Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council
No. 20 Robertshill , Circular Road , Kilkenny
for elevational changes (front porch - existing pitched roof changed to a proposed flat roof, proposed first floor window enlargement over porch) to existing two storey detached dwelling and all associated site works
Observations close 9 Nov 2026 14 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660636 · 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
- 417 m²
- Received
- 5 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 29 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/2660636/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660636at 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 9 Nov 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 | 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660215 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2026 | 0 | 207 m | for a revised site boundary to include a 2.4m high blockwork wall to the rear of units 41-54 An Cluain, Castle Oaks, Poulgour and Wetland, Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny. |
| 2660371 | Conditional | 7 Aug 2026 | 0 | 330 m | of the original dwelling house (previously granted outline permission under reference No. 98 990059) including change of use to short term letting, a single storey bedroom extension to the rear of the property and 3 no. rooflights at first floor level to the rear of the property. Planning Permission is also sought for the construction of a single storey extension comprising of an ensuite and laundry room to the rear of the existing property, connection to existing services and all associated site works |
| 2560416 | Conditional | 25 May 2026 | 0 | 379 m | for development. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of Protected Structures Ref. C1000, C1002 and C330. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application |
| 2660019 | Conditional | 5 Mar 2026 | 0 | 333 m | to replace existing pedestrian entrance with a larger vehicular entrance, including works to footpath, including all associated site works. |
| 2560744 | Conditional | 21 Jan 2026 | 0 | 486 m | to erect 8 no. floodlights to an existing playing pitch. at St. Kieran’s College, College Road, Kilkenny, R95VW56. (St. Kieran’s College and the buildings and structures forming its curtilage is a protected structure Ref. B24 and listed on the NIAH Ref. 12001103) |
| 2560639 | Conditional | 24 Nov 2025 | 6 | 437 m | for development at this site. The development consists of alterations to the previously permitted Planning Ref: 23/60006 to include replacing 2 No. Duplex Buildings (accommodating 12 No. 2-bedroom maisonettes) with 6 No. 3-bedroom semi-detached houses with all associated site and ancillary works at Castle Oaks, |
| 2560600 | Conditional | 10 Nov 2025 | 0 | 322 m | for modification to the previously granted Planning Permission (Ref. No. 23/60037) at this site, William Robertson Way, Poulgour Road, Kilkenny (within the townland of Poulgour). The Proposed development will consist of the addition of 9 No. apartment units (5 No. 1-bed unit, 4 No. 2-bed units) on the third floor and set back floor plan on the Fourth Floor, Increasing the overall Apartment Block from 4-storeys to 5-storeys, and from 30 No. apartment units to 39 No. apartment units (consisting of 22 No. 1-bed units, 17 No. 2-bed units). No modifications to as-granted 130 No. houses, and 52 No. Duplex apartments. The overall total No. of units in this development is now increased from 212 to 221. All with associated site works, Communal open Space, Bin and Bike storage, the site layout has been modified slightly to accommodate additional surface car parking and other ancillary works |
| 2560516 | Conditional | 7 Oct 2025 | 0 | 450 m | for demolition of rear two storey extension , sun room, and single storey side extension, erection of single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling, installation of external wrap insulation to existing building fabric , internal modifications and renovations and all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323318 | — | Other | 11 Nov 2025 | 336 m |
| 323235 | — | Other | 6 Nov 2025 | 202 m |
| 320901 | — | Withdrawn | 16 Jan 2025 | 460 m |
| 316383 | — | Other | 21 Aug 2023 | 201 m |
| 316561 | — | Other | 4 Aug 2023 | 201 m |
| 309326 | — | Other | 15 Sept 2022 | 285 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
- 5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
- 5 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.