Seskin

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seskin, from 167 m² to 67,822 m² (6.78 ha, 16.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 Seskin 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.

• 10 Jul 2026N/a

  RED III development which will consist of a 10-year permission for the construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development on a site spanning approximately 65.9 hectares. It will comprise ground-mounted solar PV panels installed on steel support structures, along with 17 no. transformers, underground cabling including a cable route connecting to the IPP Substation Building consented under Planning Reference 2260420, perimeter fencing with secure access gates, 43 no. closed-circuit television cameras on posts, 3 no. temporary construction compounds, new and upgraded access tracks, and associated landscaping and ancillary works. The site will be accessed from four existing access points off the L-8210, which dissects the Application Site, three of which will be upgraded to facilitate access. The development will have an operational capacity of up to 53.1 megawatt peak and is designed to operate for 40 years from the date of commissioning. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will accompany the planning application.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660672

• 24 Feb 2026N/a

  RED III application for the development, consisting of the construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development on a site spanning approximately 65.6 hectares. It will comprise ground-mounted solar PV panels installed on steel support structures, along with 17 no. transformers, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with secure access gates, 43 no. closed-circuit television cameras on posts, 3 no. temporary construction compounds, new and upgraded access tracks, and associated landscaping and ancillary works. The site will be accessed from four existing access points off the L-8210, which dissects the application site, three of which will be upgraded to facilitate access. The development will have an operational capacity of up to 53.1 megawatt peak and is designed to operate for 40 years from the date of commissioning. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will accompany the planning application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660157

• 12 Sept 2024Conditional

  development which will consist of a 10-year planning permission to construct and complete a synchronous condenser and battery storage development with a total site area of c. 1.3 hectares comprising of 40 no. battery energy storage units, 5 no. twin skid structures, 1 no. synchronous condenser, 1 no. generator circuit breaker, 1 no. auxiliary transformer and bund, 1 no. step-up transformer and bund, 5 no. control modules, 1 no. cooler unit, 1 no. emergency diesel generator and fuel tank, 1 no. single storey storage container, CCTV cameras, security fencing, access gates, access track, landscaping works, internal cabling and ancillary infrastructure works. The synchronous condenser and battery energy storage development would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with the application

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460763

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  (i) alterations to site entrance, (ii) the boundary wall and piers to the south and west of the site, (iii) the internal wall to facilitate the ESB services, (iv) the hardcore gravel area, (v) the shed and storage container on site and associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 22685

• 16 Aug 2022Conditional

  a solar PV development on a 92 ha site consisting of: - The erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 198 no. string inverters attached to selected ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 8 no. transformer units, underground cabling, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; - 3 no. site entrances with access gates utilizing existing farm field entrances which will be upgraded and internal accesses; - 1 no. on-site IPP switching substation and associated works abutting the existing Cauteen 110kv substation; - a temporary construction compound; and - all associated ancillary development works; at Barnanalleen, Moanmore and Seskin, County Tipperary. The development can operate as an independent solar PV development and in conjunction with the solar PV developments permitted under planning permission references 17/600456 and 21/1109. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application.

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260420

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  extension to farmyard consisting of cattle shed with underground slurry storage and a fodder store

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21813

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 Seskin.

Recorded monuments

• TS058-083 Barrow - embanked barrow
  Description

  In improved, generally level, wet pasture. A sub-circular area (dims. 14m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a low bank (overall Wth 2.3m; Wth at top 0.6m; int. H 0.18m; ext. H 0.45m) at SW and NW, elsewhere the bank is reduced to scarp (Wth 0.85m; H 0.3m) and an outer fosse (Wth 2.35-2.45m; D 0.05-0.15m). The scarp and fosse have been straightened across the NE sector. The interior is generally level and is planted with blackthorn trees. There are numerous undulations across the field to SW and SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Seskin, about 1 in 10 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Seskin.

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 Seskin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Seskin · An Seisceann

Area

960,944 m² (96.09 ha, 237.45 acres)

Civil parish

Solloghodmore, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Drumwood, the unit of the census

Census 2022

626 people lived in 198 households in the Drumwood electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnanalleen, Cauteen, Clonbrick, Drumwood, Knockphelagh, Moanmore

Placenames

Seskin 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.