Local Electoral Area · Kilkenny County Council

Construction leads in Kilkenny

230 planning applications and commencement notices in Kilkenny in the last twelve months, across 5 electoral divisions. 277 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Kilkenny planning register and the national building control register.

230
Leads, 12 months
277
On site now
€161m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in Kilkenny, on the map

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Top trades in Kilkenny

The work the last twelve months of filings call for, by trade.

Electrical
170 leads
Plumbing & Heating
152 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
143 leads
Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining
137 leads
Flooring
135 leads
Painting & Decorating
135 leads
Masonry & Blockwork
132 leads
Roofing
132 leads

The housing stock in Kilkenny

10,859 households in Census 2022, set against the national figure (the dark tick). Older homes on oil and solid fuel are where retrofit demand sits.

Age and occupancy

Built before 198039.2%Ireland 41.7%
Built before 19195%Ireland 8.6%
Built 2011 or later5.3%Ireland 7.9%
Vacant homes7%Ireland 7.7%
Holiday homes0.6%Ireland 3.2%

Central heating fuel

Oil27.9%Ireland 40.9%
Mains gas56.6%Ireland 34.5%
LPG0.4%Ireland 0.7%
Electric9.8%Ireland 12.4%
Solid fuel (coal, peat, wood)3.6%Ireland 9.4%
Other fuel0.9%Ireland 1%
No central heating0.8%Ireland 1.2%
Renewable energy source20.5%Ireland 25.7%

Tenure

Owner occupied59.4%Ireland 68.9%
Private rented22.5%Ireland 18.8%
Social rented16.7%Ireland 10.4%
Pobal deprivation score
-0.5

Relative affluence at the national average (0). A household-weighted mean of Electoral Division scores. Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022, CC BY 4.0.

Source: CSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Shares are rolled up from each electoral division, weighted by households (dwellings for vacancy).

Recent planning applications in Kilkenny

  1. Certa Service Station, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny
    for New 40,000ltr underground fuel tank and alterations to the existing fuel infrastructure. All other associated site development works.
    Lodged
    2660647Received 12 Oct 2026Decision due 6 Dec 2026
  2. Lands to the South of MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny
    for development. The development consists of the retention, for a period of 5 years from the date of grant of permission…
    Lodged
    2660635Received 5 Oct 2026Decision due 29 Nov 2026
  3. No. 20 Robertshill, Circular Road, Kilkenny
    for elevational changes (front porch - existing pitched roof changed to a proposed flat roof…
    Lodged
    2660636Received 5 Oct 2026Decision due 29 Nov 2026
  4. 41 Kieran Street, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny.
    Change of use from Retail to short-term let accommodation at the ground floor of 43 Kieran Street (a protected structure)…
    Lodged
    2660627Received 29 Sept 2026Decision due 23 Nov 2026
  5. Newtown Villa, Newtown Bonnettstown, Co. Kilkenny
    for alterations to the previously permitted dwelling house constructed. The principal alterations from the original permitted development include an increase…
    Lodged
    2660614Received 23 Sept 2026Decision due 17 Nov 2026
  6. NEWPARK LOWER, CASTLECOMER ROAD, KILKENNY
    to demolish the existing curtain wall entrance structure to the main function rooms located at the side of Newpark Hotel…
    Lodged
    2660615Received 23 Sept 2026Decision due 17 Nov 2026
  7. MacDonagh Junction, Kilkenny
    for a period of 5 years from the date of grant for a surface carpark previously permitted under Planning Reg. Ref. Nos. 08/56…
    Closed
    2660616Received 23 Sept 2026
  8. 136 Chestnut Drive, Rath Ullord, Kilkenny
    to retain indefinitely an existing garden shed and all associated site works at the front of an existing dwelling house
    Lodged
    2660613Received 22 Sept 2026Decision due 16 Nov 2026
  9. Big Bog, Ballycallan, Kilkenny
    for retention of change of use of existing garage to self contained habitable unit and permission for extension to main dwelling and garage to connect both…
    Lodged
    2660610Received 21 Sept 2026Decision due 15 Nov 2026
  10. Cillin Hill Business Park, Kilkenny
    for the Installation of self service dog wash machine with a small shelter and two self service launderette machines, fencing and associated ground works
    Lodged
    2660603Received 18 Sept 2026Decision due 12 Nov 2026
Every Kilkenny application, by week

Who is building in Kilkenny

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

  1. 1Ormonde Homes Limited14 applications
  2. 2Wisteria Developments Ltd10 applications
  3. 3Cairn Homes Properties Limited8 applications
  4. 4Cognito Developments Kilkenny Limited8 applications
  5. 5Newpark Hotel Ltd7 applications
  6. 6Fox Meadow Homes Ltd6 applications
  7. 7Kilkenny & Carlow Education and Training Board4 applications
  8. 8Hebron Ventures Ltd3 applications

Electoral divisions in Kilkenny

  • Dunmore
  • Kilkenny No. 1 Urban
  • Kilkenny No. 2 Urban
  • Kilkenny Rural
  • St. Canice

Lead figures count planning applications and commencement notices received in the last twelve months inside this area's boundary; pipeline value is the estimated build value behind them. Applicant names of private individuals are never shown; organisations only. Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann National Statistical Boundaries 2022, CC BY 4.0.

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