11/12 O'Loughlin Road, Kilkenny, R95N25X
Demolition of a pub and construction of 29 residential units, including apartments and houses.
22131 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 3 March 2022
- Reference
- 22131
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 3 March 2022
- Residential units
- 3
- Floor area
- 375 m²
Summary
AI-generatedDemolition of an existing public house, restaurant, residential building, and outbuildings. The site will be redeveloped with a four-level apartment building containing 21 units, a terrace of 3 three-storey houses, and a three-level apartment building containing 8 units.
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 (1) demolition of existing public house/restaurant and residential building, all existing out-offices, warehouse and other buildings, yard slabs, certain boundary walls and alterations to walls retained. (2) four-level apartment building comprising entrance hall/lift shaft/stairwell, 11 no. 1-bedroom apartments & balconies, 7 no. 2-bedroom apartments & balconies, 3 no 3-bedroom apartments & balconies, waste management room, electrical and building services accommodation, rooftop plant room, 1 no. 'own-door' office unit on the ground floor and associated private open space/cycle park, boundary walls, etc. (3) terrace of 3 no. 3-storey, three-bedroom dwelling houses with private open spaces, boundary walls, etc. (4) 'own door' three-level apartment building with 2 no. 2-bedroom ground-floor apartments, boundary walls and open space, 6 no. 1-bedroom apartments in total on the first & second floors, all with balconies. External covered stairs and galleries, waste management bay. (5) roads and paths including widening of the 'car road' at the rear (east side) of the site southwards as far as assumption place, shared space, hard and soft landscaping paving, connections to adjoining open spaces, site services comprising surface water disposal and attenuation system (suds), foul drainage disposal system to existing mains, water services from existing irish water mains, fire hydrants, street lighting etc. Underground cables and ducts and all associated site works. Location of proposed development: (former) mcguinness public house, restaurant, dwelling, out offices and yard at 11/12 o'loughlin road, kilkenny r95n25x and adjacent eircode addresses each side and to the rear)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Assumption Place, Kilkenny, Kilkennynot full market price | Apr 2026 | €65,000 | 62 m |
| 36 Assumption Place, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Mar 2026 | €290,000 | 79 m |
| 124 Assumption Place, Kilkenny | Feb 2026 | €230,000 | 117 m |
| 4 Oloughlin Rd, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Jan 2025 | €258,000 | 120 m |
| 52 Assumption Place, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €260,000 | 124 m |
| 57 Assumption Place, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Mar 2025 | €251,000 | 148 m |
| 63 Assumption Place, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €275,000 | 152 m |
| 64 Assumption Place, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Apr 2025 | €170,000 | 155 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 received3 March 2022
- Further information requested26 April 2022
- Further information received3 February 2023
- Decision due2 March 2023
- Decision issued2 March 2023
- Appeal submitted22 March 2023
- Appeal decided13 June 2024
In the area
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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2560486KilkennyLodged 1 Aug 2025Apartments
- Refused100 m away
For the construction of a car access with double gates and new side boundary wall
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23176KilkennyLodged 18 Jul 2023Alterations
- Granted100 m away
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- Awaiting decision130 m away
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2660235KilkennyLodged 22 Apr 2026Extension
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61 Assumption Place , Kilkenny
16296KilkennyLodged 12 May 2016Extension
- Awaiting decision130 m away
For proposed new two storey extension to be constructed over existing single storey structure to rear of…
61 Assumption Place , Kilkenny
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