No. 15 Bishop's Hill, Kilkenny City
Creation of a new vehicular entrance and closing of a garage door in Kilkenny City.
1946 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 1 February 2019
- Reference
- 1946
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 1 February 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves creating a new 3-meter wide vehicular entrance through a rubble stone wall from Loreto Park. It also includes permanently closing up the existing garage door to Bishop's Hill and constructing a low-level planter. The site is located within the St Canice's Architectural Conservation Area.
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Official record
Development description
For the provision of a new vehicular residential entrance and a set of residential entrance gates from loreto park, kilkenny city to his property. The development will consist of the realignment of grassed verges, provision of a new 3m wide entrance through a rubble stone wall. Permission is also sought for permanently closing up the existing garage door to bishop's hill and the construction of a new low-level planter to the front of same. The parent permission for the loreto park development is p. 71/88. The site is located within the st canice's architectural conservation area as indicated in kilkenny borough council development plan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Bishops Hill, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Sept 2025 | €230,000 | 50 m |
| 6 Troysgate, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Jul 2025 | €90,000 | 110 m |
| 23 Troysgate, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny | Apr 2026 | €225,000 | 123 m |
| 4 Ayrfield, Granges Road, Kilkenny | Dec 2025 | €895,000 | 260 m |
| 18 Thomas Sq, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Apr 2025 | €270,000 | 292 m |
| 20 Vicar St, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Mar 2026 | €143,000 | 296 m |
| 6 Meadow Hill, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Mar 2026 | €550,000 | 297 m |
| 20 Butts Green, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Sept 2025 | €192,000 | 309 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 received1 February 2019
- Further information requested27 March 2019
- Further information received14 June 2019
- Decision due11 July 2019
- Decision issued9 July 2019
- Appeal submitted2 August 2019
- Appeal decided5 March 2020
- Permission expiry4 March 2025
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