Poulgour

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Poulgour, from 14 m² to 143,205 m² (14.32 ha, 35.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 25 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 · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 13 Apr 2026Conditional

  for a revised site boundary to include a 2.4m high blockwork wall to the rear of units 41-54 An Cluain, Castle Oaks, Poulgour and Wetland, Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660215

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  for modification to the previously granted Planning Permission (Ref. No. 23/60037) at this site, William Robertson Way, Poulgour Road, Kilkenny (within the townland of Poulgour). The Proposed development will consist of the addition of 9 No. apartment units (5 No. 1-bed unit, 4 No. 2-bed units) on the third floor and set back floor plan on the Fourth Floor, Increasing the overall Apartment Block from 4-storeys to 5-storeys, and from 30 No. apartment units to 39 No. apartment units (consisting of 22 No. 1-bed units, 17 No. 2-bed units). No modifications to as-granted 130 No. houses, and 52 No. Duplex apartments. The overall total No. of units in this development is now increased from 212 to 221. All with associated site works, Communal open Space, Bin and Bike storage, the site layout has been modified slightly to accommodate additional surface car parking and other ancillary works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560600

• 9 Jul 2025Conditional

  for development. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of Protected Structures Ref. C1000, C1002 and C330. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560416

• 16 Apr 2025N/a

  for development at this site. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560202

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  for development at this site at Poulgour, Kilkenny City, Kilkenny. The development consists of alterations to the previously permitted Planning Application Ref: 23/60006, to include the replacing of 12 no. three storey three bed units to 8 no. three storey three bed units and 4 no. three storey four bed units and associated elevational alterations and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560197

• 17 May 2023Conditional

  Alterations to the previously permitted Planning Application Ref: 21/348, to include the replacing of 3 no. 3-Bed units with 6 No. 1-Bed units within the permitted apartment building, thereby increasing the total number of units in this building from 27 to 30 units; elevational alterations associated with the proposed alterations to internal layouts associated with the increase in unit numbers, together with alterations to proposed building finishes; and to include for all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360196

• 31 Mar 2023Refused

  of Planning Permission Reference P.17/801

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2379

• 3 Feb 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of 210 no. dwellings, creche, open space and ancillary infrastructure as follows: A) 130 no. 2 storey houses (8 no. 2 bedroom houses, 106 no. 3 bedroom houses, & 16 no. 4 bedroom houses) in a mixture of semi-detached and terraced houses; B) 80 no. duplex apartments/apartments (40 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 40 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments) in a series of 5 no. duplex apartment buildings of 3 no. storeys in height, all duplex units to have balcony or terrace; C) Creche of c. 524.7 sq. m (2 no. storeys) located to the south of (and with access from) the upgraded Poulgour Road along with associated car parking/cycle parking and open space; D) Realignment and upgrade of a section of Poulgour Road (to include pedestrian crossing, vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access to site) to tie into William Robertson Way and Poulgour Road; E) Open space areas (c. 1.66 ha), hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting) and open space (including boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartment/apartments; regrading/re-profiling of site where required along with bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations and use of existing structure (27.8 sq.m) as a bike store; F) Bicycle (450 no. spaces) and car parking (429 no. spaces) as well as single storey bin and bicycle stores and internal roads including future link/distributor road [part] and pedestrian accesses to William Robertson Way; G) Surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems as well as connection to water supply, surface water drainage and provision of local pumping station to Irish Water specifications; H) 2 no. temporary (for 3 years) marketing signage structures (c.4.5m in height, 3 sided c. 13.73 sq. m), [1 no. in proximity to William Robertson Way and the roundabout at Circular Road and 1 no. located in proximity to the junction of Poulgour Road and William Robertson Way]; I) All ancillary site development/construction and landscape works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and submitted with this LRD application

