Smithstown , Castlecomer , Co. Kilkenny

What’s proposed

outline planning permission for (a) change of use of an existing school house to become a domestic dwelling, and (b) decommission the existing septic tank and construct a new effluent treatment system

1715 is a planning application to Kilkenny County Council for outline planning permission for (a) change of use of an existing school house to become, received on 20 Jan 2017; the file is recorded as withdrawn.

Planning details

Reference: 1715
Local authority: Kilkenny County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “WITHDRAWN”
Received: 20 Jan 2017
Observations close: 24 Feb 2017 (closed 3493 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: outline planning permission for (a) change of use of an existing school house to become a domestic dwelling, and (b) decommission the existing septic tank and construct a new effluent treatment system
As published by the register.
Site area: 2,123 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 382349). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1715/0.

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Smithstown , Castlecomer , Co. Kilkenny

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