Bishop's Demesne

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bishop's Demesne, from 9,768 m² (0.98 ha, 2.41 acres) to 19,684 m² (1.97 ha, 4.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.

• G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industrial/Warehousing (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Jan 2024Conditional

  for works to the existing out-buildings and the area outside the Waterbarracks entrance at Kilcreene Lodge, Kilcreene, Co. Kilkenny. The development site is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure ‘Kilcreene Lodge’ Ref B117 and NIAH Ref. 12401927. The alterations will consist of the demolition of one no. out building, extension and alterations to two outbuildings, the construction of three stables and one new outbuilding. Upgrade works are also proposed to the area outside the entrance at the Waterbarracks to include, new bollards, kerbing and resurfacing the roadway and all associated site development and ancillary works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460031

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  proposed single storey Substation and Switch room, proposed underground cable to connect to ESB supply, and all associated site works at Palmerstown, Co. Kilkenny.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2260025

• 17 May 2022Conditional

  for 8 No. Floodlight columns and associated floodlighting along with all associated site and development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22319

• 13 Nov 2020Conditional

  to demolish two existing grain silos and to replace them with two new 10.915 metre diameter grain storage silos approximately 20 metres high and associated walkways and conveyors all on site

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20779

• 16 Sept 2019Conditional

  to construct a 24m multi-user lattice telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works and access track within the grounds of

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19658

• 1 Jul 2019Conditional

  for phase 1 of a residential development consisting of the construction of 40 no. dwelling houses and all associated ancillary development works including the partial removal of an existing stone wall for the provision of vehicular and pedestrian access, footpaths, parking, cycle lanes, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas

  Permission, 40 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 19458

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 Bishop's Demesne.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bishop's Demesne.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bishop's Demesne.

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 Bishop's Demesne, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2167 (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 Bishop's Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Bishop's Demesne · Diméin an Easpaig

Area

218,463 m² (21.85 ha, 53.98 acres)

Civil parish

St. Canice, and its townlands

Barony

Crannagh

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

Ayresfields, Gardens, Kilcreen, Loughmacask, Palmerstown

Placenames

Bishop's Demesne 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.