Roughfield

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roughfield, from 117 m² to 25,851 m² (2.59 ha, 6.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Roughfield 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.

• 30 Jun 2025Conditional

  to decommission and replace a) the old substandard septic tank system and b) the separate grey water drainage system currently in place on the property, with a new septic tank and percolation area to facilitate the dwelling

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560400

• 22 Jul 2022Conditional

  the development will consist/consists of: Laying of underground 38kV medium voltage electrical cables with associated ducting, 7 no. joint bays, with associated communication chambers and ancillary development within the R172, L2646, L2631, L67062 and L2633 public roads and private lands South of the R172. The cable will run for a distance of 5,710m. Approximately 4890 metres of this will be within the public road and approximately 820 metres of cabling will be on private lands located South of the R172 and on lands of the permitted Clashwilliam Solar Farm. The cable will transverse under the Irish Rail Railway within the townland of Highrath and the M9 motorway in the townland of Roughfield through trenchless Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) methods. The underground cable is intended to connect the permitted 38kV substation in Clashwilliam Solar Farm, in Smithstown townland, with the Kilkenny 110kV ESB substation, in Scart townland. The solar farm and 38kV substation were granted permission by Kilkenny County Council pursuant to Planning Registration Reference 20897). Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this Application.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22487

• 14 Apr 2022Conditional

  to build Dormer Dwelling, Garage, Septic tank with effluent treatment system, Site entrance and all associated site works on my lands

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22251

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  to retain an existing 12 sq m conservatory

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2274

• 30 Aug 2018Conditional

  for develop at existing Grt Isl-Kk 110kV Overhead Line, approx 49kms long.Approx 46.4km of existing circuit located within functional area of CoKk with approx 2.6km located within CoWex.The uprate works within CoKk will be undertaken betwn structure INT16 in townland of Drumdowney Upr,near admin border betwn Co's Wx&Kk and structure EM258 in twnland of Scart(ED Dunbell),east of KkCity.Within Co Kk existing circuit extends across twnlands of Drumdowney Upr,Murtaghstown,Luffany, Rathpatrick,Treanaree,Carriganurra,Nicholastown,Atateemore orBlackneys,Ballincrea, Fahy,Rathnasmolagh,Knockbrack,Ballinlammy,Haggard, BallyfasyLwr&Upr, Ballywairy, Darbystown,Ballallog,Listerlin,Brabstown,Ballyconnaught,Ballykenna,Garrandarragh, Ballyvool,Firgrove,Bohilla,Ballycocksoost,Coolsillagh,Kilmacshane,Kilcullen,Ruppa, Mungmacody,Cloghscregg,Castlegarden,Kilmanaheen,Dungarvan(EDBennettsbridge), Dungarvan Glebe,Cloghala(EDBennettsbridge),Ballynaboley,Smithstown(EDDunbell), Clashwilliam Td(EDDunbell),Blanchvillestown,Grove(EDDunbell),Roughfield,Rathcash, Rathgarvan orClifden,Maddockstown,Ballynamona,Highrath &Scart(EDDunbell). Uprate of existing circuit within CoWx will be undertaken within twnland of Grt Isl, between structure EM1 at Grt Isl Substn&structure INT15 near admin border between Co's Wx&Kk. Developm will consist of uprate of Grt Isl-Kk 110kv Overhead Line which will primarily include:re-stringing conductor withhigher capacity conductor,replacement of large proportion of existing structures,breaking out & reconstruction of concrete foundation & shear blocks of metal masts, painting of mast structures, replacement of insulators, crossarms, stays and/or fittings on existing structures &fitting/replacement of bird flight diverters.No additional structures proposed along existing circuit.Any replacement structures will be constructed at,or immediately adjacent to existing structures they will replace&will be of generally similar height & appearance. Assoc temp sitedevelop works to gain access to existing structures incl clearance of vegetation, disassembly & reassembly of stone walls&gate posts&removal & reinstatement of exist fencing.The prop dev includes all other temp assoc&ancillary site dev works reqd for uprate of exist circuit,incl install of silt traps,silt fences, stone rds, bogmats & clearspan bridges.No additional struct, no alteration to nature,extent, alignment, character or voltage of exist elect infrastruct is proposed.A NIS forms part of this application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18573

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 Roughfield.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Roughfield.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Roughfield, 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 low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2226 (ZIP).

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

Name

Roughfield · An Pháirc Gharbh

Area

325,007 m² (32.5 ha, 80.31 acres)

Civil parish

Blanchvilleskill, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Dunbell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

525 people lived in 192 households in the Dunbell electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeygrove, Dunbell Big, Grove, Rathcash, Rathgarvan or Clifden

Placenames

Roughfield 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.