Chancellors Mills (R95YYF2), and Aut Even Farm (R95XT51), Freshford Road
Retention of agri-retail store, grain driers, workshops, and agricultural stores, plus permission for a workshop extension.
2310 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 18 January 2023
- Reference
- 2310
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 18 January 2023
Summary
AI-generatedRetention is sought for the change of use of a commercial store to an agri-retail hardware store, along with several grain stores, driers, a machinery workshop, and agricultural barns. Permission is also sought to extend the machinery workshop with an underground pit and install a petrol oil interceptor.
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 retention of
- Change of use of pre-1963 commercial store to agri-retail hardware store (building reference
- And erection of associated signage
- Erection of grain driers and store extension to 3 no. Existing grain/general stores (building references 2, 3 and 4)
- Erection of 1 no. Commercial machinery workshop (building reference 5)
- Erection of 3 no. Commercial grain stores, driers and ancillary equipment (buildings references 6, 7, 8)(half of building reference 8 is used as part of the existing farm storage )
- Erection of an agricultural grain store (building 9)
- Erection of an agricultural haybarn (building reference 10)
- Extensions to existing permitted agricultural grain stores (building references 11 and 12); and permission for
- Extension with underground pit to commercial machinery workshop (building reference 5); and
- Installation of a petrol oil interceptor and associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To conserve and protect agricultural land from interference from non-agricultural uses.”
National zoning type: Agriculture
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Odette House, Talbots Grove, Freshford Rd | Apr 2026 | €315,000 | 234 m |
| 9 Talbots Inch, Kilkenny | Feb 2025 | €199,000 | 281 m |
| 45 Talbots Gate, Freshford Rd, Kilkenny | Apr 2025 | €184,000 | 303 m |
| Rossinan, Talbots Inch, Freshford Rd | Jun 2026 | €520,000 | 318 m |
| 57 Talbots Gate, Freshford Rd, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €312,291 | 366 m |
| 6 The Garden Village, Talbot's Inch, Freshford Road | Dec 2025 | €1,200,000 | 486 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 received18 January 2023
- Further information requested13 March 2023
- Further information received20 December 2023
- Decision due25 January 2024
- Decision issued24 January 2024
- Grant issued26 February 2024
- Permission expiry25 February 2029
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