GrantedDecision recorded
28 dwellings, Lousybush Lane & Bishops Lough, Loughmacask, Kilkenny
for development. The development will consist of: 1) 16 No. 3-bedroom terraced two-storey houses and 16 No. 2-bedroom own-door maisonette units in 2 No. two-storey buildings, 2) Boundary treatments, site landscaping, public open space, car and bicycle parking provisions, 3) Vehicular and pedestrian connection, roadway, and...
The public decision state is shown, but conditions and later amendments can still change delivery scope.
Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.
No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.
Opportunity & supplier intelligence
What is known, and what may happen next
Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.
A planning decision is recorded and no linked commencement is indexed. Conditions, procurement and start timing remain unconfirmed.
Decision date 21 Jan 2026. / Confidence: LowDecision date 21 Jan 2026.
No commencement indexed / This is an index state, not proof that no works have started.
Source limited27 drawing entries are present in the official document inventory.
- 25023-DR-0103_issue[PL1] - Drawings - General
- 2017-P-009 (Proposed Site Plan) - Drawings - General
- 25023-DR-0102_issue[PL1] - Drawings - General
Confirmed scope
Confirmed application scope
Development of 16 three-bedroom terraced houses and 16 two-bedroom maisonette units with associated site works, landscaping, and connections at Lousybush Lane and Bishops Lough, Kilkenny.
Named firms
Public source roles
- Wallace Contracting Ltd.
- Applicant / promoter named in an official planning document
- Document role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.
Evidence-backed work packages
Explicit source signals only
No work package meets the explicit source, reference and locator threshold. PlanningBrief does not pad this list with generic trades.
Confidence & provenance 0 official sources
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Exact reference
- 2560557
- Evidence reviewed
- 10 Jul 2026
- Confidence
- Document-derived
Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.
Application-stage scope
2 source-supported signalsWhat the public record evidences
Large residential - 28 dwellings
The public application record identifies 28 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.
Roads and site-development scope
The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.
Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.
Project facts
Named source parties
- Promoter
- Wallace Contracting Ltd
- Architect
- Brian Dunlop
- Planning agent
- Brian Dunlop
- Agent address
- Brian Dunlop Architects 15 Patrick Street Kilkenny R95P820
- Builder / developer
- Wallace Contracting Ltd.
Document-derived evidence
Source-specific, not inferred
Facts extracted from official planning documents
- Unit mix
- 16 3-bed house, 16 2-bed apartment
- Floor area (per planning documents)
- 2,933 m²
- Site area
- 1.719 ha
- Applicant / promoter
- Wallace Contracting Ltd.
- Scope
- Development of 16 three-bedroom terraced houses and 16 two-bedroom maisonette units with associated site works, landscaping, and connections at Lousybush Lane and Bishops Lough, Kilkenny.
Roofing: Pitched roofs finished in blue/black concrete tileCladding: External walls smooth plaster finish and selected brick finishWindows/doors: Windows uPVC with concrete cills; front entrance doors hardwoodRainwater: Rainwater goods RAL coloured PVC, half round and circular profile
Facts only; drawings and document packs are not republished.
Source: 250822t Housing Quality Assessment, Kilkenny County Council planning file
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Official description
Application text
for development. The development will consist of: 1) 16 No. 3-bedroom terraced two-storey houses and 16 No. 2-bedroom own-door maisonette units in 2 No. two-storey buildings, 2) Boundary treatments, site landscaping, public open space, car and bicycle parking provisions, 3) Vehicular and pedestrian connection, roadway, and shared cycle and footpaths through the Bishops Lough housing development from the existing entrance off the Bonnettstown / Tullaroan Road, 4) Vehicular and pedestrian connection, roadway, and shared cycle and footpaths to the existing roundabout and roadway as permitted under Planning Ref. 21327, 5) Alterations to Lousybush Lane to include localised removal of boundary walls for vehicular and pedestrian / cyclist connections, and 6) All associated site & development works
Source-aware chronology
Empty lanes explain their state.Application to site progress
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Applied 28 Aug 2025 2560557
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Decision Conditional 21 Jan 2026
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Appeal No appeal indexed No public appeal record is indexed against this application.
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Commenced No commencement indexed No reliable public commencement record is indexed against this permission.
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Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register
Public planning recordSource, scope and limits
Application description and scale 2560557
for development. The development will consist of: 1) 16 No. 3-bedroom terraced two-storey houses and 16 No. 2-bedroom own-door maisonette units in 2 No. two-storey buildings, 2) Boundary treatments, site landscaping, public open space, car and bicycle parking provisions, 3) Vehicular and pedestrian connection, roadway, and shared cycle and footpaths through the Bishops Lough housing development from the existing entrance off the Bonnettstown / Tullaroan Road, 4) Vehicular and pedestrian connection, roadway, and shared cycle and footpaths to the existing roundabout and roadway as permitted under Planning Ref. 21327, 5) Alterations to Lousybush Lane to include localised removal of boundary walls for vehicular and pedestrian / cyclist connections, and 6) All associated site & development works
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