New Road , Castlecomer Road , Kilkenny
- 31 Jul 2024Received
- 19 Jun 2025Conditional
- Status
- Under appeal
- Decision
- Conditional · 19 Jun 2025
- Council
- Kilkenny County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Units
- 18
- Site
- 3.91 ha
What’s proposed
for development at a site measuring c3.91 hectares, situated on lands known locally as the former Mart site located at New Road, Castlecomer Road and Old Mart Street, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of a mixed residential and retail development with a total gross floor area of c.13,165sqm and will include: 1. 80 no. residential units (comprising 17 no. houses, 17no. duplexes, 46 no. apartments) and 1no. assisted care unit in 8no. blocks (c. 7,489sqm total gross floor area), along with 90 no. car parking spaces, public open space, communal space, private space for dwellings, private balconies and terraces for duplex and apartment units, hard and soft landscaping, lighting, play area, bin and bike stores and all other associated site development works, service and utility connections. 2. The development proposes a new vehicular and pedestrian access to the residential development off New Road between Block B and Block F. A new bus stop is provided on Castlecomer Road with pedestrian/cycle access and a pedestrian plaza. 3. The total 80 no. residential units and 1 no. assisted care unit will be provided as follows: * Block A (2 storeys) will comprise 3 no. 3-bed houses and 1no. 4-bed house. * Block B (2 storeys) will comprise 3 no. 3-bed houses and 1 no. 4-bed house. * Block C (2 storeys) will comprise 4no. 3-bed houses and 2no. 4-bed houses. * Block D (2 storeys) will comprise 2no. 3-bed houses and 1no. 4-bed house. * Block E (part single and part 3 storey) will comprise 3no. 3-bed duplexes over 1no. 4-bed assisted care unit at ground floor level. * Block F (3 storeys) will comprise 6no. 1-bed apartments and 12no. 2-bed apartments. * Block G (4 storeys) will comprise 16no. 2-bed apartments and 8no. 3-bed duplexes. * Block H (4 storeys) will comprise 12no. 2-bed apartments and 6no. 3-bed duplexes. 4. Blocks I and J are accessed from a new vehicular junction off Old Mart Street along with a toucan crossing point and pedestrian/cycle access. Block I consists of 1no. single storey retail unit of c. 5,387sqm gross floor area (c. 2,598sqm convenience net sales area and c. 845sqm comparison net sales area) including a licensed alcohol sales area, a community room (c. 28sqm), deposit return scheme, storage areas, ancillary offices, staff facilities, cage marshalling area, bin storage, service yard including grocery home shopping delivery vehicle docking area, dedicated service vehicle entrance from Ca
24100 is a planning application to Kilkenny County Council for for development at a site measuring c3.91 hectares, situated on lands known locally as, received on 31 Jul 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Jun 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 24100
- Local authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Status
- Under appeal · register status “APPEALED”
- Received
- 31 Jul 2024
- Observations close
- 4 Sept 2024 (closed 744 days ago)
- Decision due
- 19 Jun 2025 · decided 19 Jun 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 19 Jun 2025
- Proposed development
- for development at a site measuring c3.91 hectares, situated on lands known locally as the former Mart site located at New Road, Castlecomer Road and Old Mart Street, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of a mixed residential and retail development with a total gross floor area of c.13,165sqm and will include: 1. 80 no. residential units (comprising 17 no. houses, 17no. duplexes, 46 no. apartments) and 1no. assisted care unit in 8no. blocks (c. 7,489sqm total gross floor area), along with 90 no. car parking spaces, public open space, communal space, private space for dwellings, private balconies and terraces for duplex and apartment units, hard and soft landscaping, lighting, play area, bin and bike stores and all other associated site development works, service and utility connections. 2. The development proposes a new vehicular and pedestrian access to the residential development off New Road between Block B and Block F. A new bus stop is provided on Castlecomer Road with pedestrian/cycle access and a pedestrian plaza. 3. The total 80 no. residential units and 1 no. assisted care unit will be provided as follows: * Block A (2 storeys) will comprise 3 no. 3-bed houses and 1no. 4-bed house. * Block B (2 storeys) will comprise 3 no. 3-bed houses and 1 no. 4-bed house. * Block C (2 storeys) will comprise 4no. 3-bed houses and 2no. 4-bed houses. * Block D (2 storeys) will comprise 2no. 3-bed houses and 1no. 4-bed house. * Block E (part single and part 3 storey) will comprise 3no. 3-bed duplexes over 1no. 4-bed assisted care unit at ground floor level. * Block F (3 storeys) will comprise 6no. 1-bed apartments and 12no. 2-bed apartments. * Block G (4 storeys) will comprise 16no. 2-bed apartments and 8no. 3-bed duplexes. * Block H (4 storeys) will comprise 12no. 2-bed apartments and 6no. 3-bed duplexes. 4. Blocks I and J are accessed from a new vehicular junction off Old Mart Street along with a toucan crossing point and pedestrian/cycle access. Block I consists of 1no. single storey retail unit of c. 5,387sqm gross floor area (c. 2,598sqm convenience net sales area and c. 845sqm comparison net sales area) including a licensed alcohol sales area, a community room (c. 28sqm), deposit return scheme, storage areas, ancillary offices, staff facilities, cage marshalling area, bin storage, service yard including grocery home shopping delivery vehicle docking area, dedicated service vehicle entrance from CaAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.91 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 52.65828, -7.24914
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
The register records appeal ACP-322980-25 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 389090). 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/24100/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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