Planning report · Kilkenny County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 20 Oct 2026, 20:04

31 Patrick Street

52.65005, -7.25207

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (96%). 22 homes approved 354 m away haven't started.

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Kilkenny County Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2024 96%of home extensions approved nearbyn=285 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–55 0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m 38homes approved nearby, not startednearest 354 m · 2360571

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 53 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out

Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2024
2460149 · alterations · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029
approvedstartedsigned off
2020
19696 · driveway · approved 2020 · started, no sign-off needed
approvedstartedsigned off?

On this site

Zoning · Major town centre

Yes

Protected or listed · a recorded monument (Architectural fragment); a building in the national heritage inventory (12001023)

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningM2 · Major town centre

What it says

General Business: To provide for general development

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 2027 · 15 Oct 2021 – 14 Oct 2027

ZoningM2 · Major town centre

What it says

General Business: To provide for general development

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 variation 8b · 15 Oct 2021 – 15 Oct 2027

Heritage inventoryOn this site house; house

Monument zoneOn this site Architectural fragment, Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’S Par.); Excavation - miscellaneous, Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Patrick'S Par.)

Not on this site: protected building, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: E. Smithwick & Sons Limited (612 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	311	house
Monuments	224	Church; Graveyard

How we work this out

'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 37 on the draft 2027 map; 37 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51

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Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open
SMR zones of notification	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:34	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 23:51	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

How we work this out

Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

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Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

Extensions are almost always approved here: 88–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 85% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

Single-storey rear60 decided · more info asked 27%

98% · council 96%

Two-storey rear52 decided · more info asked 52%

100% · council 96%

Two-storey side14 decided · more info asked 14%

100% · council 98%

Single-storey side13 decided · more info asked 15%

100% · council 100%

Attic or dormer24 decided · more info asked 29%

88% · council 93%

First-floor11 decided · more info asked 36%

91% · council 99%

New house in a garden or site33 decided · more info asked 55%

85% · council 84%

Approved nearbyKilkenny overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 207 nearby, 2,784 council-wide

Figure 3

Gardens, file by file since 2017

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

14 files with "Gardens" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2017–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 no decision or withdrawn

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Dormer or attic	1	0	—

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

How we work this out

Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

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National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 78 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

Calculated285 decided home extensions, 115 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

6 of 20 appealed refusals became permissions. 6 of 24 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed20 decided

6 became permissions

Approvals appealed24 decided

6 reversed

Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months

324414 Open · Johns Street Lower, Collegepark, Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny · 300 m
501400 Open · Pennyfeather Lane , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny · 74 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	20 Oct 2026, 01:39	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around 31 Patrick Street with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseWindow closingApproved, not startedAppealRefusedBuilding startedEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet

1Berkeley House, 5 Patrick Street 2660501Approved with conditions · 31 m
2Saint John of God Convent 2360571Approved, no sign building has started · 354 m
366 Upper Patrick Street 21609Approved, not started, approval runs out within a year · 491 m
4Pennyfeather Lane, Kilkenny 501400Appeal: open · 74 m
5Kilkenny Castle, The Parade 2610Refused · 109 m
611 Patrick Street, Kilkenny 22344Building started · 73 m
70.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 180 m
80.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 192 m
91.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 213 m
100.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 242 m
110.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 318 m
120.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 338 m
13The Archway at No. 8, The Parade 2660016Approved with conditions · 78 m
14Ormonde College, Ormonde Road 2560679Approved with conditions · 105 m
1512-14 Rose Inn Street, Kilkenny 2660565No decision yet · 106 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 181 permissions since 2016, 55 show a start notice and 21 have a completion certificate.

Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

Measured201 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.

Time to appeal ends

Time to appeal ends 27 Oct 20267 days left
12660501 · CONDITIONAL — for change of use from garage/store in former carriageway to retail food outlet to include: (1)…
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 31 m away

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Figure 8

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

22 homes 354 m away were approved Jul 2024 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jul 2029.

Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

Sites that could change 12 within 500 m

Approved, not started, approval running out 1

66 Upper Patrick Street · 16 homes approved, not started; runs out Jan 2027 · 491 m

Approved, not started 1

Saint John of God Convent · 22 homes approved Jul 2024, not started · 354 m

Empty land zoned for homes 10

70.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 180 m
80.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 192 m
91.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 213 m
100.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 242 m
110.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 318 m
120.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 338 m
1.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 351 m
0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 351 m
1.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 380 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 408 m

Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open

Figure 9

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 16 and 28 a year; busiest 2019. 91% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Every application within 500 m 31 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

41 Kieran Street , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny. Withdrawn or not valid
The Development will consist of change of use from Retail to short-term let accommodation at the ground floor…
266062729 Sept 2026272 m
1512-14 Rose Inn Street , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny No decision yet
for change of use and alterations and additions to the existing former bank building (including addition of a…
26605654 Sept 2026106 m
No. 19 and 20 Lower John Street , Horse Barrack Lane , Kilkenny No decision yet
of 19/976
26721 Sept 2026408 m
27 28 & 29 Rose Inn Street , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny No decision yet
(a) at No. 27: change of use from retail at ground floor with ancillary storage overhead to restaurant use as…
266052720 Aug 2026158 m
1Berkeley House , 5 Patrick Street , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for change of use from garage/store in former carriageway to retail food outlet to include: (1) replacement…
266050129 Sept 202631 m
Rear of No. 8 , The Parade , Kilkenny No decision yet
for development at this site situated at: The rear of No. 8, The Parade, Kilkenny (a protected structure RPS…
26604316 Jul 202685 m
28-29 Rose Inn Street , Kilkenny No decision yet
For the replacement of existing fixed glazing to the Rose Inn Street front elevation and to the rear…
266041229 Jun 2026158 m
Unit 3 (formerly) O’Brien’s Butchers) , Market Yard , St. Kieran’s Street No decision yet
for a change of use of an existing shop to restaurant and takeaway, internal alterations, external signage…
266040526 Jun 2026353 m
Butler House , Lower Patrick Street , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for the sub-division of bedroom 54 to provide an additional bedroom and ensuite with new doorway all at first…
266039819 Aug 2026130 m
No. 77 , Maudlin Street , Kilkenny Co.Kilkenny No decision yet
for the following- 1) The refurbishment and extension of an existing residential property, 2) the demolition…
266037416 Jun 2026492 m
9 Ormonde Road , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny No decision yet
is sought to convert attic space within existing two-storey dwelling house to non-habitable use ancillary to…
26603435 Jun 2026130 m
Bank of Ireland , 46 Parliament Street , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for development. The building is located within an ACA (City Centre ACA). The development will consist of the…
26602867 Jul 2026417 m
Redwood Castle Gardens , Castle Road , Kilkenny. No decision yet
for demolition of my existing dwelling, plus construction of a new two storey dwelling to be accessed from my…
266024927 Apr 20261 homes318 m
Desart Hall , Lower New Street. , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
sought for demolition of single storey rear detached youth service buildings, construction of three storey…
266024515 Jun 2026145 m
Butler House , Lower Patrick Street , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for a tea / coffee dock located to the mid-section of the north wall in the gardens of Butler House to…
26602269 Jun 2026130 m
88 Maudlin Street , Kilkenny , Kilkenny City Approved with conditions
for development of a new building containing; 4No. own door residential units, (consisting of 2No. units at…
26601189 Jun 20261 homes491 m
Desart Court Carpark , 1 Ormonde Street , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
to install/erect a self-service dog wash machine, and small shelter area over it
266010613 Jul 2026157 m
Unit 3 (formally O’Brien’s Butchers) , Market Yard St. Kieran’s Street , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
to retain indefinitely (1) the conversion of the rear yard to internal shop space (2) conversion of the attic…
266010016 Apr 2026353 m
1 Ormonde Road , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for the change of use of ground floor pub into residential use, conservation works to the external fabric of…
266008418 Aug 2026255 m
1 Ormonde Road , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny Withdrawn or not valid
for the proposed development will comprise of the change of use of ground floor pub into residential use,…
26600613 Feb 2026256 m
5Kilkenny Castle , The Parade , Kilkenny Refused
of P.21/522
261025 Mar 2026109 m
Coote's Lane , Maidenhill , Kilkenny No decision yet
for (a) material change of use from existing grain/seed store to short term tourist accommodation (b) 3x no.…
26600189 Jan 2026447 m
13The Archway at No. 8 , The Parade , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for development at this site situated at: The archway at No. 8, The Parade, Kilkenny (a protected structure…
266001619 May 202678 m
The Archway at No. 8 , The Parade , Kilkenny Withdrawn or not valid
for development at this site situated at: The archway at No. 8, The Parade, Kilkenny (a protected structure).…
266000623 Dec 202578 m
4 and 5 Rose Inn Street , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny Approved with conditions
of 3 no. short-term let accommodation units including internal material alterations and associated works on…
256082724 Feb 2026157 m
78 and 78A , John Street Lower , Kilkenny R95 EF84 (No. 78) and R95 Y043 (No. 78A) No decision yet
for (1) a change of use of the ground floor level from shop (previously travel agents) to restaurant/bar use…
266000322 Dec 2025344 m
St. Kieran’s College , College Road , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
to erect 8 no. floodlights to an existing playing pitch. at St. Kieran’s College, College Road, Kilkenny,…
256074421 Jan 2026307 m
5 Rose Inn Street , Kilkenny , Co. Kilkenny Withdrawn or not valid
to retain indefinitely 3 no. short-term let accommodation units including internal material alterations and…
256071911 Nov 2025157 m
Langton's Hotel , 67 - 72 John Street , Kilkenny No decision yet
for development at this site situated adjacent to the city wall, listed as part of a Recorded Monument…
25607001 Nov 2025447 m
15 John Street Lower , Kilkenny , R95CC8N Approved with conditions
for 1) Indefinite planning permission for an external seating and dining area with 7 No. pods (as was granted…
256068614 Sept 2026367 m
14Ormonde College , Ormonde Road , Kilkenny Approved with conditions
FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN LIFT WITHIN THE STAIRWELL AREA OF ORMONDE COLLEGE, INCLUDING…
25606794 Mar 2026105 m

