Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

52 , High Street , Kilkenny

For fire safety upgrade works, internal alterations and replacement of 5 no. upper-level external windows at 52 High Street, Kilkenny R95 T685. The proposed development consists of works to a protected structure (Protected Structure Ref: B66 Kilkenny City and NIAH Ref. No. 12000080) and is located within the City Centre Architectural Conservation Area

Observations close 10 Dec 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660704 · full record
Authority: Kilkenny County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 41 m²
Received: 5 Nov 2026
Decision due: 8 Jan 2027

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/2660704/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660704 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 10 Dec 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
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

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 within 100 m

NIAH-recorded building × 30
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 24
Historic town · Architectural fragment · Memorial stone

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2672	Unconditional	21 Oct 2026	308 m	of 19/976
2660405	Conditional	19 Oct 2026	55 m	for a change of use of an existing shop to restaurant and takeaway, internal alterations, external signage and all associated site works
2560830	Conditional	6 Oct 2026	387 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	443 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.
2660501	Conditional	29 Sept 2026	396 m	for change of use from garage/store in former carriageway to retail food outlet to include: (1) replacement of existing solid external double doors and solid panel over with new painted glazed shopfront double doors and glazed panel over, (2) hand painted signage to glazed panel over and (3) a retractable traditional canvass canopy incorporating printed signage
2560686	Conditional	14 Sept 2026	267 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
2660434	Conditional	28 Aug 2026	200 m	for repair works to the existing ground-floor shopfront only of the existing public house premises at 28 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, a protected structure (RPS B139). The proposed works include repairs to the existing shopfront, signage, glazing, doors, fascia, pilasters, stallrisers and existing awning box, together with making good to adjoining fabric and all associated site and ancillary works. The site is located within the Kilkenny City Centre Architectural Conservation Area.
2560777	Conditional	21 Jul 2026	478 m	for a change of use of a gymnasium/fitness facility to commercial and short term accommodation and to include the installation of a first floor with all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324414	open	30 Jun 2026	395 m
501400	open	25 May 2026	307 m
500658	Refused	21 May 2026	276 m
323263	Refused	2 Mar 2026	437 m
322934	Refused	4 Dec 2025	297 m
321143	Withdrawn	31 Jul 2025	395 m
323140	Invalid	25 Jul 2025	437 m
323041	open	15 Jul 2025	308 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 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
5 Nov 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.