Neworchard

578 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Neworchard, from 1 m² to 276,545 m² (27.65 ha, 68.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 428 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing low density residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 142 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 · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2General Business (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Apr 2026Conditional

  to retain a mobile home till the completion of the proposed dwelling and Full planning permission to construct a single storey 4-bedroom dwelling house, new site entrance, connect to the public sewer mains and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2660238

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  to retain existing shed to the side of dwelling house and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660164

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  for development at this site. The development will consist of : 46 dwelling units consisting of 10 no. Houses (2 no. house Type C 5 bedroom detached house, 1 no. Type E 4 bedroom semi-detached house, 1 no. Type F four bedroom semi-detached house, 6 no. House Type H- 4 bedroom detached house, 20 no. Duplex units (10 no. 3 Bed dwellings & 10 no. 1 Bed Dwellings ), 1 no. 3- storey mixed Use Retail/Apartment building (4 no. 2 bed apartments over ground floor retail / restaurant use) and 1no. 3-storey apartment building (12 no. 2 bed apartments), 1 No. communal refuse storage pavilion, modification of existing roundabout at the entrance of the site to provide a T-junction with a raised table, provision of internal roads and footpaths including associated pedestrian crossing facilities, surface level car parking, public lighting, landscaping, public open space, boundary treatments, provision of foul and surface water disposal and all associated site works

  Permission, 10 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2560574

• 26 Aug 2025N/a

  46 dwelling units consisting of 10 no. Houses (2 no. house Type C 5 bedroom detached house, 1 no. Type E 4 bedroom semi-detached house, 1 no. Type F four bedroom semi-detached house, 6 no. House Type H- 4 bedroom detached house, 20 no. Duplex units (10 no. 3 Bed dwellings & 10 no. 1 Bed Dwellings ), 1 no. 3- storey mixed Use Retail/Apartment building (4 no. 2 bed apartments over ground floor retail / restaurant use) and 1 3-storey apartment building (12 no. 2 bed apartments), 1 No. communal refuse storage pavilion, modification of existing roundabout at the entrance of the site to provide a T-junction with a raised table, provision of internal roads and footpaths including associated pedestrian crossing facilities, surface level car parking, public lighting, landscaping, public open space, boundary treatments, provision of foul and surface water disposal and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560550

• 26 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct a single-storey extension to the south-western side of dwelling house, single-storey garage and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560462

• 23 Apr 2025N/a

  to retain a mobile home till the completion of the proposed dwelling and Full planning permission to construct a single storey 4-bedroom dwelling house, new site entrance, connect to the public sewer mains and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560214

• 29 Nov 2024Conditional

  to construct Slatted shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460591

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  to construct a two-story extension to the side of our two-storey semi-detached house and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460505

• 25 Oct 2023Conditional

  to construct a single-storey extension to the side of a two-storey dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360472

• 30 May 2023Conditional

  to construct (i) Roofed Walled silage slab with aprons and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360222

• 24 Feb 2023Conditional

  53 dwelling units consisting of 11 no. Houses (2 no. house Type C 5 bedroom detached house, 1 no. Type E 4 bedroom semi-detached house, 1 no. Type F four bedroom semi-detached house, 5 no. House Type H- 4 detached bedroom house, 1 no. Type J 3 bedroom semi-detached house, 1 no. Type K 3 bedroom semi-detached house), 24 no. Duplex units (12 no. 3 Bed dwellings & 12 no. 1 Bed Dwellings ), 1 no. 3-storey mixed Use Retail/Apartment building (4 no. 2 bed apartments over ground floor retail / restaurant use) and 1 4-storey apartment building (14 no. 2 bed apartments), 1 No. single storey facilities management building, 1 No. communal refuse storage pavilion, modification of existing roundabout at the entrance of the site to provide a T-junction with a raised table, provision of internal roads and footpaths including associated pedestrian crossing facilities, cycle lanes, surface level car parking, public lighting, landscaping, public open space, boundary treatments, provision of foul and surface water disposal and all associated site works.

  Permission, 53 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2360065

• 13 Sept 2022Conditional

  for the erection of an extension and alterations to the side of existing dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22603

• 1 Jul 2022Conditional

  for the erection of a single story flat roof extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, with modifications to the internal layout complete with all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22428

• 18 May 2022Conditional

  is sought for a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, with modifications to the internal layout, associated elevational changes and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22322

• 27 Apr 2022N/a

  for a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling with modifications to the internal layout, associated elevational changes and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22275

