Planning application · Kilkenny County Council

Provision of a new vehicular entrance, with barrier…

15 & 16 John Street Lower , Kilkenny , Kilkenny

2560045 · KilkennyGranted
Reference
2560045
Planning authority
Kilkenny County Council
Received
5 Feb 2025
Decided
30 Jan 2026
Status
Granted
Site area
0.248 ha
Further information requested
1 Apr 2025
Further information received
2 Sept 2025

Proposed development

Provision of a new vehicular entrance, with barrier, to the existing barriered carpark to the Northwest of the site to include a reduction in the car parking provision to nine spaces; - Removal of the existing vehicular barrier to the existing carpark to the Northwest of the site and development of this existing entrance as a pedestrianised area; - Enhancement of the existing pedestrian route as passes through the site to include a new paved finish, new external seating and service areas, and a new single & two storey glazed roof over supported on freestanding steel columns & framework; - Development of a new single storey retail building; - Development of a new part single-storey and part two-storey Licensed Restaurant building adjacent to the recently completed Boutique Brewhouse (Planning Ref. 21306); - Permission for a Change of Use of the existing Tap-Room & Wine Centre to a Licensed Cafe / Restaurant / Wine Bar on ground floor with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street and to John Street to include signage; - Permission for a Change of Use of existing Residential Accommodation (single dwelling house at No. 15 John Street) to 3 No. Short-Stay Boutique Accommodation units with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street and to John Street; - Retention Permission for a Change of Use from Residential Accommodation (single dwelling house at No. 16 John Street) to Short-Stay Boutique Accommodation; - Permission for a Change of Use from ground floor Stores & Retail Unit to a Licensed Whiskey Retail & Bar Area with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street and signage to John Street; - Retention Permission for Change of Use from Store to Short-Stay Boutique Accommodation on ground and first floor with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street; - Permission for a Change of Use from a Store / Services area to a Gelato retail outlet with associated elevational alterations to the glazed street; - Fixed and freestanding signage to John Street and to the existing car parking entrance to the Northwest of the site; - Signage to the new shopfronts to the glazed street; and - All associated site and development works. No. 15 & 16 John Street Lower is located within the John Street Architectural Conservation Area. No. 15 John Street Lower is a protected structure RPS Ref: B99 and listed on the NIAH Main Record (12000219). No. 16 John Street Lower is a protected structure RPS Ref: B100.

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Permission was granted on 30 Jan 2026. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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