Roachpond

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roachpond, from 12 m² to 33,888 m² (3.39 ha, 8.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2General Business (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 24 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

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

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  to construct a single storey manufacturing shed to the side of existing dwelling. Also, planning permission to retain and demolish (A) Single storey side extension to existing two storey dwelling (B) Single storey detached storage shed. Also permission to reatan (C) Single storey rear extension to dwelling (D) Raised decking area to rear of dwelling, including all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2590

• 9 Aug 2025Refused

  for Development at the Existing IMC Cinema Complex. The development will consist of the following: 1. Construction and provision of a part two-storey and part single-storey fast food restaurant with ‘drive thru’ facility. 2. Illuminated external restaurant signage. 3. Erection of an entrance height restrictor with signage. 4. 1 no. illuminated free standing menu display sign. 5. 2 no. ordering kiosks. 6. Driveway with access point off the existing private car park. 7. 2 no. parking bays. 8. Outdoor seating area. 9. Construction and provision a single storey retail unit. 10. Illuminated external retail unit signage. 11. Alterations to the existing carpark layout and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560507

• 31 Jul 2024Conditional

  for development at a site measuring c3.91 hectares, situated on lands known locally as the former Mart site located at New Road, Castlecomer Road and Old Mart Street, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of a mixed residential and retail development with a total gross floor area of c.13,165sqm and will include: 1. 80 no. residential units (comprising 17 no. houses, 17no. duplexes, 46 no. apartments) and 1no. assisted care unit in 8no. blocks (c. 7,489sqm total gross floor area), along with 90 no. car parking spaces, public open space, communal space, private space for dwellings, private balconies and terraces for duplex and apartment units, hard and soft landscaping, lighting, play area, bin and bike stores and all other associated site development works, service and utility connections. 2. The development proposes a new vehicular and pedestrian access to the residential development off New Road between Block B and Block F. A new bus stop is provided on Castlecomer Road with pedestrian/cycle access and a pedestrian plaza. 3. The total 80 no. residential units and 1 no. assisted care unit will be provided as follows: * Block A (2 storeys) will comprise 3 no. 3-bed houses and 1no. 4-bed house. * Block B (2 storeys) will comprise 3 no. 3-bed houses and 1 no. 4-bed house. * Block C (2 storeys) will comprise 4no. 3-bed houses and 2no. 4-bed houses. * Block D (2 storeys) will comprise 2no. 3-bed houses and 1no. 4-bed house. * Block E (part single and part 3 storey) will comprise 3no. 3-bed duplexes over 1no. 4-bed assisted care unit at ground floor level. * Block F (3 storeys) will comprise 6no. 1-bed apartments and 12no. 2-bed apartments. * Block G (4 storeys) will comprise 16no. 2-bed apartments and 8no. 3-bed duplexes. * Block H (4 storeys) will comprise 12no. 2-bed apartments and 6no. 3-bed duplexes. 4. Blocks I and J are accessed from a new vehicular junction off Old Mart Street along with a toucan crossing point and pedestrian/cycle access. Block I consists of 1no. single storey retail unit of c. 5,387sqm gross floor area (c. 2,598sqm convenience net sales area and c. 845sqm comparison net sales area) including a licensed alcohol sales area, a community room (c. 28sqm), deposit return scheme, storage areas, ancillary offices, staff facilities, cage marshalling area, bin storage, service yard including grocery home shopping delivery vehicle docking area, dedicated service vehicle entrance from Ca

  Permission, 18 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 24100

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  for a Change of Use of part of the existing Ground Floor Retail Unit 2 to Doctors Surgery/Clinic and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360288

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  for the relocation of a single storey detached building comprising an ESB sub-station with switch room and a recycling unit, to service a 90 bed 3 storey Nursing Home (granted planning permission under Pl Ref. No. 16403) and all associated site development works. Alterations to above-mentioned single storey detached building shall include (a) the change of the previously permitted enclosed recycling unit to an external recycling area, (b) the proposed addition of a new water tank room (c) the proposed addition of a new generator room

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22237

• 10 Sept 2021Conditional

  for material alterations to the existing ground floor retail unit comprising of (1) the amalgamation of the existing 3 no. retail units into 2 no. retail units (2) alterations to the existing external facades of the building (3) new shop fronts and (4) all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21768

• 10 Sept 2021Conditional

  for (1) the change of use of part of the existing ground floor from residential to retail use (2) alterations to the existing external facades of the building (3) a new shop front and (4) all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21769

• 23 Jun 2021Refused

  for development at this site at the rear. The development will consist of the provision of a new temporary car park for a period of up to 5 years, containing 62 no. car parking spaces; minor alterations to the existing vehicular entrances off Barrack Street; provision of signage to the southern gable elevation of 14 Barack Street; part removal of existing boundary fencing to provide pedestrian access to the adjacent cinema site; together with all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21545

