Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

1 Kennyswell Road , Kilkenny , R95 F7YR

to retain; (A) Single storey rear extension, to existing two storey dwelling. (B) Revised front boundary treatment. Including all associated site works.

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660571 · 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: 312 m²
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 2 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/2660571/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660571 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 13 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
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities	KK-002:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-variation-8b	15 Oct 2021 → 15 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.

Sources: KILKENNY KK-001:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-2027, KILKENNY KK-002:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-variation-8b · 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
KILKENNY KK-002:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-variation-8b	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 2
Ritual site - holy well · R139279

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2613	Unconditional	27 Mar 2026	455 m	of P20/611
2660019	Conditional	5 Mar 2026	432 m	to replace existing pedestrian entrance with a larger vehicular entrance, including works to footpath, including all associated site works.
2560751	Conditional	20 Jan 2026	205 m	for development at the existing terraced house at 12 Rothe Terrace, Circular Road (R695), Kilkenny, R95 DTT8. The proposed development will consist of construction of a new 35 SM extension to the rear, new side entrance wall and all other ancillary internal and external works. The dwelling is located within the St. Mary’s Architectural conservation Area
2560657	Conditional	8 Dec 2025	442 m	for change of use from a Meat Processing Plant to a Restaurant
25112	Conditional	3 Dec 2025	351 m	to retain single storey front porch extension to existing two storey dwelling. Including all associated site works
2560572	Conditional	28 Oct 2025	366 m	to complete works as were permitted and commenced under Planning Ref. 12/68 but were not completed before expiry of that permission in the grounds of St. Mary's Cathedral, James's Street & Blackmill Street, Kilkenny. The works to be completed and for which this permission is sought include the completion of new external steps from ground level to the basement level of the Chapter House Tea Rooms, completion of the extension of the Chapter House Tea Rooms external seating area, completion of the finishes to the roof of the basement kitchen to include an alteration to a limestone chip finish in lieu of paving, omission of steps to the roof of the basement kitchen, and completion of revised soft landscaping proposals. All works will take place in the grounds of St. Mary's Cathedral, James's Street & Blackmill Street, Kilkenny. St. Mary’s Cathedral and the adjacent Chapter House are Protected Structures and located within the St. Mary’s Architectural Conservation Area
2545	Conditional	14 Jul 2025	458 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
2560031	Conditional	29 Apr 2025	442 m	for (1) a change of use from a Meat Processing Plant to a Catering Takeaway and sit-down Restaurant, (2) external signage and (3) all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323235	—	Other	6 Nov 2025	90 m
317622	—	Withdrawn	2 Aug 2024	175 m
316313	—	Other	21 Aug 2023	349 m
316561	—	Other	4 Aug 2023	90 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

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 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.