Garrandarragh , Mullinavat , Co. Kilkenny

What’s proposed

for the provision of a 24 hours opening Service Area and Electric Vehicle charging hub and all associated works on a site of approximately 1.83 hectares in area. The proposed development includes 20 no. EV charging points (parking spaces) with a canopy over (maximum height of 3.21 metres); 6 no. general vehicle fuel pumps islands with a canopy over (maximum height of 5.6 metres) and HGV fuel pumps with underground fuel storage tanks and ancillary pipe works. Provision is made for an amenity/services building with a gross floor area of approximately 1.028sq.m that includes: a retail convenience store with part off-licence (total 100 sq.m net sales area; including ancillary off-licence of 10sq.m); 2 no food outlets (1 no. with a Drive-Thru function) and a coffee area, communal seating area, ancillary food preparation area, internal circulation area, toilets and back of house area including storage and office. The service area building will be predominantly 6.5m high, with a central 'pop-up' measuring 7.9m high (containing screened plant). Externally, provision is made for external seating; screened storage area; 63 no. standard car parking spaces, 4 bo. accessible spaces, 2 no. service bays, 2 no. waiting bays, 3 no. coach parking spaces, and 14 no. HGV parking spaces, 8 no. bicycle parking spaces. A total of 37 no. signs (both illumniated and non-illuminated) are proposed (with a cumulative area of approximately 208 sq.m) to include both wall mounted signage and free-standing. The totem signs will measure 8.83m and 17.5m high. Provision of on-site temporary foul treatment system and percolation area as granted on the site under Reg. Ref. 18/647. Realigned access road and new pedestrian path linking back to the existing footpath network in Mullinavat Village (as previously conditioned for a motorway service area on this site under Reg. Ref. P17/456). Other associated works include the provision of an ESB sub-station (28sq.m); regrading of existing site levels; and all other ancillary site development, utilities, landscaping, lighting, roof mounted PV panels and boundary works

2377 is a planning application to Kilkenny County Council for for the provision of a 24 hours opening Service Area and Electric Vehicle charging hub, received on 31 Mar 2023; permission was refused on 9 Feb 2024.

Planning details

Reference: 2377
Local authority: Kilkenny County Council
Status: Appeal decided — withdrawn · register status “APPEALED”
Received: 31 Mar 2023
Observations close: 5 May 2023 (closed 1233 days ago)
Decision due: 12 Feb 2024 · decided 9 Feb 2024
Decision: Refused on 9 Feb 2024
Proposed development: for the provision of a 24 hours opening Service Area and Electric Vehicle charging hub and all associated works on a site of approximately 1.83 hectares in area. The proposed development includes 20 no. EV charging points (parking spaces) with a canopy over (maximum height of 3.21 metres); 6 no. general vehicle fuel pumps islands with a canopy over (maximum height of 5.6 metres) and HGV fuel pumps with underground fuel storage tanks and ancillary pipe works. Provision is made for an amenity/services building with a gross floor area of approximately 1.028sq.m that includes: a retail convenience store with part off-licence (total 100 sq.m net sales area; including ancillary off-licence of 10sq.m); 2 no food outlets (1 no. with a Drive-Thru function) and a coffee area, communal seating area, ancillary food preparation area, internal circulation area, toilets and back of house area including storage and office. The service area building will be predominantly 6.5m high, with a central 'pop-up' measuring 7.9m high (containing screened plant). Externally, provision is made for external seating; screened storage area; 63 no. standard car parking spaces, 4 bo. accessible spaces, 2 no. service bays, 2 no. waiting bays, 3 no. coach parking spaces, and 14 no. HGV parking spaces, 8 no. bicycle parking spaces. A total of 37 no. signs (both illumniated and non-illuminated) are proposed (with a cumulative area of approximately 208 sq.m) to include both wall mounted signage and free-standing. The totem signs will measure 8.83m and 17.5m high. Provision of on-site temporary foul treatment system and percolation area as granted on the site under Reg. Ref. 18/647. Realigned access road and new pedestrian path linking back to the existing footpath network in Mullinavat Village (as previously conditioned for a motorway service area on this site under Reg. Ref. P17/456). Other associated works include the provision of an ESB sub-station (28sq.m); regrading of existing site levels; and all other ancillary site development, utilities, landscaping, lighting, roof mounted PV panels and boundary works
As published by the register.
Site area: 99 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 388138). 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/2377/0.

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