IDA Business & Technology Park, Ring Road, Loughboy
Construction of an eight-storey office building and associated facilities at Loughboy IDA Business Park.
2560696 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 30 October 2025
- Reference
- 2560696
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 30 October 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of an eight-storey office building with rooftop amenity terraces and plant. The project also includes a single-storey facilities store, bicycle shelter, ESB substation, refuse store, external meeting pods, car parking, and landscaping.
- Storeys
- 8
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Official record
Development description
For development at this site situated at ida business and technology park, ring road, loughboy, kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of an eight-storey office building, with rooftop amenity terraces at upper levels and plant at roof level. The application also seeks permission for the construction of a single-storey facilities management store, a single-storey secure bicycle shelter, a single-storey esb substation and switchroom, a single-storey refuse store, 2no. Single-storey external meeting pods, vehicular entrances from existing ida park road network, carparking and set-down, bicycle parking, new pedestrian and cyclist entrance from loughboy park, internal pedestrian pathways, landscaping & amenity spaces, site lighting, boundary treatments, surface water drainage and disposal, watermain and wastewater connections to existing services, and all associated site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for industry and information technology related industrial and office development and ancillary services. The purpose is to encourage mainly services type employment on a campus environment”
National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Ceder Wood Ave, Loughboy, Kilkenny | May 2026 | €370,000 | 341 m |
| 7 Westfield Drive, Outrath Road, Kilkenny | Apr 2025 | €176,666 | 467 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 received30 October 2025
- Further information requested23 December 2025
- Further information received25 May 2026
In the area
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Of Planning Permission Reference P19/533
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