Dunnes Stores, Saint Kieran’s Street, Kilkenny
Retention of an online grocery portacabin and changes to service access at Dunnes Stores in Kilkenny.
2560535 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 19 August 2025
- Reference
- 2560535
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 19 August 2025
Summary
AI-generatedRetention is sought for a 42 sq.m portacabin and access ramp used for online grocery processing, alongside a click and collect sign. Permission is also sought to install new panel fencing and create a new service access door to the Market Yard Car Park, replacing the existing Bateman Quay door.
- Floor area
- 42 m²
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Official record
Development description
- For the
- Retention of a 42 sq. M portacabin and access ramp within the service yard, to be used for online grocery order processing and storage (online pick room)
- Permission to install new panel fencing above the service yard wall facing the market yard car park and bateman quay
- Retention of existing service access door onto bateman quay on a temporary basis. Permission is sought to create a new service access door to the market yard car park, with the bateman quay service access door to be removed and the opening infilled once the new access is in use
- Retention of a click and collect sign on the northern boundary wall, facing the market yard car park
- All associated and necessary site works required to complete the development for which retention and planning permission is sought
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 136 m |
| Flat 1, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 136 m |
| Flat 4, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 136 m |
| Flat 2, Hendy's Flats, 2 Chapel Lane | Jan 2025 | €82,500 | 136 m |
| Murphy'S Woolen Hall, 11 High Street, Kilkenny | Apr 2026 | €150,000 | 180 m |
| 12 Johns Quay, Kilkenny | Jan 2026 | €404,000 | 192 m |
| 7 Wesley Court, William St, Kilkenny | Dec 2025 | €180,000 | 206 m |
| 16b William St, Kilkenny, Kilkenny | Apr 2026 | €252,000 | 218 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 received19 August 2025
- Further information requested13 October 2025
- Further information received1 December 2025
- Decision due6 January 2026
- Decision issued18 December 2025
- Grant issued29 January 2026
- Permission expiry28 January 2031
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