# Roughfield, Co. Kilkenny: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Blanchvilleskill, barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish An Pháirc Gharbh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 325,007 m² (32.5 ha, 80.31 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,458 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Blanchvilleskill, https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/parish/blanchvilleskill.md - Barony: Gowran - Electoral division: Dunbell, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kilkenny, https://everytownland.com/kilkenny.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/26781 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 91410 - Centre: latitude 52.629578, longitude -7.148919 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roughfield, from 117 m² to 25,851 m² (2.59 ha, 6.39 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4570792: 25,851 m² (2.59 ha, 6.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4570792.md - Parcel 4112042: 14,740 m² (1.47 ha, 3.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4112042.md - Parcel 5669444: 5,482 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5669444.md - Parcel 5669439: 1,433 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5669439.md - Parcel 4111882: 1,332 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4111882.md - Parcel 4112108: 117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4112108.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 30 Jun 2025, Kilkenny County Council 2560400: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560400/0 - 22 Jul 2022, Kilkenny County Council 22487: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22487/0 - 14 Apr 2022, Kilkenny County Council 22251: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to build Dormer Dwelling, Garage, Septic tank with effluent treatment system, Site entrance and all associated site works on my lands. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22251/0 - 9 Feb 2022, Kilkenny County Council 2274: Conditional. Retention. to retain an existing 12 sq m conservatory. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2274/0 - 30 Aug 2018, Kilkenny County Council 18573: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18573/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Roughfield. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Roughfield. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Roughfield. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2226.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/roughfield.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/roughfield.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/roughfield.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Roughfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Abbeygrove: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/abbeygrove.md - Dunbell Big: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/dunbell-big.md - Grove: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/grove-90880.md - Rathcash: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/rathcash.md - Rathgarvan or Clifden: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/rathgarvan-or-clifden.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/roughfield - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kilkenny/roughfield