Site of Design for Living, Outrath Road, Loughboy
Demolition of an empty house and workshop to build a new two-storey medical centre with 48 parking spaces.
17586 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 5 September 2017
- Reference
- 17586
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 5 September 2017
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 583 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves the demolition of an existing two-storey uninhabited dwelling, three single-storey sheds, and a kitchen showroom/joinery workshop. In its place, a new two-storey medical centre of 1,070 square metres will be constructed. The project includes 48 car parking spaces, 10 bicycle spaces, landscaping, and a new site entrance off the Outrath Road.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
Development of a medical centre on 0.2832ha site of "design for living", outrath rd, loughboy, kilkenny consisting of: demolition of existing 2 storey uninhabited dwelling (187m2), existing 3 no. Single storey sheds (193.1m2) and single storey mezzanine kitchen showroom/joinery workshop (583m2); and construction of 2 storey medical centre (1070m2) for the provision of medical and health related services and all associated site development works including: internal site paving, 48 no. Car parking spaces, 10 no. Covered bicycle parking spaces, drainage system, refuse storage, boundary treatments, gates, landscaping, external lighting, associated signage an 1no. New site entrance off the outrath road
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities”
National zoning type: Existing residential
Objective set by the Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 St Patricks Gate, Outrath Rd, Kilkenny | Feb 2026 | €530,000 | 39 m |
| 2 Smithsland Court, Outrath Road, Kilkenny | Aug 2025 | €380,000 | 63 m |
| 19 Hazelbrook, Parc Na Gowan, Kilkenny | Apr 2025 | €580,000 | 146 m |
| 5 Ceaderwood Park, Loughboy, Co Kilkenny | Jul 2025 | €320,000 | 164 m |
| 14 Cedarwood Dr, Loughboy, Kilkenny | Nov 2025 | €120,000 | 164 m |
| 18 Cedarwood Crescent, Loughboy, Kilkenny | Jun 2026 | €470,000 | 240 m |
| Dun Mhuire, Waterford Rd, Kilkenny | Apr 2025 | €650,000 | 247 m |
| 7 Westfield Drive, Outrath Road, Kilkenny | Apr 2025 | €176,666 | 284 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received5 September 2017
- Further information requested26 October 2017
- Further information received28 December 2017
- Decision due29 January 2018
- Decision issued26 January 2018
- Grant issued28 February 2018
- Permission expiry27 February 2023
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