Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council
Certa Service Station , Castlecomer Road , Kilkenny
for • New 40,000ltr underground fuel tank and alterations to the existing fuel infrastructure. • All other associated site development works.
Observations close 16 Nov 2026 11 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660647 · 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
- 1,225 m²
- Received
- 12 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 6 Dec 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/2660647/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660647at 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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
- NIAH-recorded building × 9Kilkenny Railway Station · Lenehan · James Stephens Barracks
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2672 | Unconditional | 21 Oct 2026 | 0 | 416 m | of 19/976 |
| 2560830 | Conditional | 6 Oct 2026 | 0 | 234 m | of (1) 25 No. motorhome parking spaces (2) 4 No. Public Lighting standards (3) 100m2 of concrete entrance pad And Permission to (1) Install automatic parking barrier and safety railings (2) Install 224m2 of EcoGrid permeable access road (3) Install new Surface Water Treatment System |
| 2660116 | Conditional | 29 Sept 2026 | 0 | 255 m | for (a) Retention Permission for Material Alterations comprising of internal and external alterations and associated site works (b) Planning Permission for a Change of Use of the existing commercial premises to hostel accommodation comprising of (1) part of the Ground Floor level of No.49 and the First Floor level of No.49 (2) the Ground & First floor levels of No.50 (3) part of the Ground Floor level of No. 51 (4) the First floor level over commercial units 51/52 (Kilkenny Shopping Mall) and all associated site works at No’s 49, 50, 51 and 52 John Street Upper, Kilkenny. |
| 2560686 | Conditional | 14 Sept 2026 | 0 | 457 m | for 1) Indefinite planning permission for an external seating and dining area with 7 No. pods (as was granted a 5-year permission under planning Ref. 21131), 2) Retention of a retractable canopy and associated structural frame over part of the seating / dining area, 3) And all associated site ancillary works at No. 15, John Street Lower, Kilkenny City. No. 15 John Street Lower is located within the John Street Architectural Conservation Area and is a protected structure RPS Ref: B99 and listed on the NIAH Main Record (12000219). The proposed development area falls within the area of archaeological protection for RMP KK019-026 Historic town and also adjoins the Kilkenny City Wall National Monument RMP KK019-026 and the former precinct of St. John's Priory National Monument KK019-026068 and National Monument Ref: 344 & 331 |
| 2651 | Refused | 11 Aug 2026 | 0 | 442 m | of 20/202 |
| 2560507 | Refused | 6 Aug 2026 | 0 | 116 m | for Development at the Existing IMC Cinema Complex. The development will consist of the following: 1. Construction and provision of a part two-storey and part single-storey fast food restaurant with ‘drive thru’ facility. 2. Illuminated external restaurant signage. 3. Erection of an entrance height restrictor with signage. 4. 1 no. illuminated free standing menu display sign. 5. 2 no. ordering kiosks. 6. Driveway with access point off the existing private car park. 7. 2 no. parking bays. 8. Outdoor seating area. 9. Construction and provision a single storey retail unit. 10. Illuminated external retail unit signage. 11. Alterations to the existing carpark layout and all associated site works |
| 2660235 | Conditional | 22 Jul 2026 | 0 | 438 m | to construct a first-floor extension over the attached garage to the side of the 2-storey end of terrace house and change the attached garage to a living room and all associated site work and full Planning Permission for the Indefinite retention of the single storey rear extension and the front porch |
| 2660118 | Conditional | 9 Jun 2026 | 1 | 380 m | for development of a new building containing; 4No. own door residential units, (consisting of 2No. units at ground level and 2 No. units at first floor and attic levels), basement retail unit with side access to street. The development will also consist of associated site works, ancillary related works and the demolition of the existing retail unit |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501369 | — | Granted with conditions | 25 Sept 2026 | 379 m |
| 324414 | — | open | 30 Jun 2026 | 452 m |
| 500658 | — | Refused | 21 May 2026 | 292 m |
| 323263 | — | Refused | 2 Mar 2026 | 283 m |
| 323227 | — | Other | 18 Nov 2025 | 116 m |
| 319389 | — | Refused | 26 Sept 2025 | 153 m |
| 321143 | — | Withdrawn | 31 Jul 2025 | 452 m |
| 323140 | — | Invalid | 25 Jul 2025 | 283 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
- 12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026
- 12 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.