GrantedAlterationsDecided 22 May 2024

Loughmacask, Kilkenny, Kilkenny

Alterations to a permitted housing development in Kilkenny, replacing 30 apartments with 22 houses and maisonettes.

2460150 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 28 March 2024

Reference: 2460150
Authority: Kilkenny County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 28 March 2024
Residential units: 22
Floor area: 2098.8 m²

Summary

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The proposal seeks to modify a previously permitted development by omitting two apartment/duplex buildings (30 units) and replacing them with 22 units, including detached houses, terraced houses, and maisonettes. This represents a net reduction of 8 units in this phase, alongside revised landscaping and parking.

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Official record

Development description

For alterations to the previously permitted planning register ref. 10/15 (an bord pleanála ref. Pl10.238542), planning register ref. 22/591, planning register ref. 23/60297 & planning register ref. 23/120 to include the following works
Alterations to the previously permitted phase 01 of the development to omit 2 no. Apartment & duplex buildings (with a total accommodation of 30 no. Units) and to replace with 2 no. 4-bed detached houses, a terrace of 4 no. 3-bed houses, and 2 no. Two-storey maisonette buildings with 8 no. Own door 2-bed maisonettes per building (to a total 16 no. Maisonettes). The overall accommodation proposed is 22 no. Units, a net reduction of 08 no. Units which will be reaccommodated in future phase 03 and 04 planning applications
Revised landscaping, homezone, and car parking proposals to provide an extended and continuous landscaped area from park avenue through to the lousybush lane boundary
Relocation of previously permitted units 38-44 from planning register ref. 23/60297 to the south east by c. 1.1m (no change in unit types or the number of units proposed)
Omission of a previously permitted services building and provision of a new single storey 4.0 sqm services building
Provision of 14 no. On-curtilage residential car parking spaces for relocated houses 38-44 as previously permitted, provision of 12 no. On curtilage car parking spaces along with 3 no. Visitor parking spaces for the proposed 06 no. Terraced and detached houses, and provision of 21 no. On street parking spaces for the 16 no. Maisonette units
Provision of 3 no. Covered bicycle parking area (totalling 36 no. Covered bicycle spaces) along with 18 no. Uncovered (visitor) bicycle spaces
All associated site & development works at bishops lough, loughmacask, kilkenny

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New ResidentialR1

“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities”

National zoning type: New/proposed 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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Turlough View, Bishops Lough, Bonnettstown Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€570,000	58 m
12 The Square, Fox Meadow, Loughmacaskprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€577,093	122 m
2 Park Crescent, Bishopslough, Kilkennyprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€303,965	231 m
3 Park Crescent, Bishops Lough, Kilkennyprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€289,775	231 m
14 The Square, Fox Madow, Loughmacaskprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€877,036	243 m
16 The Square, Fox Meadow, Loughmacaskprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€577,093	243 m
4 The Square, Foxmeadow, Loughmacaskprice excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€406,650	243 m
20 The Square, Fox Meadow, Loughmacaskprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€577,093	243 m

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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 received28 March 2024
Decision due22 May 2024
Decision issued22 May 2024
Grant issued24 June 2024
Permission expiry23 June 2029

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