15 & 16 John Street Lower, Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Development of a retail building, restaurant, cafe, and short-stay boutique accommodation.
2560045 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 5 February 2025
- Reference
- 2560045
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 5 February 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application proposes a major commercial development including a new single-storey retail building and a part single, part two-storey licensed restaurant. It also includes a change of use of a tap-room to a cafe/restaurant/wine bar, and the conversion of a dwelling into three short-stay boutique accommodation units.
- Residential units
- 3
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
- provision of a new vehicular entrance, with barrier, to the existing barriered carpark to the northwest of the site to include a reduction in the car parking provision to nine spaces; - removal of the existing vehicular barrier to the existing carpark to the northwest of the site and development of this existing entrance as a pedestrianised area; - enhancement of the existing pedestrian route as passes through the site to include a new paved finish, new external seating and service areas, and a new single & two storey glazed roof over supported on freestanding steel columns & framework; - development of a new single storey retail building; - development of a new part single-storey and part two-storey licensed restaurant building adjacent to the recently completed boutique brewhouse (planning ref. 21306); - permission for a change of use of the existing tap-room & wine centre to a licensed cafe / restaurant / wine bar on ground floor with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street and to john street to include signage; - permission for a change of use of existing residential accommodation (single dwelling house at no. 15 john street) to 3 no. Short-stay boutique accommodation units with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street and to john street; - retention permission for a change of use from residential accommodation (single dwelling house at no. 16 john street) to short-stay boutique accommodation; - permission for a change of use from ground floor stores & retail unit to a licensed whiskey retail & bar area with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street and signage to john street; - retention permission for change of use from store to short-stay boutique accommodation on ground and first floor with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street; - permission for a change of use from a store / services area to a gelato retail outlet with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street; - fixed and freestanding signage to john street and to the existing car parking entrance to the northwest of the site; - signage to the new shopfronts to the glazed street; and - all associated site and development works. No. 15 & 16 john street lower is located within the john street architectural conservation area. No. 15 john street lower is a protected structure rps ref: b99 and listed on the niah main record (12000219). No. 16 john street lower is a protected structure rps ref: b100.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for general development”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 6 November 2023.
Notified floor area: 162 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 And 20 John Street, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Nov 2025 | €605,000 | 47 m |
| 9 Michael St, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Jan 2025 | €475,000 | 145 m |
| 12 Johns Quay, Kilkenny | Jan 2026 | €404,000 | 148 m |
| 4 Berkley Row, Maudlin St, Kilkenny | Jul 2025 | €234,000 | 189 m |
| 15 Maudlin St, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Apr 2026 | €322,000 | 202 m |
| 36 John Street, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | May 2026 | €233,333 | 210 m |
| The Bungalow, Tullaroan, Kilkenny | Jan 2025 | €320,000 | 280 m |
| 2 Park Avenue, Bishops Lough, Kilkennyprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €361,233 | 280 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 received5 February 2025
- Further information requested1 April 2025
- Further information received19 November 2025
- Decision due2 February 2026
- Decision issued30 January 2026
- Grant issued4 March 2026
- Permission expiry3 March 2031
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