Sionhermitage

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sionhermitage, from 10 m² to 53,438 m² (5.34 ha, 13.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing low density residential (Existing 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Jul 2025Conditional

  for a new residential development of 39 new dwellings consisting of 4 No. Type A two bedroom single storey semi detached dwellings, 4 No. Type B three bedroom single storey detached dwellings, 12 No. Type C/C1 three bedroom single storey detached dwellings, 2 No. Type D/D1 two bedroom single storey detached dwellings, 2 No. Type E two bedroom single storey semi detached dwellings, 6 No. Type F/F1 four bedroom single storey detached dwellings, 6 No. Type G/G1 five bedroom two storey detached dwellings, 2 No. Type H/H1 four bedroom two storey detached dwellings, Plus, alterations, extension and renovation of existing building No. 2 to a four bedroom detached dwelling, demolition of existing buildings 1 + 4 plus partial demolition and conversion of existing building No. 3 to a residents communal building. (Total area of demolition equals 1,766.90) Permission is sought for alterations to existing site entrance, plus the provision of a new site entrance to Sion Road, alterations to roadside boundary, including blocking of an existing residential site entrance and provision of new footpath to Sion Road, provision of public open space; landscaping and boundary treatments and new planting; water and utility services and connections; lighting; plus all enabling and ancillary development and works above and below ground level, the former Sion Hermitage lands. A N.I.S. (Natura Impact Statement) has been submitted with the application and is available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy

  Permission, 36 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2560456

• 17 Apr 2024Conditional

  to enclose the existing front porch to the front of our house with all associated site works located

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460178

• 15 Sept 2023Conditional

  for a proposed pitched roof to existing two storey flat roofed dwelling and proposed roof lights. Including all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 23214

• 30 Aug 2022Conditional

  for the proposed erection of a garden lounge and store

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22570

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  for the demolition of existing buildings (total gross floor c. 3,031 Sqm) - Construction of a residential development of 43 no. 2 storey houses (6 no. 5 bed detached houses, 27 no. 4 bed detached houses, 10 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses). Residential and visitor car parking spaces, pumping station compound, landscaping and open spaces. Closure of existing vehicular access from the Sion Road and provision of new vehicular access to the east. All other site works, landscaping, boundary treatments and services provision. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application at

  Permission, 43 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 21300

• 21 Jul 2020Conditional

  to erect a dwelling house, domestic garage/store, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20467

• 19 Feb 2018Conditional

  for alterations to existing property to include the following works - minor demolition to front and side of house, Erection of single storey extensions to both sides of the house, erection of new entrance porch to front of house, Alterations to elevations, alterations to existing dormer roofs on the existing house, alteration to front entrance and driveway with all other associated site works to property at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18106

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sionhermitage.

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately high, moderately low, 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_2193 (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 Sionhermitage with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Sionhermitage · Sión

Area

118,006 m² (11.8 ha, 29.16 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

Archersgrove, Middleknock, Purcellsinch, Quarryland

Placenames

Sionhermitage 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.