The Kilkenny Inn Hotel, Vicar Street, (& St. Canice's Place)
Build a four-storey hotel extension with 75 rooms, a café, and a penthouse lounge in Kilkenny.
19724 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 4 October 2019
- Reference
- 19724
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 4 October 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a four-storey plus penthouse extension to the Kilkenny Inn Hotel. It will feature a ground-floor café with a covered terrace, 75 guest rooms, a co-working lounge, a central courtyard, and a relocated ESB substation.
- Storeys
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Official record
Development description
For development. The development will consist of an extension to the existing kilkenny inn hotel building by providing a four storey plus penthouse building with frontage onto st. Canice's place. The development includes a café with outdoor covered terrace area setback from the street at ground floor, 75 proposed rooms across ground, first, second and third floors and a co-working lounge on the penthouse level. The proposed extension is to be connected to the existing hotel accommodation at first, second and third floor levels, includes an adjustment of existing car parking spaces, a landscaped central courtyard, a rooftop plant enclosure, set down area at front of the proposed building on st. Canice's place and relocation of esb substation from rear of existing site to the new proposed building facing st. Canice's place, including all associated site development works
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 Vicar St, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Mar 2026 | €143,000 | 49 m |
| 2 and 4 Dean Street, 25A 26 and 25 Vicar Street | Jun 2026 | €1,990,000 | 152 m |
| 6 Troysgate, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Jul 2025 | €90,000 | 178 m |
| 23 Troysgate, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny | Apr 2026 | €225,000 | 179 m |
| 5 Coach Rd, Dean St, Kilkenny | Jun 2026 | €345,000 | 185 m |
| 5 Coach Rd, Dean St, Kilkenny | May 2026 | €402,000 | 185 m |
| 1 Coach Rd, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Dec 2025 | €340,000 | 189 m |
| 31 Parliament St, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €650,000 | 200 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 received4 October 2019
- Further information requested27 November 2019
- Further information received23 October 2020
- Decision due19 November 2020
- Decision issued18 November 2020
- Appeal submitted10 December 2020
- Appeal decided22 November 2021
- Permission expiry21 November 2026
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