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Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

Canal Walk , Castle Road , Kilkenny

to build an extension to the side of existing dwelling house, internal and external modifications to existing dwelling house and all associated site development works

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 24 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660596 · 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
2,628 m²
Received
16 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
10 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660596/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660596 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 21 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
G5
Open space and amenity
Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation: To allow for green links and biodiversity conservation and to preserve, provide and improve recreational open spaceKK-001:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-202715 Oct 2021 → 14 Oct 2027
G5
Open space and amenity
Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation: To allow for green links and biodiversity conservation and to preserve, provide and improve recreational open spaceKK-001:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-202715 Oct 2021 → 14 Oct 2027
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenitiesKK-001:DP:kilkenny-city-and-county-development-plan-2021-202715 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.

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

Designations on or near the site

  • Recorded monument × 2
    Water mill - horizontal-wheeled · R188417

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660347Conditional22 Jul 20260220 mto construct; (A) Single-storey rear and side extensions to existing two storey dwelling, (B) Proposed attic conversion to storage, (C) Change of use of existing side garage to habitable use, (D) Elevational changes & Interior alterations. Including all associated site works
2560818Conditional8 Apr 20260445 m(a)Provision of New Vehicular Entrance from Public Road (b)Associated Removal of Front Boundary Wall (c)Associated Works
2560240Conditional31 Mar 20260299 mfor the following works. The site is located within the Lacken Architectural Conservation Area. Building fabric upgrade works to include: external insulation to the building façade including new plaster finish, replacement of existing windows and external doors, installation of Solar PV panels and associated plant on the building roof. Permission is also sought for the demolition of existing reception area and construction of a new entrance reception with associated hard and soft landscaping to the front of the building and the reconfiguration of the existing car parking areas, and all associated site & ancillary works
2560806Conditional4 Feb 20260339 mfor: (A) Proposed single storey side extension to existing two storey semi-detached dwelling. (B) Proposed single storey front porch extension to existing two storey semi-detached dwelling. Including all associated site works
2560488Conditional25 Sept 20250410 mfor Entrance from Public Road at North Side of property
2560311Conditional23 Jul 20250408 mfor 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
2560181Conditional21 Jul 20250335 mto construct a rear single storey extension to dwelling, with all associated site works
2544Conditional14 Jul 20250483 mto retain single storey rear extensions to existing dwelling, including all associated site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
323289—open15 Jul 2025457 m
323020—open14 Jul 2025480 m
321221—Refused24 Mar 20251 m
320346—Other7 Oct 2024438 m
316394—Other17 Jul 2023437 m
311929—Invalid12 Nov 2021227 m
310257—Granted with conditions8 Oct 2021487 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

  • 16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
  • 16 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.