Scotsborough
Scotsborough is a townland in the civil parish of Killaloe, barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny. Its name in Irish is Baile an Scotaigh.
Parcel 819210
- Area
- 1,086 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 72 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Scotsborough
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3422 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 124 ha
- 306 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 6,010 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Scotsborough, from 127 m² to 235,771 m² (23.58 ha, 58.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Scotsborough 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 Jun 2024Conditional
temporary road widening works and construction of temporary sections of stoned roads and all ancillary development on the R691 and L-2107-2 at bends and junctions to enable the delivery of turbine components to consist of: • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road located adjacent to the R691 in the townland of Harleypark to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. The works will require a temporary bridge crossing and all associated drainage and sediment protection, temporary works and storage area, temporary stockpiles and demolition and reinstatement of a section of stone wall to accommodate the works. • Temporary widening of section of the R691 in the townland of Harleypark to accommodate abnormal load deliveries comprising construction of a stoned area on a bend. • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road adjacent to the R691 in the townland of Harleypark to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. Works include the demolition and reinstatement of a section of stone wall to accommodate the works. • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road off the R691 at a second location in the townland of Harleypark to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. Works include the demolition and reinstatement of a section of stone wall to accommodate the works. • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road off the R691 and L-2107-2 in the townland of Ballingarry Upper to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. Works include the demolition and reinstatement of 2 no. sections of stone wall to accommodate the works. • Temporary widening of a section of the L-2107-2 in the townland of Gortnasmuttaun comprising construction of a stoned area at the wind farm entrance to accommodate abnormal load deliveries - An NIS is submitted with the application
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460514
21 Jun 2024Conditional
for the proposed development to consist of temporary road widening works and construction of temporary sections of stoned roads and all ancillary works on the R691 and R695 at bends and junctions to enable the delivery of turbine components. These works consist of; • Temporary widening of section of the R691 in the townland of Booly comprising construction of a stoned area to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road off the R691 and R695 in the townland of Ballyclovan to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road off the R691 in the townland of Scotsborough to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. The works at this location will include construction of a temporary bridge crossing and all associated drainage and sediment protection, a temporary crane hardstand, temporary welfare facilities and carparking, temporary refuelling area, temporary bridge assembly area and temporary stockpiles. Advisory Note: There are also works required in County Tipperary, and a separate amendment planning application will be made for these to Tipperary County Council. The planning application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460291
19 Apr 2021N/a
to develop a two-storey sustainable dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank system and percolation area, roadside entrance and all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21299
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Scotsborough.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Scotsborough.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Scotsborough.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Scotsborough, about 1 in 5 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 Scotsborough.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Scotsborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Scotsborough · Baile an Scotaigh
- Area
- 1,240,018 m² (124 ha, 306.42 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaloe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shillelogher
- Electoral division
- Scotsborough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 174 people lived in 64 households in the Scotsborough electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughnacrumpane (Co. Tipperary), Ballyline, Cappahayden, Harleypark (Co. Tipperary), Lakyle, Whitehouse
- Placenames
- Scotsborough 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.