How we work this out

Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

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National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open

Building work nearby 9 in the last 12 months

2 signed off as finished2 not signed off5 no sign-off needed

12 Upper New Street, Kilkenny, R95 TE2N · 5 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60642 · 360 m
611 Patrick Street, Kilkenny, R95 VNP4 · 22 Jul 2026 · start notice not signed off · 22344 · 73 m
20 John Street Lower, Kilkenny, R95 Y06N · 13 Jul 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 19976 · 419 m
James's Street & Blackmill Street,, Kilkenny, R95 CP46 · 18 May 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/60572 · 465 m
Castle Gardens, Kilkenny, R95 KFV4 · 31 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2460498 · 373 m
6 Upper Patrick Street, Kilkenny, R95 TK2H · 16 Feb 2026 · 5 homes · start notice not signed off · PART VIII 6-9 UPPER PATRICK STREET : SECTION 179: PART 8 03/24 · 232 m
Castle Gardens, Kilkenny, R95XEF2 · 22 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24/60570 · 369 m
College Road, Kilkenny · 5 Dec 2025 · 7-day notice signed off · 403 m
College Road, Kilkenny · 4 Dec 2025 · 7-day notice signed off · 403 m

How we work this out

Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.

Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 01:45

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Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open

Homes coming 38 not started

2Saint John of God Convent · 22 homes · not started · runs out 16 Jul 2029 · 354 m
366 Upper Patrick Street · 16 homes · runs out soon · runs out 25 Jan 2027 · 491 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Bright Horizons Preschool & Afterschool · Crèche	29 Jan 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	206 m
Tiddlywinks Too · Crèche	22 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	499 m
Kilkenny Community Early Years Project · Crèche	6 Dec 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	646 m
Eden Childcare Kilkenny · Crèche	5 Dec 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	739 m
The Learning Tree · Crèche	11 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	936 m

How we work this out

Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.

Sources: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 23:20

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Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	14 Oct 2026, 23:20	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Kilkenny County Council.

Homes approved

Here80

Council middle0

Homes started

Here48

Council middle1

How we work this out

Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

19% owner-occupied (council 72%).

Homes built before 1971

22% · council 29%

Homes built since 2001

15% · council 34%

Owner-occupied

19% · council 72%

Rented

73% · council 23%

Children under 15

14% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

15% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

8% · council 50%

Work mainly from home

7% · council 11%

This small area (366 people)Kilkenny

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 097061002

Bus

96 m

Kilkenny Cstl · IW01 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak

Nearest school

151 m

Coláiste Pobail Osraí, 214 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years, 43 new (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Coláiste Pobail Osraí · postprimary · 214 pupils · 151 m
Scoil Mhuire · primary · 400 pupils · 293 m
City Vocational School · postprimary · 300 pupils · 301 m
Mother Of Fair Love Spec School · primary · 75 pupils · 367 m
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea · primary · 330 pupils · 397 m
St Kieran's College · postprimary · 831 pupils · 414 m
S N Padraig Naofa · primary · 331 pupils · 566 m
Scoil Iognaid De Ris · primary · 278 pupils · 596 m

Stops 43

Kilkenny Cstl · IW01 · 0/hour at peak · 96 m
Ormonde Road · 717, 891, 897, KK1 · 3/hour at peak · 169 m
Kilkenny Cstl · 871, IW01 · 173 m
Ormonde Road · 717, 891, KK1 · 3/hour at peak · 190 m
Lower New Street · 817c · 201 m
Ormonde Road · 600, 73, 736, 897 · 1/hour at peak · 203 m
Ormonde Road · 600, 73, 736 · 1/hour at peak · 216 m
Kilkenny Cstl · 871, 881, 882 · 1/hour at peak · 241 m

Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

Coláiste Pobail Osraí · 151 m-3.6% pupils (214)
Scoil Mhuire · 293 m-4.8% pupils (400)
City Vocational School · 301 m-3.5% pupils (300)
Mother Of Fair Love Spec School · 367 m-2.6% pupils (75)
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea · 397 m-0.3% pupils (330)
St Kieran's College · 414 m+3.6% pupils (831) · a pitch or play area 2025, approved with conditions

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:32

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:44	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
Council consultation portals	Public	20 Oct 2026, 01:41	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	20 Oct 2026, 02:32	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
EPA strategic noise maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Alterations (2460149) approved 2024, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
Driveway (19696) built without official sign-off: built properly?
Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
Seller · council
Decision 31 m away can be appealed until 27 Oct 2026: appeal?
Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
Council
Building work started 73 m away: for how long?
Ask for: The planning conditions for 22344.
Agent · council
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Seller · solicitor

Reference

Where this is, the terms, the sources

Townland: Gardens
Electoral division: Kilkenny No. 1 Urban
Electoral area: Kilkenny
Council: Kilkenny County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 2460149, approved 2024, not started, runs out 2029.
Zoned M2 (major town centre); heritage-listed; monument zone; no vacant land tax.
12 sites nearby could change: 2 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
38 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 22 at Saint John of God Convent.
John Street Lwr (bus 881, 882) 458 m away: 5 an hour at morning peak; 32 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 73% rent (council 23%); 17% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1991–2000; 51% drive to work (council 65%); population down 2% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
Around here the council decides in a median 57 days (about 8 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.

What the terms mean 7 terms

Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.

Sources and licences 28

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
EPA strategic noise maps	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
National Transport Authority	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR zones)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	20 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	20 Oct 2026
cso.ie	—	CC BY 4.0	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	20 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	20 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	14 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026

Measured

counted from a public register

Calculated

a rate or median we worked out from those counts

Our classification

we sorted it by reading each description

Estimate

inferred from another source (census, map data)

Rule summary

the law, simplified: check before relying on it

How we work this out

Generated 20 Oct 2026, 20:04 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.

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