Unit 21, Market Cross Shopping Centre, James's Street
Change of use from a takeaway to a retail unit with a new shopfront.
21589 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 8 July 2021
- Reference
- 21589
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 8 July 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe application is for a change of use from a takeaway to a retail unit at Unit 21, Market Cross Shopping Centre. Works will include internal alterations for a new raised storage floor and external alterations for a new shopfront and signage.
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 change of use from takeaway to retail, internal alterations to unit to include new raised storage floor, external alterations to include removal of door and windows and provision of new shop front and associated signage
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
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 29 September 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 16 March 2022.
Notified floor area: 51.91 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 4, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| Flat 1, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| Flat 3, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| Flat 2, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 40 m |
| 5 Colliers Lane, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | May 2025 | €255,000 | 94 m |
| 7 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Dec 2025 | €180,000 | 95 m |
| 4 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €172,000 | 108 m |
| 9 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Jul 2025 | €160,000 | 112 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 received8 July 2021
- Decision due1 September 2021
- Decision issued12 August 2021
- Grant issued14 September 2021
- Permission expiry13 September 2026
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