Unit 1 Dore’s Factory, Abbey Street, Kilkenny
Retention of a change of use from a meat processing plant to a takeaway and restaurant in Kilkenny.
2560031 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 24 January 2025
- Reference
- 2560031
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 24 January 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks retention permission for the change of use of a former meat processing plant into a catering takeaway and sit-down restaurant. It also includes retention of external signage and associated site works.
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) a change of use from a meat processing plant to a catering takeaway and sit-down restaurant, (2) external signage and (3) all associated site works
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Steeple Court, New Building Lane, Kilkenny | Mar 2025 | €105,000 | 47 m |
| 12a Priory Sq, Dean St, Kilkenny | Mar 2026 | €190,000 | 50 m |
| Apt 7, Key Court, New Building Lane | Nov 2025 | €170,000 | 74 m |
| 2 New Buuildings Lane, Kilkenny | May 2025 | €250,000 | 100 m |
| 5 Evans Lane, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Jan 2026 | €200,000 | 119 m |
| 1 Coach Rd, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Dec 2025 | €340,000 | 133 m |
| 31 Parliament St, Kilkenny | Oct 2025 | €650,000 | 142 m |
| 5 Coach Rd, Dean St, Kilkenny | May 2026 | €402,000 | 149 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 received24 January 2025
- Further information requested19 March 2025
- Further information received3 April 2025
- Decision due30 April 2025
- Decision issued29 April 2025
- Grant issued30 May 2025
- Permission expiry29 May 2028
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
For change of use from a Meat Processing Plant to a Restaurant
Unit 2 and Unit 3 , Dore's Factory Abbey Street , Kilkenny R95 AE72 and R95 EC63
2560657KilkennyLodged 14 Oct 2025Change of use
- Refused60 m away
(previously granted planning permission 98990003) for the change of use of existing building to two…
2 Steeple Court , New Building Lane , Kilkenny
22572KilkennyLodged 30 Aug 2022Retention
- Refused60 m away
To retain indefinitely a change of use of an existing dwelling house to residential short-term letting and…
4 Abbey Gardens , Abbey Street , Kilkenny R95 TNH3
22693KilkennyLodged 24 Oct 2022Change of use
- Refused90 m away
Change of use from private residential property to commercial office at 01 Priory Square, Dean Street,…
01 Priory Square , Dean Street , Kilkenny
2460444KilkennyLodged 17 Sept 2024Change of use
- Granted100 m away
To construct a 3 storey building containing: (a) 5 self-contained, 1 bedroom studio apartments for short term…
Evans Lane , (Off Parliament Street) , Kilkenny
19592KilkennyLodged 20 Aug 2019Apartments
- Awaiting decision100 m away
To construct a 3 storey building, containing: 5 self-contained, 1 bedroom apartments for short term letting,…
Evans Lane , off Parliament Street , Kilkenny
1821KilkennyLodged 15 Jan 2018Apartments
- Awaiting decision100 m away
For repair works to the existing ground-floor shopfront only of the existing public house premises at 28…
28 Parliament Street , Gardens , Kilkenny
2660434KilkennyLodged 8 Jul 2026
- Awaiting decision100 m away
For the replacement of the existing ground-level shopfront only to the existing public house premises,…
28 Parliament Street , Gardens , Kilkenny
2660302KilkennyLodged 20 May 2026Alterations
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