Newpark Lower

415 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newpark Lower, from 7 m² to 28,684 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 413 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 7 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 · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2General Business (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 12 Jun 2026N/a

  to convert the existing attic to a habitable space to include raising the roof and a large dormer to rear and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660366

• 11 Jun 2026N/a

  for a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660364

• 22 May 2026N/a

  to demolish a disused timber pre-fabricated single storey structure with associated site works to the rear of Newpark Gate Lodge, a protected structure RPS Ref No B227 on lands located

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660306

• 10 Apr 2026Conditional

  of existing self-contained dwelling house from previous living area and two bedrooms and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2660212

• 7 Apr 2026Conditional

  to Outline Permission - Ref. No. 24/60093 to erect a three bedroom two storey house with monopitch roof together with all associated site works permissioned in the outline application on lands

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2660201

• 28 Feb 2026Conditional

  for development consisting of: a) The demolition of the existing detached garage at the rear b) Part demolition of the existing rear extension c) Alternations & refurbishment of the existing dwelling house d) External Wall Insulation System to the front, side and rear walls e) A new single storey extension to the rear with side entrance to house f) A new porch and steps to the front g) Widening of the property entrance gates and driveway including dropped kerb h) New parking/turning area to the front and rear i) And associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660121

• 7 Feb 2026N/a

  for - 1. Material change of use of existing detached domestic garage to use as a 2 storey dormer style family flat. 2. Associated elevational modifications with new windows and doors. 3. Solar panel installation to roof- installed in line with existing roof pitch. 4. Flat roof covered veranda to side. 5. all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2660068

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  for change of boundary location to the rear of tghe detatched dwelling No 2A, Old Golf Links Road, Kilkenny. Also, retention permission to retain (A) single storey rear extension to the aforementioned dwelling, (B) Section of existing rear boundary wall including all associated site works.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 25134

• 5 Dec 2025Conditional

  to carry out alterations and extension to existing house to include for the erection of a two storey side extension, a single storey flat roof rear extension, to apply external insulation to front and rear elevations of existing house, to provide increased parking area in front of house, to demolish existing rear outhouses (38m2) together with all other associated site works all to our property

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560790

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  Permission for 1) Convert existing garage into habitable space with new window to front, 2) Construct an extension over garage, 3) Reinstate the front boundary wall to match existing neighboring walls and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560776

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of existing outbuildings, the construction of a new single-storey dwelling, a new vehicular entrance off Golf Links Crescent, proposed new soakaway and all associated site works and landscaping

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560617

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  for alterations to dwelling house on Site 06 Crann Arda as permitted under Planning Reference 2360502, namely, the construction of a two-storey dwelling house including all site drainage and site infrastructure works on the serviced site

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560576

• 2 Sept 2025N/a

  for the conversion to garage attached to house which will consist of a small tv 'snug' room, a utility and a w/c. Conversion to attic which will consist of a bedroom and ensuite

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560566

• 23 Aug 2025Conditional

  for development at this site. The development will consist of: (i) 2-storey extensions to the south and north elevations, internal layout changes, external changes and overall renovation of the existing ‘Newpark Villa’ dwelling; (ii) the construction of 3 no. pitched roofed dwellings, comprising two storey 4-bedroom detached dwellings to the west of Newpark Villa; (iii) the existing vehicular entrance will be removed and a new vehicular access to the site via Newpark Drive is proposed; (iv) 9 no. car parking spaces are proposed; and (v) the development will include all associated works including, landscaping, planting and boundary treatments, infrastructure, foul/surface drainage and site works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560542

• 28 Jul 2025Conditional

  for (A) Demolition of existing enclosed single storey front entrance porch, (B) Construction of a new enclosed single storey front entrance porch (C) Internal renovations and rear elevational changes. Also (D) Permission to retain two storey rear extension to existing dwelling, including all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2574

• 28 Jul 2025Unconditional

  of Planning Permission Reg Reference P20/925

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2575

• 25 Jun 2025Conditional

  for demolition of existing single storey extension, alterations, renovation our existing dwelling, plus construction of a new two storey extension to our existing dwelling plus all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560379

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey detached house, garden shed and new boundary wall with pedestrian entrance and use of shared vehicular entranceway to include all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560353

• 13 Jun 2025N/a

  for a two storey detached house, garden shed and new boundary wall with pedestrian entrance and use of shared vehicular entranceway to include all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560343

• 1 Apr 2025Conditional

  for alterations to Dwelling House on Site 02 Crann Arda as permitted under Planning Authority Reference 23/60495 and An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP- 318933-24

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560165

• 7 Mar 2025Refused

  to construct an extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling and permission for change of use to 4 No. apartments consisting of 4 No. 1 bedroom apartment with modifications to front parking area rebuilding existing wall and proposed parking to the rear and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560106

• 25 Feb 2025N/a

  for a new vehicular entrance and double parking space, including works to footpath, including all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2515

• 19 Feb 2025Conditional

  for alterations and extension to existing building to include for alterations to first floor front windows, for internal alterations to existing layout and for a two-storey rear extension (52.0M2) all to property located

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560073

• 29 Jan 2025Conditional

  to retain domestic garage as constructed and associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560036

• 16 Jan 2025Conditional

  for a change to the position on site of a permitted two storey waste management compound building under Planning Ref No P24-60508 to be erected to the rear of Newpark Hotel

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560017

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Newpark Marsh 000845

Recorded monuments

• KK019-026044 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KK019-026178 Graveyard
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Mount Verdant, house, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built 1895, with two-bay two-storey side (west) elevation. Extended, 1906, comprising single-bay two-storey linking bay leading to single-bay two-storey projecting bay to north-east. One of a group of three. Hipped slate roof (continuing into shared pitched section to side (west) elevation; roof to linking bay not visible behind parapet; pitched to projecting bay) with clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond chimney stacks (rendered chimney stacks to projecting bay), rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves having corbels. Ivy-clad unpainted rendered walls with parapet to linking bay having cut-stone coping. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (single arrangement to side (west) elevation) with cut-stone or rendered sills, rendered surrounds, and one-over-one timber sash windows having two-over-two timber sash windows to side (west) elevation. Segmental-headed door opening with rendered pilaster surround, timber panelled door, sidelights on panelled risers, and overlight. Set in own grounds perpendicular to road with landscaped grounds to site having random rubble stone boundary wall, and side (west) elevation fronting on to road having sections of iron railings to front on rendered plinth.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built 1895. One of a group of three. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on eaves having corbels. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone or rendered sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having overlight. Interior with timber panelled reveals/shutters to window openings. Road fronted with sections of iron railings to front on rendered plinth.

• House, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey over part-raised basement house, built 1902, on a corner site. Pitched slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge tiles, decorative timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted rendered walls with rendered vermiculated quoins to ends. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, moulded rendered surrounds, and two-over-two timber sash windows having fixed-pane timber windows to basement with iron bars. Square-headed door opening with three steps, moulded pilaster doorcase having fluted consoles supporting entablature, moulded rendered surround, and glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Interior with timber panelled reveals/shutters to window openings. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.

• Bridge, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of single-span railway bridge over road, opened 1865. Closed, 1963, with most of bridge dismantled. Broken coursed rock-faced cut-limestone walls with abutment walls having cut-limestone coping, and remains of tooled limestone ashlar piers over having cut-limestone coping. Road fronted.

