Lyons

273 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lyons, from 6 m² to 22,904 m² (2.29 ha, 5.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 293 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 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.

• 4 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct a new one bedroom home on lands with access from Rioch Court and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2674

• 1 Sept 2026N/a

  to replace existing pedestrian entrance with a larger vehicular entrance, including works to footpath, and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660554

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  to construct a new one-bedroom home on lands at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2666

• 9 Jan 2026Conditional

  to replace existing pedestrian entrance with a larger vehicular entrance, including works to footpath, including all associated site works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660019

• 12 Oct 2024Conditional

  to erect a two-storey pitch roof extension to the front of existing house with all associated site works to our property located

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460486

• 9 Oct 2024N/a

  to erect a two-storey pitch roof extension to the front of our exiting house with all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460480

• 18 May 2024Conditional

  to (a) construct a porch to front elevation, (b) construct a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, (c) construct boundary wall to part of southern boundary and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460223

• 16 Apr 2024Refused

  to erect a two-storey pitch roof extension to the front of our existing house with all associated site works to our property located

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460177

• 3 Apr 2024N/a

  for the construction of 23 no. dwelling units consisting of; 5 no. 3 bedroom terraced houses, a two-storey duplex block consisting of; 2no. one bedrooms units and 2no. two bedroom units, a four-storey duplex and apartment building consisting of; 2no. one bedroom apartments 4 no. two bedroom apartments, 6 no. three bedroom two-storey duplex units, 2 no. four bedroom two-storey duplex units, along with undercroft parking at lower ground level accessed off of Blackmill St.; the demolition of the existing Black Cat public house and associated outbuildings, demolition of the existing forecourt structure and associated shop, removal of existing services, surface parking spaces, internal roads and footpaths, stepped pedestrian access through to Dominic Street, surface level carparking, cycle parking, refuse storage, public lighting, landscaping and public realm upgrade works, and all associated site works

  Permission, 23 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2460158

• 2 Jan 2024Conditional

  to demolish an existing single storey extension to the rear of my dwelling house comprising of a hall, bathroom and boiler house and construct a new single storey extension comprising of additional habitable accommodation to the rear of my dwelling house, internal and external alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460002

• 12 Oct 2023Conditional

  for the change of use of an existing commercial property (Creche) for use as a residential property

  Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2360454

• 4 Oct 2023N/a

  for the change of use of an existing commercial property (creche) for use as a residential property

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360442

• 25 Aug 2023Conditional

  development at this site. The development will consist of Permission for the demolition of an existing rear extension and shed, construction of a new single story extension to the rear of the existing dwelling & all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360380

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  to remove a single storey rear extension and replace with a proposed two storey extension to the rear comprising kitchen, Sitting, ground floor and additional bedroom first floor, alterations to the existing house and front elevation and associated works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360353

• 30 Jun 2023N/a

  for the proposed construction of 23 no. dwelling units consisting of; 5 no. 3 bedroom terraced houses, 2 no. two bedroom semi-detached houses, a four-storey duplex and apartment building consisting of; 8 no. two bedroom apartments, 6 no. three bedroom two-storey duplex units, 2 no. four bedroom two-storey duplex units; the demolition of the existing Black Cat public house and associated outbuildings, demolition of the existing forecourt structure and associated shop, removal of existing services, the provision of vehicular access from De Loughry Place, internal roads and footpaths, stepped pedestrian access through to Dominic Street, surface level carparking, cycle parking, refuse storage, public lighting, landscaping and public realm upgrade works, and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2360277

• 14 Mar 2023Conditional

  for development at this site. The development will consist of, permission for the demolition of an existing rear extension, construction of a new two-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling & all associated site works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360101

• 1 Mar 2023Conditional

  of domestic garage / store and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360075

• 7 Dec 2022Conditional

  to retain existing extension to rear of dwelling house and to retain existing garage and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22770

• 28 Oct 2022Refused

  To replace existing pedestrian entrance with a larger vehicular entrance, including works to footpath, including all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22705

• 7 Feb 2022Conditional

  to retain indefinitely a domestic garage to the rear of an existing dwelling house

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2267

• 14 Jan 2022Conditional

  for development at this site. The development will consist of Permission for the demolition of existing sheds and construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, connection to existing services and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2219

• 10 Dec 2021Conditional

  to retain indefinitely a single storey extension to the front of an existing dwellinghouse

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 211013

• 21 Oct 2021N/a

  to make a car parking space in my front garden. The builder will need to remove the grass from the patch off the street which is in front of my front wall. He will replace it with concrete to level it. He will then need to knock the wall at the front of the garden so a car can enter the parking space. The builder will then remove the top soil in my garden and replace it with concrete

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21873

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  in respect to as constructed extension to domestic garage consisting of first floor extension, new roof and side sheeting

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21301

• 14 Apr 2021Conditional

  for the erection of an extension to the rear of dwelling

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21289

The 25 most recent of 39 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 Lyons.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lyons.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey local authority house, dated 1924, on a rectangular plan. One of a terrace of four forming part of a group of sixteen. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Snecked limestone wall (ground floor) on rendered plinth; roughcast surface finish (first floor) on lichen-spotted chamfered stringcourse. Hipped square-headed central door opening with step threshold, block-and-start surround with beaded canopy framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights. Square-headed flanking window openings with sills, and block-and-start surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with sills, and block-and-start surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from street with wrought iron "estate railings" to perimeter centred on flat iron gate.

• House, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey local authority house, dated 1924, on a rectangular plan. One of a terrace of six forming part of a group of sixteen. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipe. Snecked limestone wall (ground floor) on rendered plinth; roughcast surface finish (first floor) on lichen-spotted chamfered stringcourse. Hipped square-headed central door opening with step threshold, block-and-start surround with beaded canopy framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights. Square-headed flanking window openings with sills, and block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with sills, and block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set back from street with wrought iron "estate railings" to perimeter centred on flat iron gate.

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 10 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_2168 (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 Lyons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Lyons · Páirceanna an Líonaigh

Area

161,849 m² (16.18 ha, 39.99 acres)

Civil parish

St. Canice, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelogher

Electoral division

Kilkenny No. 1 Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilkenny No. 1 Urban electoral division: 5,650 people in 2,291 households; 46% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gardens, Jamesgreen, Marnellsmeadows, Poulgour, Robertshill, Walkinslough, Wetland

Placenames

Lyons 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.