GrantedCommercialDecided 12 June 2026

Ballybeg Link Road, Kilbarry, Co. Waterford

Construction of a commercial block, a mixed-use block with 34 apartments, and a single-storey café in Waterford.

2560948 · Waterford City and County Council · Lodged 22 December 2025

Reference: 2560948
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 22 December 2025

Summary

AI-generated

The development consists of three blocks: Block A is a three-storey commercial building; Block B is a four-storey mixed-use building containing 4 ground-floor retail units and 34 apartments above; Block C is a single-storey café. The site will be accessed via the existing Tesco car park.

Commercialmixed useapartmentsretailcafe

Residential units: 34

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Official record

Development description

3no. Blocks. Block a is a 3no. Storey commercial block, block b is a 4no. Storey mixed-use block with 4no. Retail units and 4no. Residential apartment units at ground floor level and residential apartment units on 3no. Floors above with each floor above ground floor level comprising of 10no. Residential apartment units. Block b consists of a total of 34no. Apartment units, 6no. 1-bed 2-person apartment units and 28no. 2-bed 4-person apartment units. Block c is a single storey café unit. The development also will consist of associated refuse store, bicycle store, site hard & soft landscaping, parking facilities accessed off the existing tesco carpark, pedestrian links, boundary treatments, totem signage, and all associated site infrastructure works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

GBUC

“To provide for and improve General Business uses; this includes suburban district retail and local neighbourhood centres.”

National zoning type: Other mix of uses

Objective set by the WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
2 Brookfield Place, Brookfield, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€330,395	237 m
15 Brookfield Avenue, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€337,731	243 m
7 Oakwood, Templars Hall, Waterford	Dec 2025	€239,000	282 m
28 Brookfield Drive, Brookfield, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€334,758	287 m
13 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€431,674	299 m
32 Brookfield Drive, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€361,189	299 m
41 Brookfield, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€339,163	299 m
42 Brookfield Drive, Kilbarry, Waterfordprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€339,163	299 m

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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 received22 December 2025
Further information requested24 February 2026
Further information received20 May 2026
Decision due16 June 2026
Decision issued12 June 2026

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