  Permission, 131 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2360037

• 6 Jan 2023Conditional

  Ormonde Homes Limited intend to apply for a 10 year permission for a proposed Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) on a c. 5.95 ha site at Wetland and Poulgour, Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny. The development will consist of: • Construction of 178 no. residential units including 72 no. two-storey three bed houses, 8 no. two-storey four bed houses, 12 no. three-story three bed houses, 31 no. one bed apartments, 49 no. two bed apartments and 6 no. three bed apartments. The apartments are divided into 4 no. buildings as follows: • Apartment Building 1 which will consist of 7 no. one bed apartments, 11 no. two bed apartments, and 6 no. three bed apartments arranged over 4 no. storeys. Patios/Terraces are provided on all elevations. • Apartment Building 2 which will consist of 8 no. one bed apartments and 9 no. two bed apartments arranged over 3-4 no. storeys. Patios/Terraces are provided on all elevations. • Apartment Building 3 which will consist of 8 no. one bed apartments and 9 no. two bed apartments arranged over 3-4 no. storeys. Patios/Terraces are provided on all elevations. • Apartment Building 4 which will consist of 8 no. one bed apartments, 20 no. two bed apartments, arranged over 2-4 no. storeys. Patios/Terraces are provided on all elevations. • Demolition of a habitable dwelling house of c. 186 sqm in the south of the site to the rear of ‘Grangeford House’. • The scheme provides for a total of c. 8,400 sqm of public open space with an additional 1,316 sqm of communal open space. • Bicycle Parking Provision of 224 no. long term and 47 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces. • Provision of 150 no. on-curtilage residential car parking spaces and 149 no. on-street residential car parking spaces (305 no. residential car parking spaces in total including 6 no. accessible on-street car parking spaces). • Provision of a crèche of c. 440 sqm arranged over 2 no. storeys with adjoined secure outdoor space of 253 sqm and 19 no. car parking spaces, 3 no. car set down spaces, and 8 no bicycle parking spaces. • The vehicular access to the site will be from William Robertson Way. • All other ancillary site development works to facilitate construction. • A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with the application.

  Permission, 92 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2360006

• 21 Dec 2022Refused

  for the erection of a dwelling house, domestic garage/store, installation of a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2260024

• 16 Sept 2022N/a

  for alterations to the previously Permitted Planning Application Ref: 21/348 to include the omission of 1 no. Duplex (Type F) Building and replacement with 1 no. pair of 4-bedroom semi-detached houses (Type C) with all associated site and development works to include minor car-parking alterations and minor relocation of the pedestrian connection to the LIHAF Road (William Robertson Way)

  Permission, 2 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 22619

• 22 Nov 2021Conditional

  to construct a new 12,692.7 m2 School Campus containing Two Post Primary Schools comprised of (i) A school with two two-storey blocks including general classrooms, specialist rooms, S.E.N.S. area, circulation areas, offices, plant room, dining hall and associated kitchen and storage areas, (ii) A school with one two-storey block including general classrooms, specialist rooms, circulation areas, offices, plant room, dining hall and associated kitchen and storage areas, (iii) A sports hall, including two fitness suites and associated changing and storage areas (iv) an ESB Substation, (v) A new vehicular access, (vi) three new pedestrian entrances to the site, serving Poulgour Road and Western Environs Link Road, (vii) An on-site set down area and Staff car parking, (viii) Hard Play and landscaped social areas, (ix) Installation of Sports facilities in a fenced area around the school campus, (x) Storm sewer connection works, (xi) Watermain connection works and (xii) ancillary and site services

