McCourts Townhouse (Nos.86-87 John Street), The Rivercourt Hotel, John's Street
Internal and external alterations to a protected townhouse to connect it to the Rivercourt Hotel.
19604 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 27 August 2019
- Reference
- 19604
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 27 August 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe application proposes alterations to McCourts Townhouse, a protected structure, to convert bar, restaurant, and kitchen areas into bedrooms. It also includes window modifications and a new first-floor flat-roof link extension containing 5 bedrooms to connect the townhouse to the Rivercourt Hotel.
- Residential units
- 14
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Official record
Development description
For alterations to existing protected structure (rps ref: pb 107) comprising (a) modifications to internal layouts including changing bar, restaurant and kitchen areas to bedrooms to provide total of 8 no. Bedrooms and 6 no. Suites (14 no. Bedrooms currently), (b) alterations to existing window openings to rear and sides including widening of windows and lowing of cill levels, (c) forming of new door to the side and (d) erection of new single storey flat roof link extension at first floor level comprising 5 no. New bedrooms and corridor link connecting mccourts townhouse (protected structure ref: pb 107) to the rivercourt hotel at first floor level and all associated site works
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.
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received27 August 2019
- Further information requested18 October 2019
- Further information received8 November 2019
- Decision due5 December 2019
- Decision issued4 December 2019
- Grant issued15 January 2020
- Permission expiry14 January 2025
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