Infrastructure · Co. Kilkenny
MacDonagh Junction, Dublin Road Highhays, Kilkenny
Granted 13 Nov 2025 (final grant issued 16 Dec 2025)
Key facts
- Planning application 2560610 at MacDonagh Junction, Dublin Road Highhays, Kilkenny: 8 meters by 12 meters.
- It was received by Kilkenny County Council on 22 Sep 2025.
- Status: Granted 13 Nov 2025 (final grant issued 16 Dec 2025).
Source: the Kilkenny County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
What and where
8 meters by 12 meters
for a 8 meters by 12 meters, outdoor fenced area to house a Wellness and Sauna Facility and all associated site work's. The proposed development is located within the curtilage and adjacent to 2 no. protected structures namely D86 (NIAH ref. 12000190) Railway Station, including goods shed and footbridge and B38 (NIAH ref.12006001) Former Workhouse, remains of a Union Workhouse complex built in 1840. The proposed works relate to an outdoor fenced area housing a Sauna Facility only and no works are proposed to the elevations or to the structures of the protected buildings and no ground excavations are required
Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.
- Location
- Dublin Road Highhays, Co. Kilkenny Map
- Council
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560610
Numbers and dates
- Project type
- Infrastructure
- Received
- 22 Sep 2025
- Decision to grant
- 13 Nov 2025
- Final grant
- 16 Dec 2025
- Site start
- 22 Jan 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Decision to grant
- Final grant issued
- Site start
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560610 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Kilkenny County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.
Site starts
Site starts and completion
- 22 Jan 2026Work started · 8 meters by 12 meters, outdoor fenced area to house a Wellness and Sauna Facility and...View the site start
- Completion certificate recordedRecorded in Jan 2026 · 1 unit on this certificateThe month is when the certificate was published, not the date the work finished. The certificate does not say whether it covers all or part of the work. Units on this certificate are not added to other certificates or to the planning total. Last checked 22 Oct 2026.
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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