelter, a single-storey esb substation and switchroom, a single-storey refuse store, 2no. single-storey external meeting pods, vehicular entrances from existing IDA park road network, carparking and set-down, bicycle parking, new pedestrian and cyclist entrance from Loughboy Park, internal pedestrian pathways, landscaping & amenity spaces, site lighting, boundary treatments, surface water drainage and disposal, watermain and wastewater connections to existing services, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560696

• 2 Sept 2025Conditional

  for (1) a new single storey entrance lobby extension (2) internal modifications/alterations (3) modifications to the external facades of the building including the insertion of additional windows (4) demolition of the existing splayed entrance walls to facilitate widening of the existing site entrance and installation of a sliding gate (5) new perimeter site boundary security railing and block piers to the front of the site (6) wall mounted external signage and totem signage and (7) all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560567

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the rear of existing outreach and training day service facility and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560093

• 21 Feb 2025Conditional

  The site is situated to the west of the Bohernatounish Road (and of existing buildings within the Business and Technology Park), to the east of the Outrath Road and Loughboy Industrial Estate, and to the south of the Kilkenny Ring Road(N10) and an existing office development. Permission is sought for the following development: • Expansion of the existing Central Utilities Building compound to facilitate construction of 38kV substation (as required by the ESB) to accommodate 2 no. electrical transformers, a single storey client switchroom building (with a parapet height of c.5.8m), and a single storey control room building (with a parapet height of c. 5.8m).• The control room building will accommodate a gas insulated switchgear room, control room, battery room, storeroom and WC. • The development includes all associated landscaping and ancillary works, services, protection masts, and boundary treatments. Retention permission is sought for the following alterations to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: 22/662:• Amendments to the permitted industrial building including to the building footprint and the area of the ancillary office space and reception / dining areas (resulting in a decrease of c. 593 sq.m. in gross floor area (GFA) in total).• Associated amendments to the internal layout of the industrial building, to the building facades (including alterations to entrance / exit doors and fenestration), and roof plan (including rooflights), and the location of ancillary structures and landscaping in the vicinity of the ancillary office area, to reflect the altered building layout. • Relocation of one stair core along the northern building façade southward to sit within the massing of the building. • Construction of a of pump house, tanks for rainwater harvesting, smoking shelter, provision of a gabion wall around the outdoor dining area, omission of waste storage structure, relocation of pallet storage to the northeastern corner of the service yard, and relocation and alterations to permitted signage (including the omission of building signage on the southern elevation, provision of signage to the northern, western, and eastern elevation, campus and directional signage, and 3 no. flagpoles adjacent to the southern site entrance). • Amendments to the northern access point to the site, to remove the permitted vehicular access and provide for pedestrian and cycle access • Amendments to the Central Utilities Yard including relocation of 2 no. sprinkler

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560075

• 10 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension of 113.0 Sq.M area consisting of one additional mainstream classroom, accessible WC, link corridor, connection to existing school services and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560009

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  for 1) Small frame steel shed for window tinting. 2) Proposed automatic car wash. 3) Modifications to entrance for automatic car wash and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460653

• 22 Aug 2024N/a

  of Planning Permission Reference P19/533

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 24106

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  to construct a single storey Kitchen / utility extension to the side and solar panels added to the front roof of the semi-detached dormer dwelling, and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460316

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  for alterations to previously permitted Bin Store (Planning Reference No. 17/586) and Retention Planning Permission for A) Extension of front west boundary metal railing and plaster wall with piers to include 6.5m wide sliding vehicular gate and 1.2m wide pedestrian access gate. B) Alterations to rear east boundary comprising of gabion wall and timber fence in lieu of previously permitted (Planning Reference No. 17/586) 2m high rendered blockwork wall

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460141

• 14 Mar 2024Conditional

  to construct an extension to our dwelling house, consisting of a store, utility and bedroom, including all necessary site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460130

• 1 Mar 2024Conditional

  for elevation changes to existing medical centre (as constructed) comprising of the addition of 3 No. windows from that previously granted under planning reference no. 17/586

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460099

• 12 Dec 2022Conditional

  for modifications to the previously granted State Street four storey office building located within the IDA Business Park, Planning Permission 20/843. Works include the addition of an illuminated roof sign and increased height of the goods lift overrun

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22779

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of the following: All site clearance and enabling works required to facilitate the development; The construction of an industrial building (for the purpose of medical device manufacturing),with a gross floor area (GFA) of 29,490sqm and with a maximum parapet height of c.16.3metres. The building will be part-one and part-two storeys in height, with enclosed plant at roof level; The proposed building will accommodate assembly rooms, an electron-beam sterilization area, support and staff welfare facilities, kitchen and dining facilities, warehouse/storage space, and ancillary office space. The ancillary office space totals 4,645sq.m at ground and first floor levels; Provision of a fenced marshalling yard and waste yard to the north of the proposed building, along with loading bays, waste compactor and gated access points; The provision of a fenced utility compound area located to the western part of the site, which will accommodate 2no. emergency generators, 2no. sprinkler tanks and a single storey building comprising a sprinkler house, and ESB substation, including client control room (with a GFA of 182sqm); The provision of a single storey security guard house (with a GFA of 42sqm) to the southeast of the site; The provision of 520no. car parking spaces and 236no. bicycle parking spaces; The access to the unit will be provided via an existing intersection within the Kilkenny IDA Business and Technology Park and via the existing link road to the south of the site. The development includes the surfacing of the link road to serve the subject site; The development also includes landscaping, boundary treatments, photovoltaic panels at roof level, entrance barriers, site lighting, and all associated site development works, including underground foul and storm water drainage services and attenuation areas, and all ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority. The site is located to the west of the Bohernatounish Road (and of existing buildings within the Business and Technology Park), to the east of the Outrath road and Loughboy Industrial Estate, and to the south of the Kilkenny Ring Road (N10) and an office development currently under construction.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22662

