Danville House , Danville , Kilkenny
The development consists of retention permission for: The construction and placement of 2 no. detached timber cabins (main structure floor area approx. 25 sq.m each), each featuring a small single-storey extension (6.25 sq.m) accommodating an ensuite shower and toilet room, giving a total gross floor area of approx. 31.25 sq.m per unit (62.5 sq.m combined). The use of the 2 no. cabins for short-stay tourism accommodation. All associated site development works, including ground works, access pathways, landscaping and connections to site services and utility infrastructure.
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
- 2660567 · full record
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 5,687 m²
- Received
- 7 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
- Decision due
- 1 Nov 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/2660567/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660567at 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 12 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.
What the site is zoned
No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 1Danville House
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560696 | Conditional | 1 Oct 2026 | 0 | 461 m | for development at this site situated at IDA Business and Technology Park, Ring Road, Loughboy, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of an eight-storey office building, with rooftop amenity terraces at upper levels and plant at roof level. The application also seeks permission for the construction of a single-storey facilities management store, a single-storey secure bicycle shelter, a single-storey esb substation and switchroom, a single-storey refuse store, 2no. single-storey external meeting pods, vehicular entrances from existing IDA park road network, carparking and set-down, bicycle parking, new pedestrian and cyclist entrance from Loughboy Park, internal pedestrian pathways, landscaping & amenity spaces, site lighting, boundary treatments, surface water drainage and disposal, watermain and wastewater connections to existing services, and all associated site works. |
| 2560773 | Conditional | 21 Apr 2026 | 0 | 483 m | for the erection of a 2.4m high palisade boundary fence and all associated site works. |
| 2560243 | Conditional | 9 Sept 2025 | 0 | 271 m | for development at Block E, Danville Business & Technology Park, Bohernatounish Road, Danville, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of a logistics warehouse with ancillary office and staff facilities. The proposed development will have a maximum building height of 16 meters with a gross floor area of 2754.81 sq. m including a warehouse (1840.7 sq. m), ancillary office space (444.15 sq. m) and staff facilities (469.96 sq. m). The development will also include: Provision of vehicular access to the site including pedestrian access; Car parking spaces and bicycle parking; HGV yard to rear; level access goods door and 3 No. dock levellers; site lighting; ESB substation; sprinkler storage tank and associated pumphouse; bin store; hard and soft landscaping; PV panels to roof and all associated development works |
| 2538 | Refused | 4 Jul 2025 | 0 | 470 m | for (A) Alterations to site boundary, including boundary treatment. (B) Alterations and provision of a vehicular entrance to my residential site including all associated site works related to these changes |
| 2560035 | Conditional | 5 Jun 2025 | 0 | 373 m | to erect new signage on Units 3, 6, 7 & 10 and associated site works |
| 2560075 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2025 | 0 | 485 m | The site is situated to the west of the Bohernatounish Road (and of existing buildings within the Business and Technology Park), to the east of the Outrath Road and Loughboy Industrial Estate, and to the south of the Kilkenny Ring Road(N10) and an existing office development. Permission is sought for the following development: • Expansion of the existing Central Utilities Building compound to facilitate construction of 38kV substation (as required by the ESB) to accommodate 2 no. electrical transformers, a single storey client switchroom building (with a parapet height of c.5.8m), and a single storey control room building (with a parapet height of c. 5.8m).• The control room building will accommodate a gas insulated switchgear room, control room, battery room, storeroom and WC. • The development includes all associated landscaping and ancillary works, services, protection masts, and boundary treatments. Retention permission is sought for the following alterations to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: 22/662:• Amendments to the permitted industrial building including to the building footprint and the area of the ancillary office space and reception / dining areas (resulting in a decrease of c. 593 sq.m. in gross floor area (GFA) in total).• Associated amendments to the internal layout of the industrial building, to the building facades (including alterations to entrance / exit doors and fenestration), and roof plan (including rooflights), and the location of ancillary structures and landscaping in the vicinity of the ancillary office area, to reflect the altered building layout. • Relocation of one stair core along the northern building façade southward to sit within the massing of the building. • Construction of a of pump house, tanks for rainwater harvesting, smoking shelter, provision of a gabion wall around the outdoor dining area, omission of waste storage structure, relocation of pallet storage to the northeastern corner of the service yard, and relocation and alterations to permitted signage (including the omission of building signage on the southern elevation, provision of signage to the northern, western, and eastern elevation, campus and directional signage, and 3 no. flagpoles adjacent to the southern site entrance). • Amendments to the northern access point to the site, to remove the permitted vehicular access and provide for pedestrian and cycle access • Amendments to the Central Utilities Yard including relocation of 2 no. sprinkler |
| 2460598 | Conditional | 31 Jan 2025 | 0 | 372 m | for retention for a disabled toilet and shower room and associated works to the side of my dwelling house |
| 23118 | Conditional | 12 Apr 2024 | 0 | 471 m | for the retention of changes to and/or amendments of a development which was originally permitted by the Council under Reg. 11299 (which was prolonged under Reg 16533) with the present application now seeking to retain (A) two retaining walls (B) the conversion of an integral garage to a bedroom (C) elevation/design alterations (D) a basement home gym (E) a pumphouse/plantroom (F) a downstairs bedroom window (G) all associated site works related to these changes all at De Clare House |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323020 | — | open | 14 Jul 2025 | 470 m |
| 315465 | — | Invalid | 26 Dec 2022 | 484 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
- 7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 Oct 2026
- 7 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.