Drakeland Middle

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drakeland Middle, from 6 m² to 316,800 m² (31.68 ha, 78.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1Agriculture
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 Oct 2025Conditional

  for a change of use to convert the existing garage to a single residential dwelling. The proposed area for the change of use is approximately 50 SM. The development will include new windows and a door externally and partitioning off the interior space to create a one-bedroom dwelling. The building is in the curtilage of Protected Structure C999, “The Gate Lodge”

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560637

• 25 Sept 2025N/a

  for a change of use to convert the existing garage to a single residential dwelling. The proposed area for the change of use is approximately 50 SM. The development will include new windows and a door externally and partitioning off the interior space to create a one-bedroom dwelling. The building is in the curtilage of Protected Structure C999, “The Gate Lodge”

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560619

• 9 Jul 2025Conditional

  for development. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of Protected Structures Ref. C1000, C1002 and C330. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560416

• 16 Apr 2025N/a

  for development at this site. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560202

• 7 Nov 2024Conditional

  of a garage / storage shed (Circa 61.5M2) erected to the rear of our property

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460532

• 11 Oct 2024Conditional

  to retain (a) single storey side and rear extensions to existing single storey dwelling (b) 1 no. detached single storey garage (c) 2 no. detached single storey storage shed (d) 1 no. single storey detached glass house. Including all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 24123

• 30 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission to retain indefinitely 3 single storey sheds and all associated site works to rear of property

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2450

• 22 Apr 2024N/a

  to retain indefinitely 3 single storey sheds and all associated site works to the rear of property

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2448

• 31 Jan 2024N/a

  to retain (A) Single storey side and rear extensions (B) Single storey garage (C) 2 no. detached storage sheds (D) 1 no. single storey detached glass house, including all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2411

• 21 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new access road on to the Ballycallan Road (R695) to serve the Castle Blunden Estate. The existing substandard access road on to the Ballycallan Road (R695) is to be decommissioned. Works to include a new bellmouth entrance and all other ancillary site works, at the above address. The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of a Protected Structure, Ref C1002 and C330, Castleblunden farmyard complex and Castleblunden Country House

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21790

• 20 Jul 2021Conditional

  for a new single storey three bedroom dwelling, waste water treatment system plus all associated site works (access provided by existing site entrance as permitted under reference P12/344)

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21617

• 9 Jul 2020N/a

  for construction of a forestry/agricultural access road and bellmouth entrance adjoining the public road and all other ancillary works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20440

• 20 Feb 2018Conditional

  for development to include a two storey 37 bedroom 1864 square meter floor area extension to the Northern side of the existing nursing home, a two storey 33 bedroom 1362 square meter floor area extension to the South Western side of the existing nursing home, a two storey 46 square meter floor area extension to the laundry area and a 36 square meter detached single storey storage building on the South Eastern portion of the site and a single storey 44 square meter extension to existing plantroom at North Western portion of the site. The bedroom extensions include associated bathrooms, sitting rooms, dining rooms, lifts, stairwells, circulation and ancillary areas. The development will also include associated siteworks and landscaping works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18114

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  for development to include the retention of modifications to approved plans with relevant planning references P14/480, P10/328, P14-481, P09/827. Works to be retained include additional ground floor sluice room area of 12 square metres, additional first floor female staffroom area of 12 square metres, additional first floor sitting room of 45 square metres, and a revised layout of 104 square metres single storey detached plantroom to the rear of the nursing home in the location of a permitted 98 square metres plantroom, and all associated works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 17871

• 18 Jul 2017Conditional

  to retain; 3 number single storey domestic sheds to the rear of their existing dwelling, and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 17479

• 5 May 2017Conditional

  retention for a family flat and permission for a link structure between the family flat and the existing dwelling and all associated works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 17290

• 8 Mar 2017Conditional

  to retain a detached single storey shed

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 17139

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 Drakeland Middle.

Recorded monuments

• KK019-033 Enclosure
  Description

  Surrounded by grass. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 35m E-W) enclosed by a wide, waterlogged fosse (Wth 2-5m). The enclosure is overgrown with trees and scrub. Three field boundaries run up to the monument, one running N-S into the N sector, one running NE-SW into the NE sector and another running roughly E-W into the S sector. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 October 2020

Architectural heritage

• Blunden Villa, house, 1843–1861 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) single-storey over part raised basement house, extant 1863, on a square plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular or U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having rendered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves boards on slightly overhanging rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of eight cut-limestone steps between wrought iron railings with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings ("cheeks") with concealed dressings framing margined fittings. Segmental-headed door opening into house with threshold, timber doorcase with pilasters supporting shallow cornice, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings (basement) with concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings originally in tripartite arrangement (ground floor) with concealed dressings framing replacement casement windows. Square-headed window openings (side elevations) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-six (basement) or six-over-six (ground floor) timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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 Drakeland Middle, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2149 (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.

No address of the register names Drakeland Middle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Drakeland Middle · Ráth Chluainte Láir

Area

909,782 m² (90.98 ha, 224.81 acres)

Civil parish

St. Patrick's, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelogher

Electoral division

Kilkenny Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

18,603 people lived in 6,480 households in the Kilkenny Rural electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castleblunden, Dicksborough, Drakeland Lower, Drakeland Upper, Kylebeg, Mortgage Fields, Poulgour

Placenames

Drakeland Middle 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.