Bolton

219 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bolton, from 8 m² to 146,843 m² (14.68 ha, 36.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 191 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industrial (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space / GI (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Low Density Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 30 Jun 2026N/a

  for: (a) 1 no. full size all-weather synthetic (astro) playing pitch, (b) 2 no. 5-a-side all-weather synthetic (astro) playing pitches, (c) alterations to existing grass pitch, (d) relocation of existing storage container together with all associated perimeter fencing, ball stop netting, walking/ footpath, drainage, lighting all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660413

• 3 Jun 2026N/a

  permission for the following development at Bolton, Callan, Co. Kilkenny.. The proposed development will comprise of: -Demolition of 3 No. partially constructed 2-storey houses and existing houses bases, -Construction of 97 No. residential units including 66 No. three-bedroom 2-storey houses, 15 No. two-bedroom 2-storey houses, and 16 No. one bedroom own-door apartments in 4 No. two-storey buildings, -Construction of a single storey creche building with associated car parking (13 car park spaces), -Construction of 2 No. communal bin & bike store buildings, -Provision of 146 on-curtilage car parking spaces and 39 on-street car parking spaces to a total of 185 car parking spaces, -Completion of existing road network and underground services as previously commenced under planning reference 06/405 (now expired), -Provision of vehicular and pedestrian entrance from the neighbouring Roselawn estate at the location previously designated under planning reference 06/405 (now expired), -Provision of a construction access from the R698, and -All other ancillary site development works to facilitate construction, site services & piped infrastructure, public lighting, boundary treatments, and hard and soft landscaping.

  Permission, 81 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2660332

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  The construction of a dwelling house, Garage, Wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560300

• 8 May 2025N/a

  to construct 5 no. additional car parking spaces to existing residential estate with all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560245

• 29 Jan 2024Unconditional

  of Planning Permission Ref P18/124

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 248

• 21 Jun 2023Conditional

  for proposed works to our dwelling, the works include modifications to existing front elevation, proposed side and rear extensions, conversion of existing attic to habitable space and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360267

• 17 Feb 2023Conditional

  to retain existing garage and store and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2341

• 1 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct a rear extension to dwelling with all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22123

• 21 Dec 2020Conditional

  for proposed development which will consist of a 20kV grid connection from the consented Ballytobin Solar Farm to the existing 38kV ESB substation south of Callan Co.Kilkenny. The grid connection is 3.6km long. The grid connection line will consist of c.496m of overhead line and c.3.1km of underground cable. The cable ducting will be located in the existing road verge and in the road itself with short section of c.25m on the solar farm to connect to the overhead line. The applicaiton is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). An appropiate period of 10 years (ie.duration of the planning permission to construct the development) is sought, with an operational life of up to 30 years after the date of commissioning

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20899

• 28 Oct 2020Conditional

  to install LED down lights to illuminate an amenity walkway around the perimeter of the GAA club grounds and all associated site works on lands at John Lockes GAA Grounds

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20721

• 28 May 2019Conditional

  to construct a two storey extension to side of existing dwelling together with all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19369

• 18 Jan 2019Conditional

  * Provision of 85 No. two storey dwellings comprising 6 No. 2 bed mid terrace units, 36 No. 3 bed mid & end terrace units, 30 No. 3 bed semi-detached units, 10 No. 4 bed semi-detached units and 3 No. 4 bed detached units; * Provision of 235 sqm single storey crèche and associated car parking; * Completion of existing road network and underground services as previously commenced under planning reference 06/405 (now expired); * Provision of entrance from neighbouring Roselawn estate at location previously designated under planning reference 06/405 (now expired); * All associated site development works

  Permission, 35 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 1917

• 22 Feb 2018Conditional

  for development. The development will comprise of (a) completion of existing estate roads and footpaths previously granted under original planning reference 05-1835 (b) completion of existing open space and provision of new open space amenity (c) 53 no. dwelling houses comprising 46 no. 2 level semi-detached dwellings, 7 no. 2 level terraced dwellings and 5 no. detached garages. (d) provision of foul and surface water via connection to existing foul and surface water sewer (e) site landscaping and all associated site works at

  Permission, 49 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 18124

• 5 Sept 2017Conditional

  permission and retention permission in relation to 15 no. courtyard/terrace type houses with associated site development works and services as granted planning permission file no. P05/1050, for: (A) Planning permission for alterations to existing site works and services, together with: (B) Retention permission for alterations to the existing 15 no. houses, associated site works and services

  Permission, 15 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 17585

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

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bolton.

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3416 (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 Bolton with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Bolton · Bóltan

Area

537,796 m² (53.78 ha, 132.89 acres)

Civil parish

Callan, and its townlands

Barony

Callan

Electoral division

Callan Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Callan Rural electoral division: 1,932 people in 628 households; 82% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baunta Commons, Callan South, Cannafahy, Cappass, Drimeen

Placenames

Bolton 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.