Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

Margaret’s Fields , Callan Road , Kilkenny

for development at Margaret’s Fields, Callan Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny. The proposed development will consist of amendments to the previously permitted residential development (Approved under An Bord Pleanála File Ref. ABP-309967-21, P. 21/1033 and P. 26/16) to include: - Replacing 14 No. 3-bedroom houses with 14 No. 4-bedroom houses, - Replacing 14 No. 2-bedroom houses with 14 No. 3-bedroom houses, - Replacing 14 No. on-street parking spaces with 28 No. on-curtilage parking spaces, - Relocation of a single-storey Bin & bike Store, and - All associated site development works.

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660523 · full record
Authority: Kilkenny County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 28
Floor area: 3,171 m²
Site area: 1.58 ha
Received: 19 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 13 Oct 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660523/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660523 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Kilkenny County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 23 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Kilkenny County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560637	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	1	471 m	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”
2560416	Conditional	25 May 2026	0	6 m	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
2660095	Conditional	14 Apr 2026	0	274 m	for the construction of a covered carport structure over existing parking spaces to the north of the existing building, together with all associated and ancillary site works
2616	Unconditional	1 Apr 2026	0	0 m	on ABP-309967
2560319	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	0	97 m	of domestic garage / store and fuel store and all associated site works
2360580	Conditional	13 Feb 2024	0	26 m	for modifications to the apartment building located in the eastern section of the site only and will consist of: A) The reduction in the permitted height of the approved apartment building from 4 storeys to 3 storeys resulting in an overall decrease of 6 no. units (from 32 no. to 26 no. in the apartment building) and consequent reduction in units across the site from 183 to 177 no. units; B) Minor amendment to the building footprint of the approved apartment building to accommodate the provision of new apartment types at ground, first and second floor levels; C) Amendments to the fenestration arrangements on all elevations of the permitted apartment building to accommodate new apartment types, provision of balconies and amendments to finish to elevations; D) Amendments to ancillary apartment areas (plant/meter room and plant/sprinkler tank areas at ground floor level of the apartment building). The overall permitted layout including road layout and services will remain as per the parent permission approved by An Bord Pleanála under the Strategic Housing Development process
22765	Conditional	2 Aug 2023	0	2 m	extension to existing dwelling, including all associated site works
2260024	Refused	22 Feb 2023	1	40 m	for the erection of a dwelling house, domestic garage/store, installation of a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320394	—	Other	24 Oct 2024	266 m
320442	—	Other	1 Oct 2024	266 m
316458	—	Other	21 Aug 2023	290 m
311933	—	Granted with conditions	11 Mar 2022	28 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

19 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 23 Sept 2026
19 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.