• 22 Sept 2022Conditional

  for development. The development will consist of a new 24 metres lattice telecommunications support structure with headframe carrying antennas, dishes, associated equipment, ground based equipment cabinets and all associated site development works for wireless data and broadband services

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22629

• 30 Aug 2022N/a

  for development. The proposed development consists of an extension to the parking area for the previously granted State Street four storey office building located within the IDA Business Park, Loughboy planning application 20-843. Works include expanding the site area from 3.06 ha to 3.57 ha to accommodate an increase of 99 spaces for a total of 505 carparking spaces and associated revised landscaping and boundary treatments. This application also includes an additional roof sign on the previously granted four storey office building and increased height of goods lift overrun

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22568

• 17 Jun 2022Refused

  a) retention permission of a part of existing storage area; b) planning permission for a general storage area for containers, steel and trailers. The development will consist of: a creation of a proper general storage area associated with an engineering workshop, a construction of a boundary wall, a relocation of an existing work area to rear of the original unit on a concrete base, a relocation of an existing septic tank and a rain water harvesting system together with all ancillary and associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22395

• 11 May 2022Refused

  to retain as follows: 1. Existing storage sheds and gas cylinder cage. 2. Existing storage containers. 3. Existing open storage yard and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22308

• 2 Dec 2021Conditional

  for 1) profile sheet cladding finish to valeting building in lieu of permitted plastered blockwork 2) retention of carwash as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21988

• 10 Jun 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the entrance lobby of an existing three story office building, the erection of a glazed canopy over external seating area, an external timber clad meeting pod, landscaping and all associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21507

The 25 most recent of 40 applications.

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Loughboy.

Recorded monuments

• KK019-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a knoll on a N-facing slope in undulating terrain. Listed in the RMP (1996) as 'Enclosure site'. One of two circular enclosures hachured on the OS 6-inch 1st ed. map. Human remains (KK019-040001-) were reported here in 1957 (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 486) and the destruction of the two enclosures was reported to be imminent. Excavation (Hurley 1999: 98E0219) carried out in 1998 in advance of the construction of an industrial and business park revealed the base of a steep-sided, V-shaped fosse (Wth 1-1.2m; D 0.53-0.65m) enclosing a subcircular area (diam. c. 30m) with an entrance at N. The fill of the fosse contained a considerable quantity of animal bone. A second fosse formed an annexe or enlargement to the enclosure from E to S. Three charcoal spreads in the S quadrant yielded iron slag and a fragment of a decorated bone comb of early medieval date. A hone stone was also found as well as some charred cereal grains. A number of burials (KK019-040001-) were found immediately below the topsoil. As normal habitation would be unusual so close to burials the suggestion was also made that this might possibly have been the site of an early wooden church. The second enclosure (KK019-041----) visible on the 1st ed OS map c. 55m to the E was not evident despite extensive trenching. (Cotter 2000, 123-4) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 February 2013

• KK019-040001 Burial
  Description

  In a rath (KK019-040----) on a knoll on a N-facing slope in undulating terrain. Human remains were reported here in 1957 and the destruction of the enclosure was reported to be imminent. Excavation (Hurley 1999; 98E0219) carried out in 1998 in advance of the construction of an industrial and business park revealed a number of burials immediately below the topsoil; a total of 20 individuals were represented. All were extended supine inhumations in unprotected graves, aligned E-W, with the heads to the W. Twelve were dispersed within the SE quadrant of the main enclosure, six were closely spaced within the annexe and two cut into the fill of the fosse indicating that they were later in date. Radiocarbon dating on the human bone yielded a date of AD 652-681. The excavator suggested that as the burials were concentrated in one sector, this was not a dedicated cemetery but that other activities were carried on in the remaining area. (Cotter 2000, 123-4; Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 486) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 February 2013

• KK019-041 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture. Indicated on the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), located c. 30m E of another similarly sized enclosure (KK019-040----) where a number of human burials (KK019-040001-) were uncovered. On the 1945-6 revision of the 6-inch map it is indicated as a roughly oval area outlined by a dashed line, with trees indicated in the interior. The monument appears to have been levelled as it is not visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth Pro, 20 November 2005 - 17 September 2019). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 October 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Loughboy.

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

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 and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2184 (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.

No address of the register names Loughboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Loughboy · An Loch Buí

Area

442,527 m² (44.25 ha, 109.35 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

Archerstreet Lot, Danville, Gallowshill, Joinersfolly, Smithsland South, Springhill

Placenames

Loughboy 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.