Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

7 Smithsland Court , Smithsland South , Kilkenny

of a) Modifications and additions to the existing dwelling house including a two storey side extension, a single storey rear extension, attic conversion including rear dormer window, and internal layout modifications; b) Demolition of the existing rear garden shed, and construction of a new garden shed; c) All associated site works

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660578 · 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: 253 m²
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 3 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/2660578/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660578 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 14 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660088	Conditional	5 May 2026	430 m	to construct a granny flat extension to the side of dwelling to include the conversion of existing garage to form part of the granny flat extension and all other associated site works
2660064	Conditional	31 Mar 2026	483 m	for the construction of a single-storey, flat-roofed modular building with a gross floor area of 51 sq. m, to be used as an activity room ancillary to the existing cancer support centre. The proposed development, together with all associated site development and ancillary works, will be located to the rear of the existing property
2560705	Conditional	5 Jan 2026	47 m	for the construction of a single storey extension consisting of one additional classroom with toilet facilities, link corridor, connection to existing school services and all associated site works
2560694	Conditional	9 Dec 2025	483 m	to retain and re-align the existing entrance to the property, for re-arrangement of the permitted internal car park to the front of the property, for retention of minor alterations to the existing building of previous permitted works under Planning Ref No 23/60375 and Planning Ref No 2460077 to include for additional floor area (5.7M2) to the escape stair enclosure, for the installation of 2 no. fixed opaque windows to the North Side Elevation of the building, for the removal of the existing dormer roof windows (2 to front, 1 to rear) and to replace with 3 no. Velux roof windows, for alterations to the location of access ramps and steps to the building, for the retention of a canopy at eaves level to the front, side and rear of the building together with all other associated site works
2560488	Conditional	25 Sept 2025	472 m	for Entrance from Public Road at North Side of property
2560311	Conditional	23 Jul 2025	413 m	for the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear & lean-to type roof over existing garage to the side and all associated ancillary works
2544	Conditional	14 Jul 2025	407 m	to retain single storey rear extensions to existing dwelling, including all associated site works
2560265	Conditional	9 Jul 2025	192 m	for the construction of a singe storey extension to the rear of an existing single storey dwelling, comprising 2 no. en-suite bedrooms, an extended kitchen area and all associated works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322480	—	Granted with conditions	9 Sept 2025	465 m
313060	—	Other	10 Jul 2024	465 m
311089	—	Granted with conditions	6 Apr 2022	142 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

9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
9 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.