Market Cross Shopping Centre, High Street, Kilkenny
Change of use of a child-minding unit to customer toilets and associated renovations.
18546 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 14 August 2018
- Reference
- 18546
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 14 August 2018
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought for the change of use of an existing child-minding and baby-changing unit to customer sanitary facilities. The development will also include alterations, renovations, and drainage works to the existing adjacent ground floor toilets.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
For the change of use of existing child-minding/ baby-changing unit located adjacent to the existing ground floor customer sanitary facilities ( granted permission under original planning ref: p12293) to use as customer sanitary facilities. Permission to also include for alterations and renovations of existing ground floor sanitary facilities adjacent to the child-minding/ baby changing unit and to include for all ancillary drainage and site works at
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 51 m |
| Flat 1, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 51 m |
| Flat 4, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 51 m |
| Flat 3, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 51 m |
| 5 Colliers Lane, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | May 2025 | €255,000 | 99 m |
| 7 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Dec 2025 | €180,000 | 103 m |
| Flat 1 6 Wellington Sq, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Mar 2025 | €275,000 | 114 m |
| 4 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €172,000 | 115 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 received14 August 2018
- Decision due8 October 2018
- Decision issued5 October 2018
- Grant issued7 November 2018
- Permission expiry6 November 2023
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