Planning register

Kilkenny

Planning applications inside the Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications: 1,472
County: Kilkenny

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Kilkenny contains a total of 1472 applications, with 139 lodged in 2023, 130 in 2024, and 162 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 92% grant rate out of 1230 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 1135 granted, 95 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 27%, retention at 15%, alterations at 14%, and commercial at 11%. Recent decided examples include granted permissions for a change of use of a gymnasium/fitness facility, outline permission to erect a three bedroom two storey house, the installation of a self-service dog wash machine, a development within a City Centre ACA, and the retention of a mobile home, alongside one refusal.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Grant rate

92%

of 1,230 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 1,135
Refused: 95
No decision recorded: 242

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

Extension: 27%
Retention: 15%
Alterations: 14%
Commercial: 11%
Change of use: 11%
New dwelling: 8%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Kilkenny

Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.