Unit 2 and Unit 3, Dore's Factory Abbey Street, Kilkenny R95 AE72 and R95 EC63
Change of use from a meat processing plant to a restaurant in Kilkenny.
2560657 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 14 October 2025
- Reference
- 2560657
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 14 October 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks permission for a change of use of Unit 2 and Unit 3 at Dore's Factory on Abbey Street. The units will be converted from a meat processing plant into a restaurant.
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 change of use from a meat processing plant to a restaurant
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 | 150 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 received14 October 2025
- Decision due8 December 2025
- Decision issued8 December 2025
- Grant issued19 January 2026
- 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 (1) a change of use from a Meat Processing Plant to a Catering Takeaway and sit-down Restaurant, (2)…
Unit 1 Dore’s Factory , Abbey Street , Kilkenny
2560031KilkennyLodged 24 Jan 2025Retention
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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