Kilkenny County Council grants permission for 45-bedroom hotel at Waterford Road, Co. Kilkenny

In context

It is one of 12 hotel applications Kilkenny County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 145 nationally. Of the 311 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 88% 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 16 October 2026. 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.

of Amendments to previously granted permission reference 2019/883: A four-storey extension to the front and side of the existing hotel comprising of 45 no. bedrooms with storage rooms plus additional passenger lift together with associated plant rooms and reconfiguration of parking layout to provide additional spaces and to include car park security barriers. The amendments consist of the conversion of 2 No. storerooms to 2 No. additional hotel bedrooms (total 47), the alteration from ‘velux’ windows to dormer type windows at 3rd floor level, minor alterations to the shape/ layout of the building, amendments to the car-park layout, the position of barrier entry systems and ancillary amendments.