• 17 May 2021Conditional

  for a change of use of an existing first floor apartment to commercial use

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21422

• 26 Jan 2021Conditional

  for development of a 123No.bed Hotel with Public Bar and Restaurant at a 0.26 ha site. The site is bounded by a disused railway viaduct to the northeast, Johns Green to the southeast,Wolfe Tone Street to the southwest, and an existing medical centre to the Northwest. The site includes a former hospital which is a Protected Structure (RPS Ref B112).(No works are proposed to the viaduct which is outside of the subject site).The development will consist of the demolition of:a single storey detached Gate Lodge to the southeast (125sqm);a single storey out building to the east of the site(19sqm); extensions to the former hospital (including the front porch,two single storey rear extensions,and the two-storeyextension to the southeast(399sqm);a 23m length of boundary wall to Wolfe Tone Street,to the southwest, to provide a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance and a further 4.9m length to accommodate an ESB substation;and a 1m length of boundary wall to Johns Green to the southeast to widen the existing pedestrian gate. The development will also consist of the refurbishment and adaptive reuse of the retained(751sqm) three-storey over basement level former hospital (most recently in use as a tourist hostel) as a hotel including; Elevational works and refurbishment including painting of render and localised repair;repair and relocation of a historic window from the side to the front elevation and replacement of non-original windows;provision of front door and limestone door surround, and replacement of other non-historic doors;Opening up,closing off and alterations to selected external opes; Changes to ground levels to front of building to reveal basement level windows and construction of glass balustrade to sides of front entrance; Repair and/or replacement of roof slates,flashing,ridge pieces,rainwater goods,chimneys; Internal works to comprise repair of historic internal plaster and joinery, alterations to opes,subdivision of rooms, removal and replacement of non-original fixtures and fittings, upgrading for fire protection and thermal performance and damp proofing,and the introduction of services. The development will also consist of the construction of:2 No. three-storey extensions to the rear(northeast) of the retained building(132sqm&48sqm) and the construction to the side(southeast) of a 5 storey over Basement Level extension(3552sqm) with set back upper level, roof plant and an underpass, with connections to the existing building from Basement Level etc

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2132

• 25 Feb 2020Conditional

  for development at this site at the IMC Cinemas, Barrack Street & Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny which was constructed under the previously approved development as granted under Planning Reference Number 15/76 and An Bord Pleanala Reference Number: PL 10.245155. The development consists of the following: -Retention of the sub-division of the previously approved screens 04 & 05 (236 seats in total), into 3 no. screens, each containing 60 seats (180 in total). -Retention of the relocation of the proposed Staff Room, Office & Popcorn Store from Foyer Level to Entrance Level and the retention of an additional Screen 12 containing 23 seats within this area on Foyer Level. -Retention of additional back of house areas on entrance level -The reduction in overall seat numbers from 1,444 seats to 1,250 seats. -Retention for the re-direction of the pedestrian connection to Barrack Street through an existing entrance to the site and the non-demolition of an existing two-storey commercial building along Barrack Street, with a floor area of 342m2 -Retention for the re-configuration of the car parking area, to include the provision of an additional 34 no. car parking spaces.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 20113

• 17 Oct 2018Conditional

  permission for development. The development will consist of: replace pedestrian door with garage door, demolish existing bathroom and replace with flat roof extension consisting of wet room, bedroom, kitchen/living area/utility room

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18691

• 9 Aug 2018Conditional

  for development. The development will consist of:- demolishing of existing garage and two storey extension to the rear of the main house:- construction of a new two storey extension to the rear of the main house and new garage together with a provision of one bedroom above the garage and rain water harvesting system under the garage floor:- rise of the ground floor level of the new extension to 53.75m (i.e. front door level) following by rise of the roof ridge:- all associated site works complied with local authority requirements

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18539

• 27 Feb 2018Conditional

  for 2 new single storey extensions to the rear and side of existing two storey dwelling and all site and ancillary works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18133

• 15 Feb 2018Conditional

  for demolition of existing garage, boiler house, removal of existing front of boundary plastered block wall (approx. 1.2 metre high), removal of existing side boundary plastered block wall (approx. 2 metre high), removal of existing dividing boundary plastered block wall (approx. 1.8 metre high), removal of existing shared vehicular entrance. Planning Permission is also sought for the provision of a new 2.4 metre high double sided stone wall to the front boundary, side boundary, portion of the rear boundary, and to the dividing boundary between the two existing dwellings. Planning permission is also sought for two new vehicular splayed entrances to serve both dwellings with stone entrance piers and wrought iron gates electronically operated. Planning permission is also sought for the construction of a new double garage. Together with all other associated site works, all at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18100

• 14 Nov 2017Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a stand alone ESB sub-station and switch room building, to include for all associated ancillary site works. The proposed sub-station and switch room building will be constructed within the site boundary of the previously approved development as granted under Planning Reference Number 15/76 and An Bord Pleanala Reference Number PL.10.245155

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17745

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 Roachpond.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Roachpond.

Architectural heritage

• Padmore and Barnes, factory, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay double-height saw tooth-roofed shoe factory, built 1934. Series of eight pitched corrugated-asbestos roofs forming saw tooth-profiled roof with clay ridge tiles, iron-clad polygonal vents to apexes on square-profiled bases, concrete coping, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods having fluted pedestals. Painted roughcast walls with rendered band supporting painted rendered walls to gables. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and iron casement windows. Square-headed door openings with three concrete steps, and timber panelled double doors having overlights. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

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

  Inset cut-limestone block, installed 1803, with inscribed benchmarks. Set in unpainted rendered boundary wall on a corner site.

