Kilkenny apartment block gets green light despite objections
Planning permission granted for new apartment block in vicinity of UPMC Nowlan Park on O'Loughlin Road in Kilkenny City
Plans for a new apartment block in Kilkenny City have been given the green light by the local planning authority, despite objections.
Applicant Michael Joseph McGuinness lodged plans back in August of last year seeking permission for the development of 24 apartments, private open space amenity and car parking at a site on O’Loughlin Road.
The works would include the demolition of an existing warehouse, shed and yard slabs, certain boundary walls as well as alterations to walls retained with ‘existing buildings on the frontage of O’Loughlin Road’ unaffected.
Plans for the proposed building included three floors of residential accommodation over a ground floor entrance hall/stair and lift well, waste management room, services accommodation and car park.
Further information/amendments were requested by the planning authority on certain elements of the plans and subsequently responded to by the applicant.
Amongst those objecting was Cllr Eugene McGuinness, who described the proposed building as being akin to ‘very imposing large block of Lego dominating the skyline’.
Despite approval from the local planning authority (subject to conditions), the plans could yet be appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála.