Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

NEWPARK LOWER , CASTLECOMER ROAD , KILKENNY

to demolish the existing curtain wall entrance structure to the main function rooms located at the side of Newpark Hotel, for the construction of a new single storey Orangery structure (circa 306M2) incorporating new entrance to the side and rear of the existing function rooms of Newpark Hotel together with all associated site works on our lands located at Newpark Lower, Castlecomer Road Kilkenny R95P2N0. Newpark Gate Lodge, a protected structure Ref No B227 lies within the curtilage of the proposed development

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660615 · 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: 4.87 ha
Received: 23 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 17 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/2660615/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660615 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 28 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
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 space	kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 2027	15 Oct 2021 → 14 Oct 2027
M2 Major town centre	General Business: To provide for general development	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	kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 2027	15 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 space	kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 variation 8b	15 Oct 2021 → 15 Oct 2027
M2 Major town centre	General Business: To provide for general development	kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 variation 8b	15 Oct 2021 → 15 Oct 2027
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities	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.

Source: Kilkenny County Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Kilkenny County Council development plan zoning	—	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	Units	Distance	Description
2660364	Conditional	13 Oct 2026	0	314 m	for a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
2594	Conditional	24 Aug 2026	1	153 m	to construct a 2-Storey split level detached 4 No bedroom dwelling house, with the main living space at the upper level and 4 No bedrooms and 3 No bathrooms on the lower level, together with 2 No parking spaces, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS),
2660201	Conditional	17 Jul 2026	1	260 m	to Outline Permission - Ref. No. 24/60093 to erect a three bedroom two storey house with monopitch roof together with all associated site works permissioned in the outline application on lands
2660212	Conditional	3 Jun 2026	1	412 m	of existing self-contained dwelling house from previous living area and two bedrooms and all associated site development works
2560629	Conditional	22 May 2026	0	62 m	for 1) Dwelling as constructed (alterations to plans approved under Planning Reference Number P21/952) and modified location on site to north wing, 2) Store and permission to modify the entrance and all associated site works
2660141	Conditional	5 May 2026	0	175 m	for the construction of a full-size all-weather rugby astro pitch and training area with floodlighting, perimeter fencing and spectator stand with all associated sites works
2560776	Conditional	18 Mar 2026	0	403 m	Permission for 1) Convert existing garage into habitable space with new window to front, 2) Construct an extension over garage, 3) Reinstate the front boundary wall to match existing neighboring walls and all associated site works
2560065	Refused	6 Feb 2026	0	245 m	to retain the existing single storey covered area to the side and rear of the existing premises with all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501852	—	pending	10 Aug 2026	260 m
500630	—	Refused	15 May 2026	274 m
323732	—	Granted with conditions	26 Jan 2026	425 m
322616	—	Refused	16 Sept 2025	403 m
322980	—	open	9 Jul 2025	454 m
319416	—	Granted with conditions	5 Nov 2024	53 m
318933	—	Granted with conditions	11 Oct 2024	59 m
318935	—	Granted with conditions	1 Jul 2024	52 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

23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026
23 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.