GrantedHousing estateDecided 14 September 2021

Poulgour, Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny

Construction of a 77-unit residential development including houses, duplexes, and apartments in Kilkenny.

21348 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 28 April 2021

Reference: 21348
Authority: Kilkenny County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 28 April 2021
Residential units: 50
Floor area: 5771.8 m²

Summary

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The proposed development on a 3.2-hectare site consists of 77 residential units, including 38 houses, 12 duplexes, and 27 apartments. The apartment building will be 5 storeys high, and the scheme includes a new pumping station and public open space.

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Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

For a housing development on a site of c. 3.2 ha. The development will consist of: construction of 77 no. Residential units including 4 no. Four bed houses, 34 no. Three bed houses, 4 no. 2 bed duplex houses, 8 no. 3 bed duplex house, 9 no. One bed apartments, 12 no. Two bed apartments and 6 no. Three bed apartments: building type f is a 2-3 storey duplex building which comprises of 3 no. Units, comprising of 2 no. , 3 bedroom 5 person units and 1 no. 2 bedroom 4 person unit with a balcony at second floor level. The proposed apartment building comprises 27 no. Units arranged over 5 no. Storeys: patios/terraces are provided on all elevations: the scheme provides for a total of c. 5.908 sqm of public open space including 502 sqm of communal open space. The foul sewer flows by gravity to the north west corner of the site. The foul water discharges to a proposed pumping station (irish water ref type ii pump station). The pumping station is designed to have a 24 hour emergency storage. The pumping station measures c. 14.5 x c. 6m wide: provision of 62 no. Long term and 40 no. Visitor bicycle parking spaces: the vehicular access to the site will be from the lihaf road: provision of 76 no. On-curtilage car parking spaces and 64 no. On-street car parking spaces (140 no. Car parking spaces in total): 2 temporary sales/marketing signposts are proposed (one located to the north of the site and one no. At a site adjacent to the callan road): a temporary sales & marketing suite along with flagpole signage is proposed to the south of the new entrance roadway. This will be served by two temporary car parking spaces: a new opening within the existing stone wall at white bridge, to provide a new pedestrian connection to the site from white bridge: all other ancillary site development works to facilitate construction, site services, piped infrastructure, plant, public lighting, bin stores, covered bicycle parking, new pedestrian and cycle routes, boundary treatments and hard and soft landscaping. A natura impact statement (nis) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New ResidentialR1

“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities”

National zoning type: New/proposed 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.

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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
3 The Rise, Castleoaks, Breagagh Valley	Jun 2026	€460,000	45 m
Apts. 10 - 39, The Rise Castle Oaks, Breagagh Valleynot full market price · price excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€8,348,117	46 m
19 An Cluain Castle Oaks, Breaghgach Valley, Kilkennyprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€312,775	74 m
23 An Cluain, Breagagh Valley, Kilkennyprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€328,700	123 m
54 An Cluain Castleoaks, Castleoaks, Breagagh Valleyprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€317,181	123 m
St Judes, 28 Circular Rd, Kilkenny	May 2026	€290,000	194 m
6 An Cluain, Castle Oaks, Breagagh Valleyprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€355,000	213 m
17 An Cluain, Castle Oaks, Breagagh Valleyprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€312,775	224 m

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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 received28 April 2021
Further information requested21 June 2021
Further information received19 August 2021
Decision due15 September 2021
Decision issued14 September 2021
Grant issued15 October 2021
Permission expiry14 October 2026

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