Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

31 Saint Francis Terrace , Kilkenny , Kilkenny

to replace existing pedestrian entrance with a larger vehicular entrance, including works to footpath, and all associated site works

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660554 · full record
Authority: Kilkenny County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 267 m²
Received: 1 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 26 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/2660554/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660554 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 6 Oct 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities	KK-001:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-2027	15 Oct 2021 → 14 Oct 2027

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: KILKENNY KK-001:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-2027 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
KILKENNY KK-001:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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
2660215	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	0	482 m	for a revised site boundary to include a 2.4m high blockwork wall to the rear of units 41-54 An Cluain, Castle Oaks, Poulgour and Wetland, Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny.
2660371	Conditional	7 Aug 2026	0	381 m	of the original dwelling house (previously granted outline permission under reference No. 98 990059) including change of use to short term letting, a single storey bedroom extension to the rear of the property and 3 no. rooflights at first floor level to the rear of the property. Planning Permission is also sought for the construction of a single storey extension comprising of an ensuite and laundry room to the rear of the existing property, connection to existing services and all associated site works
2660019	Conditional	5 Mar 2026	0	75 m	to replace existing pedestrian entrance with a larger vehicular entrance, including works to footpath, including all associated site works.
2560744	Conditional	21 Jan 2026	0	277 m	to erect 8 no. floodlights to an existing playing pitch. at St. Kieran’s College, College Road, Kilkenny, R95VW56. (St. Kieran’s College and the buildings and structures forming its curtilage is a protected structure Ref. B24 and listed on the NIAH Ref. 12001103)
2560516	Conditional	7 Oct 2025	0	437 m	for demolition of rear two storey extension , sun room, and single storey side extension, erection of single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling, installation of external wrap insulation to existing building fabric , internal modifications and renovations and all associated site works
2560421	Conditional	4 Sept 2025	1	403 m	for the following: 2 STOREY DWELLING, CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER, ACCESS VIA APPROVED FAMILY CLUSTER ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2545	Conditional	14 Jul 2025	0	134 m	to construct a single storey side and rear extension to existing dwelling, and provide a new rear garden access gate, including all associated site works
2560261	Conditional	8 Jul 2025	0	483 m	for development, for the continuous use of previously permitted 103 temporary car parking spaces at the Desart Court car-park. The carparking spaces are for public use and operate with a barrier system

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323318	—	Other	11 Nov 2025	461 m
323235	—	Other	6 Nov 2025	205 m
317622	—	Withdrawn	2 Aug 2024	342 m
316383	—	Other	21 Aug 2023	462 m
316561	—	Other	4 Aug 2023	205 m
316576	—	Other	13 Jul 2023	322 m
311654	—	Granted with conditions	22 Jun 2023	322 m
309326	—	Other	15 Sept 2022	392 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

1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
1 Sept 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.