Lyons, Kilkenny City
Creation of a concrete car parking space in a front garden, including removing grass and knocking a front wall.
21873 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 21 October 2021
- Reference
- 21873
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 October 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe applicant proposes to create a car parking space in their front garden. The works involve removing grass from the street-side patch, replacing it with concrete, knocking the front garden wall for vehicle entry, and concreting the garden area.
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
To make a car parking space in my front garden. The builder will need to remove the grass from the patch off the street which is in front of my front wall. He will replace it with concrete to level it. He will then need to knock the wall at the front of the garden so a car can enter the parking space. The builder will then remove the top soil in my garden and replace it with concrete
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Stephen St, Kilkenny | Feb 2026 | €238,000 | 80 m |
| 6 Stephens Street, Kilkenny | Jan 2025 | €259,000 | 81 m |
| 8 Father Murphy Sq, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Jan 2025 | €232,000 | 92 m |
| 1 Stephen Street, Kilkenny | Mar 2025 | €380,000 | 104 m |
| 1 Stephen Street, Kilkenny | Mar 2026 | €420,000 | 104 m |
| 41 Fr Murphy Square, Kilkenny | Jan 2026 | €300,000 | 105 m |
| 1b Stephen St, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | May 2025 | €160,000 | 118 m |
| 31 Stephen St, Kilkenny | Feb 2025 | €402,500 | 134 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 received21 October 2021
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