Market Yard, Kilkenny
Construction of a two-storey building with a retail unit and one apartment in Kilkenny.
21822 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 30 September 2021
- Reference
- 21822
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 30 September 2021
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought for a two-storey building at Market Yard, Kilkenny. The building will contain an own-door ground floor retail unit and a first-floor own-door one-bedroom residential apartment.
- Residential unit
- 1
- Storeys
- 2
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 the erection of a two storey building containing own door ground floor retail unit and first floor own door one bedroom residential apartment, associated site works and ancillary related 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.
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 July 2024.
Notified floor area: 96 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 130 m |
| Flat 1, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 130 m |
| Flat 4, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 130 m |
| Flat 2, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 130 m |
| 5 Evans Lane, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Jan 2026 | €200,000 | 140 m |
| 2 New Buuildings Lane, Kilkenny | May 2025 | €250,000 | 160 m |
| Apt 7, Key Court, New Building Lane | Nov 2025 | €170,000 | 190 m |
| 12 Johns Quay, Kilkenny | Jan 2026 | €404,000 | 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 received30 September 2021
- Further information requested23 November 2021
- Further information received3 March 2022
- Decision due30 March 2022
- Decision issued29 March 2022
- Grant issued29 April 2022
- Permission expiry28 April 2027
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
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17839KilkennyLodged 18 Dec 2017Commercial
- Granted30 m away
For change of use from retail unit to office and all associated site development works
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19670KilkennyLodged 20 Sept 2019Change of use
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16254KilkennyLodged 26 Apr 2016Change of use
- Granted30 m away
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22272KilkennyLodged 26 Apr 2022Change of use
- Granted40 m away
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19179KilkennyLodged 21 Mar 2019Change of use
- Granted40 m away
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2460064KilkennyLodged 15 Feb 2024Change of use
- Granted40 m away
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