• James Stephens Barracks, church/chapel, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height Gothic-style single-cell Church of Ireland chapel, built 1852. Converted to use as outbuilding, 1970. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gables having limestone ashlar gabled bellcote to apex to south-west (on limestone ashlar base with pointed-arch aperture having cut-limestone course to spring of arch, bell now missing, and cut-limestone coping to gable having Fleur-de-Lys finial to apex), and cast-iron rainwater goods on carved cut-limestone eaves cornice. Random tooled cut-limestone walls with limestone ashlar stepped buttresses (clasping to corners) having cut-limestone coping. Pointed-arch window openings grouped in three-part arrangement (in tripartite arrangement to chancel; single arrangement to gable to south-west) with cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals, hood mouldings over, and fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing with margins. Pointed-arch door openings (pair of pointed-arch door openings to north-east) with three cut-limestone steps having cast-iron bootscraper, cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals, hood moulding over, and replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door in tongue-and-groove timber panel (cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds to north-east having chamfered reveals, hood mouldings over, and replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors in tongue-and-groove timber panels). Set back from road in grounds shared with James Stephens (Kilkenny City) Military Barracks with coursed dressed limestone boundary wall to perimeter of partitioned site having cut-limestone coping supporting iron railings, limestone ashlar piers having cut-limestone capping, and iron double gates having cast-iron finials.

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

  Group of three detached five-bay two-storey buildings, built 1803, on L-shaped plans about a shared courtyard with nine-bay two-storey returns. Individually renovated. Hipped slate roofs on L-shaped plans with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond and rendered chimney stacks, slightly sproketed swept eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls to front (south-west) elevations on cut-conglomerate stone plinth with rendered stringcourse to ground floor, and painted roughcast walls to remainder having rendered stringcourse to first floor. Square-headed window openings (in round-headed recesses to ground floor front (south-west) elevations) with cut-limestone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows retaining 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 timber panelled doors having overlights. Set back from road in grounds shared with James Stephens (Kilkenny City) Military Barracks about a shared courtyard with painted rendered linking gate screens (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.

• James Stephens Barracks, officer's house, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built 1852. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on limestone ashlar plinths, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Coursed tooled dressed limestone walls with tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, tooled cut-limestone keystones, and six-over-six timber sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with tooled cut-limestone voussoirs, tongue-and-groove timber panelled door having fixed-pane timber sidelights, and fanlight. Set back from road in grounds shared with James Stephens (Kilkenny City) Military Barracks.

• James Stephens Barracks, building misc, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey building, built 1849, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey return to north-east. Refenestrated. Now in use as offices. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, tooled cut-limestone buttressed chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Coursed tooled squared limestone walls with tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds incorporating voussoirs, and replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening with cut-limestone step, tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround, and replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Set back from road in grounds shared with James Stephens (Kilkenny City) Military Barracks.

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

  Detached four-bay single-storey gate lodge, built 1803, on a corner site with single-bay single-storey recessed lower end bay to right. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Coursed tooled cut-limestone walls with tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings in round-headed recesses (forming part of 'arcade' with unpainted rendered infill, cut-limestone stringcourse to spring of arch, and tooled cut-limestone voussoirs) with painted shallow sills, and six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings in round-headed recesses (forming part of 'arcade' with unpainted rendered infill, cut-limestone stringcourse to spring of arch, and tooled cut-limestone voussoirs) with cut-limestone steps, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors having overlights. Camber-headed window opening to end bay with cut-limestone surround incorporating voussoirs, and fixed-pane fitting having iron bars. Square-headed door opening to end bay with cut-limestone step, cut-limestone voussoirs, and fittings not discernible. Set in grounds shared with James Stephens (Kilkenny City) Military Barracks on a corner site.

• James Stephens Barracks, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, built 1803, comprising segmental-headed carriageway with cut-limestone piers, cut-limestone stringcourse to spring of arch, cut-limestone voussoirs having keystone, double gates, frieze supporting carved cut-limestone cornice having blocking course with raised central block, unpainted rendered flanking boundary wall incorporating square-headed blind gateways (probably originally open as pedestrian gateways) with cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having double keystones, and chamfered coping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of James Stephens (Kilkenny City) Military Barracks.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, c.1900, probably incorporating fabric of earlier range, pre-1840, on site. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered (shared) chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls with painted rendered quoins to end. Square-headed window openings with painted sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

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 low, 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 Roachpond with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Roachpond · Lochán an Róistigh

Area

132,862 m² (13.29 ha, 32.83 acres)

Civil parish

St. John's, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Kilkenny No. 2 Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilkenny No. 2 Urban electoral division: 4,118 people in 1,675 households; 51% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gardens, Newpark Lower, Pennefatherslot

Placenames

Roachpond 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.