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21962

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  for a housing development on a site of c. 3.2 ha. The development will consist of: Construction of 77 no. residential units including 4 no. four bed houses, 34 no. three bed houses, 4 no. 2 bed duplex houses, 8 no. 3 bed duplex house, 9 no. one bed apartments, 12 no. two bed apartments and 6 no. three bed apartments: Building Type F is a 2-3 storey duplex building which comprises of 3 no. units, comprising of 2 no., 3 bedroom 5 person units and 1 no. 2 bedroom 4 person unit with a balcony at second floor level. The proposed apartment building comprises 27 no. units arranged over 5 no. storeys: Patios/terraces are provided on all elevations: The scheme provides for a total of c. 5.908 sqm of public open space including 502 sqm of communal open space. The foul sewer flows by gravity to the north west corner of the site. The foul water discharges to a proposed pumping station (Irish Water Ref Type II Pump station). The pumping station is designed to have a 24 hour emergency storage. The pumping station measures c. 14.5 x c.6m wide: Provision of 62 no. long term and 40 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces: The vehicular access to the site will be from the LIHAF Road: Provision of 76 no. on-curtilage car parking spaces and 64 no. on-street car parking spaces (140 no. car parking spaces in total): 2 temporary sales/marketing signposts are proposed (one located to the north of the site and one no. at a site adjacent to the Callan Road): A temporary sales & marketing suite along with flagpole signage is proposed to the south of the new entrance roadway. This will be served by two temporary car parking spaces: A new opening within the existing stone wall at White Bridge, to provide a new pedestrian connection to the site from White Bridge: All other ancillary site development works to facilitate construction, site services, piped infrastructure, plant, public lighting, bin stores, covered bicycle parking, new pedestrian and cycle routes, boundary treatments and hard and soft landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the Proposed Development

  Permission, 50 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 21348

• 29 Nov 2019Conditional

  for a mixed use development. A 10 year planning permission is sought for the proposed development which will consist of (i) 266 no. residential units including 133 no. houses (17 no. 4 bed units; 106 no. 3 bed units and 10 no. 2 bed units) and 133 no. apartment and duplex units (46 no. 1 bed units; 77 no. 2 bed units; and 10 no. 3 bed units). (ii) 126 no. bed nursing home of 7,236.79 sqm with ancillary office. (iii) crèche facility of 733.12sqm. (iv) 2 no. office blocks with a gross floor area of 3,548.38sqm including provision for basement car parking. (v) 2 no. commercial/retail units with a gross floor area of 327.40sqm (net retail area of 99.6sqm & 82.3sqm each) with 4 no. office units overhead with a gross floor area of 722.26sqm. (vi) provision of 3.96 hectares of open parkland comprising part of the Breagagh Regional Park including the provision of combined cycleway/footpath through the park and (vii)supporting development works including (a) ESB substation (b) 3 no. combined bin and bicycle stores (c) underground surface water attenuation. (d) temporary construction signage (e) estate signage and (f) all associated site development works. The primary access to the site shall be from a roundabout to be delivered as part of the proposed new Western Environs Road. The proposed development will construct a new access road from this roundabout with a new bridge over the Breagagh River. A minor secondary access road shall be provided to serve a limited number of units from the Kennyswell Road. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies the application

  Permission, 133 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 19887

• 4 Dec 2017Conditional

  for the following: Construction of 16 No. Type A 4 Bedroom semi-detached houses, 8 No. Type B 3 Bedroom corner houses, 2 No. Type C 3 Bedroom end terrace houses, 14 No. 4 Bedroom terraced houses, 7 No. 2 bedroom apartments and 7 no. 3 Bedroom duplex units plus all associated site works, site entrance, boundary walls/railings, access roads etc

  Permission, 40 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 17801

• 30 May 2017Conditional

  for the erection of a dwellinghouse and domestic garage/store with treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 17351

• 25 May 2017Conditional

  for revisions to the permitted development of planning permission Ref No -17/83, to carry out minor demolition work, internal alterations, erection of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing house, together with all associated site works to our house

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17336

• 15 Feb 2017Conditional

  to carry out minor demolition work, internal alterations, erection of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing house, erection of domestic garage, to provide new treatment plant and percolation area, retain existing site access together with all associated site works to house and lands

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1783

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 Poulgour.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Poulgour.

Architectural heritage

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

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.

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 Poulgour with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Poulgour · Poll Gabhair

Area

534,349 m² (53.43 ha, 132.04 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

Clonmoran, Drakeland Lower, Drakeland Middle, Lyons, Margaret's Fields, Marnellsmeadows, Mortgage Fields, Robertshill, Shellumsrath, Wetland

Placenames

Poulgour 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.