How do I search planning applications in Co. Kilkenny?

Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Kilkenny County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.

Which towns in Co. Kilkenny have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Kilkenny (404). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.

Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?

A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Planning applications · Co. Kilkenny

Planning applications in Co. Kilkenny: 404 in three years

404 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 1 town in Co. Kilkenny in the last three years, 12 of them for ten homes or more (400 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

404

planning applications within 2 km of 1 town centre in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

400

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Kilkenny

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Kilkenny

404 applications, 12 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Kilkenny

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

64 units, Kilkenny, lodged 2026-04, publication required (Kilkenny County Council): for proposed development of - Construction of 98 No. residential units including 08 No. four bedroom houses, 56 No. three bedroom houses, 16 No. 2 bedroom own-door maisonettes, 08 No. two bedroom apartments, and 10 No. o
35 units, Kilkenny, lodged 2025-04, application finalised (Kilkenny County Council): for alterations to the previously permitted Planning Register Ref. 10/15 (An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL10.238542) and Planning Register Ref. 23/120 to include the following works; 1) Alterations to part of the previously perm
28 units, Kilkenny, lodged 2025-08, application finalised (Kilkenny County Council): for development. The development will consist of: 1) 16 No. 3-bedroom terraced two-storey houses and 16 No. 2-bedroom own-door maisonette units in 2 No. two-storey buildings, 2) Boundary treatments, site landscaping, pub
25 units, Kilkenny, lodged 2025-07, application finalised (Kilkenny County Council): for the proposed phase 2 construction of 29 No. residential dwellings consisting of; 3 No. Type C - four bedroom detached, 9 No. Type D - four bedroom semi-detached, 10 No. Type E - three bedroom semi-detached, 2 No. two
22 units, Kilkenny, lodged 2025-05, application finalised (Kilkenny County Council): for a new residential development of 22 new detached dwellings consisting of: 3 no. 4 bedroom dwellings and 19 no. 5 bedroom dwellings, a detached single storey domestic garage; 2,763 sq.m of public open space; landscapi
18 units, Kilkenny, lodged 2024-07, appealed (Kilkenny County Council): for development at a site measuring c3.91 hectares, situated on lands known locally as the former Mart site located at New Road, Castlecomer Road and Old Mart Street, Kilkenny. The development will consist of the constru

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

Check one house in Co. Kilkenny

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) lists every planning application within 300 m of the house with status, decision and appeal, checks the property's own planning and building-control file, and shows the zoning of the land around it.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Kilkenny

Planning applications by town in Co. Kilkenny

Kilkenny

GuidePlanning search before buying a house: the three files that matter

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Kilkenny?: Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Kilkenny County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Kilkenny have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Kilkenny (404). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?: A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

National planning applications map

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.