Kilkenny County Council grants permission for 130-home scheme at William Robertson Way, Poulgour Road, Co. Kilkenny

In context

It is one of 25 housing scheme applications Kilkenny County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 10 November 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Kilkenny County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

for modification to the previously granted Planning Permission (Ref. No. 23/60037) at this site, William Robertson Way, Poulgour Road, Kilkenny (within the townland of Poulgour). The Proposed development will consist of the addition of 9 No. apartment units (5 No. 1-bed unit, 4 No. 2-bed units) on the third floor and set back floor plan on the Fourth Floor, Increasing the overall Apartment Block from 4-storeys to 5-storeys, and from 30 No. apartment units to 39 No. apartment units (consisting of 22 No. 1-bed units, 17 No. 2-bed units). No modifications to as-granted 130 No. houses, and 52 No. Duplex apartments. The overall total No. of units in this development is now increased from 212 to 221. All with associated site works, Communal open Space, Bin and Bike storage, the site layout has been modified slightly to accommodate additional surface car parking and other ancillary works