Plans for seven-storey hotel in Kilkenny resubmitted

A planning application seeking permission to build a seven-storey landmark hotel in Kilkenny city has been resubmitted to Kilkenny County Council.

The original application had been deemed 'incomplete' by the local authority and the new application is still in the 'pre-validation' phase, so it is not yet known if it will be accepted.

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The application seeks to construct a new seven-storey hotel on a site currently used as a 45-space car park on lands south of MacDonagh Junction Train Station.

The site extends to 0.33 hectares (0.82 acres), and is zoned 'general business' under the Kilkenny City & Environs Development Plan 2014-2020.

CIÉ are the owners of the site and have been seeking to develop the site in recent years, previously inviting interested parties to bid in a tender process back in 2019.

The application seeks to conduct clearance works on the site and construct a seven-storey hotel (8,221sq.m) comprising 99 en-suite bedrooms.

Envisioned is a ground floor restaurant and bar, hotel foyer and reception, gym, a first floor function room, meeting rooms, an outdoor terrace and a fifth floor bar/restaurant with outdoor terraces and balcony.

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Also included in the plans is a 6th floor outdoor swimming pool area, a bar/restaurant with outdoor terrace, a public plaza area along the west of the site with a vehicle set down area proposed along the Dublin Road.

If the resubmitted planning application is accepted, a decision will be expected from Kilkenny County Council on the plans by January 25, 2023.