Permission refused for 97-unit housing development in Kilkenny

Planning permission has been refused for the construction of ninety-seven (97) residential units at Mountsion, Ferrybank, County Kilkenny.

Kilkenny Walsh Limited sought the development of the following: eight 3-storey 4 bed detached dwellings; eight 3-storey mid-entry 4 bed detached dwellings; twenty-four 2-storey 3 bed semidetached dwellings; eight 3-storey 3 bed mid-terrace dwellings; twelve 3-storey 3 bed end-terrace dwellings; one 2-storey 4 bed detached dwelling; three 2-storey 4 bed semi-detached dwellings and three 2-storey 4 bed semidetached dwellings.

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Also proposed were four apartment blocks with a mix of one and two-bed residential units.

Permission also sought the demolition of existing dwelling addressed 'Bakers, Mountsion, Mount Sion Road, Ferrybank, X91 Y6W3'.

Further to this, the applicant sought a new vehicular road access, footpaths and cycle paths from Mount Sion Road together with proposed boundary treatments, landscaping, car parking, new foul & surface water drainage connections and associated infrastructure.

The planning application was refused by Kilkenny County Council on April 28, 2023.

The applicant retains the right to appeal the decision to An Bord Pleanála.