Market Cross Shopping Centre, Unit 31 Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Change of use from a shop to a takeaway pretzel bar and café in Kilkenny.
17685 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 17 October 2017
- Reference
- 17685
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 17 October 2017
Summary
AI-generatedPlanning permission is sought to convert an existing retail unit at Market Cross Shopping Centre into a takeaway snack/pretzel bar and café. The layout will feature a pretzel bar, coffee bar, and seating area on the lower level, with storage and staff toilets on the upper level.
- Floor area
- 95 m²
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Official record
Development description
For change of use of existing shop located in unit 31 into a take away snack/pretzel bar and café; the development will consist of pretzel bar, coffee bar sitting area to lower level at 75 sqm and storage and personnel toilet to part of upper-level floor at 20 sqm together with new signage at this site
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for general development”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 4, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| Flat 2, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| Flat 3, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| Flat 1, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| 7 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Dec 2025 | €180,000 | 68 m |
| 5 Colliers Lane, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | May 2025 | €255,000 | 68 m |
| 4 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €172,000 | 81 m |
| 9 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Jul 2025 | €160,000 | 85 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 received17 October 2017
- Decision due11 December 2017
- Decision issued8 December 2017
- Grant issued19 January 2018
- Permission expiry18 January 2023
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