• 16 Nov 2021Refused

  for development at this site. The development will consist of 55 dwelling units consisting of 15 no. Houses (1 no. Type E four bedroom semi-detached house, 1 no. Type F four bedroom semi-detached house, 11 no. Type J three bedroom semi-detached houses, 2 no. Type K three bedroom house), 24 no. Duplex units (12 no. 3 Bed dwellings and 12 no. 1 Bed Dwellings), 1 no. 3-storey mixed Use Retail / Apartment building (4 no. 2 bed apartments over ground floor retail / restaurant use) and 1 3-storey apartment building (12 no. 2 bed apartments), 1 No. single storey facilities management building, 1 No. communal refuse storage pavilion, provision of internal roads and footpaths including associated pedestrian crossing facilities, surface level car parking, public lighting, landscaping, public open space, boundary treatments, provision of foul and surface water disposal and all associated site works

  Permission, 15 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 21948

• 17 Aug 2021Conditional

  for a residential extension to the existing cottage to the side and rear to include alterations to the existing residence. The proposal includes a proposed new replacement roadside shared entrance, closing the existing shared roadside entrance, also for a proposed new replacement foul water treatment system, boundary treatment and associated works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21709

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  for a boundary wall constructed around the curtilage

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21667

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct a new single storey extension to the rear of dwelling house consisting of an extended living/dining area, new utility room and new shower/wc room; completed with associated siteworks

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20860

• 14 Sept 2020Conditional

  is sought for a single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling; with modifications to the internal layout, associated elevational changes and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20604

• 6 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct / install a new garage at the front side of our property

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20426

• 6 Apr 2020Conditional

  for construction of dormer type dwelling house, connection to public sewer and water supply, entrance, all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20217

• 10 Mar 2020Conditional

  for development at this site. The development will consist of an additional proposed 7 No. houses comprising a mix of semi-detached and detached 4 bedroom 2 storey houses and change of existing permitted house types under previously permitted planning reference P18/410. This development is a continuation of existing scheme currently under construction previously granted under planning reference P.05/478, P13/369, P17/533 and P18/410.

  Permission, 18 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 20151

• 25 Sept 2019Conditional

  for indefinite retention of conversion of existing single storey domestic garage to lounge/family room, retention of detached single storey domestic store, retention of conversion of attic space to storage and study space plus retention of velux roof windows at

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 19687

• 11 Jun 2019Conditional

  for the development of 44 houses consisting of 3 no. Type C- five bedroom detached, 4 no. Type D- four bedroom detached, 30 no. Type E- four bedroom semi-detached, 6 no. Type F- four bedroom semi-detached, 1 no. Type G- five bedroom detached house, continuation of public open space, minor amendments to previously permitted boundaries of house numbers 85-89 under planning ref P18/410, provision of foul and surface water disposal, and all associated site development works. This development is a continuation of existing scheme currently under construction previously granted under planning references P.05/478, P.13/369, P17/533 and P.18/410

  Permission, 49 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 19410

The 25 most recent of 38 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 Neworchard.

Recorded monuments

• KK019-013 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure (diam. c. 44m) identified as the cropmark of a fosse on an aerial photograph (GSI S483, 1973-7) and also visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth Pro, 21 April 2019). It is not indicated on the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map or subsequent 1945-6 revision. The satellite image suggests there may be an entrance in the NW quadrant. A field boundary with a farm roadway along its W side, runs NNW-SSE through the NE-E sector of the enclosure. See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 21 April 2019). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 September 2020

• KK019-058 House - 17th century
  Description

  Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of St John's parish depicts a house close to the E edge of Neworchard townland with a trees drawn to the N, W and S of the house and annotated 'orchard' (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying the parish map lists 'Michael Radgett' as the proprietor in 1640, and relates that, 'In New orchard [there is] a good orchard' (ibid.). The house and orchard correspond to a house and farmyard indicated at this location on the 1st (18339-40) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1945-6 revision it is named, 'New Orchard'. See attached extract of Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of St John's parish Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 October 2020

• KK019-116 Enclosure
  Description

  In relatively flat terrain. An aerial photograph (GB89.Q.25, 13 July 1989) shows a cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by two concentric fosses. The outer ring road of Kilkenny City, the N77, completed in 2007, runs through the monument. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2020

• KK019-117 Ring-ditch
  Description

  On the NE outskirts of Kilkenny City, a river flows southward into the Nore c. 270m to the E, fomerly in tillage. An aerial photograph (GB89.Q.26, 13 July 1989) shows cropmark of a small circular ring-ditch (diam. c. 8m). Subsequently the Ashfield house estate was built over the monument. An enclosure (KK019-121----) also identified as a cropmark lies c. 200m to the SE, possibly associated with a relic field system (KK019-123----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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.

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.

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

Name

Neworchard · An tAbhallort Nua

Area

850,903 m² (85.09 ha, 210.26 acres)

Civil parish

St. John'S, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

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

Bonnetsrath, Brownstown, Charterschool Land, Kyleroe, Newpark Lower, Newpark Upper, Newtown, Seixeslough

Placenames

Neworchard 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.