• James Stephens Barracks, barracks, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached thirty-three-bay two-storey Classical-style building, opened 1803, on a symmetrical plan comprising three-bay two-storey projecting central block with single-bay double-height pedimented breakfront having round-headed carriageway to ground floor, and fifteen-bay two-storey recessed lateral wings. Mostly refenestrated. Hipped slate roofs (behind parapet to central block incorporating gable to breakfront) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond and rendered chimney stacks, limestone ashlar belvedere to apex to breakfront on a square plan (with round-headed apertures on cut-limestone chamfered stringcourse, cut-limestone stringcourse to spring of arch supporting cut-limestone voussoirs having keystones, louvered timber panel fittings, frieze supporting carved cut-limestone cornice, and blocking course over on an octagonal plan), and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves (concealed cast-iron rainwater goods to central block). Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls to central block on cut-conglomerate stone plinth with rendered stringcourse to ground floor, rendered stringcourse supporting frieze, carved cut-limestone cornice supporting blocking course with pediment to breakfront having clock-face to tympanum in moulded surround, and painted roughcast walls to wings having rendered stringcourse to first floor. Square-headed window openings (in round-headed recesses to ground floor central block; originally in tripartite arrangement to first floor central block) with cut-limestone sills (forming part of stringcourse to wings), and replacement uPVC casement windows retaining six-over-six timber sash windows throughout. Round-headed carriageway to breakfront with cut-conglomerate stone block-and-start surround, and no fittings. Square-headed door openings to wings with cut-limestone steps, painted cut-stone block-and-start surrounds having double keystones, and replacement timber panelled doors having overlights. Square-headed door openings to wings with cut-limestone steps, rendered surrounds, and timber boarded doors having overlights with iron bars. Set back from road with section of stone cobbling to front.(ii) Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding, built 1803, to north. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Coursed squared rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds, and six-over-six timber sash windows.(iii) Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding, built 1803, to east. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Coursed squared rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins to corners, coursed dressed limestone pier to side (south-east) elevation having dressed limestone quoins to corners, and dressed limestone coping supporting iron water tank. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds, and six-over-six timber sash windows.

• Kilkenny Model National School, school master's house, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Archival Description [Demolished ----]: Detached three-bay two-storey national school teachers' house, built 1938, on a T-shaped plan; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey central return (north). Vacated, 1999. Burnt, 2003. Disused, 2004. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having chamfered stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, concrete coping to gables on corbel kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered base. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (ground floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing boarded-up six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement centred on square-headed window openings (first floor) with concrete sill course, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights centred on six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (north) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in overgrown grounds on a corner site with roughcast piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting flat iron double gates.

• Saint Maul's Graveyard, unknown, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted inscribed cut-stone plaque, dated 1889. Set in unpainted roughcast boundary wall.

• Peace Park, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, c.1850, comprising pair of tooled rusticated limestone ashlar piers with inscribed benchmark, cut-limestone date stone/plaque (1989), and iron double gates having cast-iron finials. Renovated, 1989, with capping removed. Road fronted.

• Saint Maul's Graveyard, graveyard/cemetery, 1780–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cemetery with group of seven cut-stone grave markers, 1785-1960. Set back from line of road on elevated site with random rubble stone boundary wall, 1889, to perimeter of site.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built 1895. Extensively renovated. One of a group of three. Pitched (shared) roof with replacement artificial slate, clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on eaves having corbels. Painted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone or rendered sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening with rendered block-and-start surround having double keystone, and replacement glazed uPVC panelled door having overlight. Interior with timber panelled reveals/shutters to window openings. Road fronted with sections of iron railings to front on rendered plinth.

• James Stephens Barracks, barracks, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of detached nine-bay two-storey buildings, built 1803. Mostly refenestrated. Hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond and rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered walls with painted roughcast walls having rendered stringcourse to first floor. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills (forming part of stringcourse to first floor), and replacement uPVC casement windows retaining some six-over-six timber sash windows throughout. Square-headed door openings with cut-limestone steps, painted cut-stone block-and-start surrounds having double keystones, and replacement timber panelled doors having overlights. Set back from road in grounds shared with James Stephens (Kilkenny City) Military Barracks with painted rendered linking gate screen (comprising round-headed carriageway with round-headed recessed lower flanking openings forming 'Triumphal' tripartite arrangement with rendered stringcourses to spring of arches, rendered keystones, frieze to centre supporting carved cornice having blocking course with raised central panel, and rendered coping to flanking openings), and sections of stone cobbling.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, c.1900. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered channelled piers to ends. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, rendered surrounds, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with rendered surround, and timber panelled door. Set back from line of road with unpainted rendered boundary wall supporting iron railings having rendered piers, pyramidal capping, and iron gate.

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 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_2183 (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 Newpark Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Newpark Lower · An Pháirc Nua Íochtarach

Area

606,433 m² (60.64 ha, 149.85 acres)

Civil parish

St. Maul'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

Friarsinch, Gardens, Glendine, Neworchard, Newpark Upper, Pennefatherslot, Roachpond, Seixeslough

Placenames

Newpark Lower 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.