Infrastructure · Co. Kilkenny

Clash McGrath, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny

Granted 25 Aug 2026

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2660158 at Clash McGrath, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny: Extension to the north-west of the existing animal food production…
  • The applicant is William Connolly and Sons Unlimited Company. The agent is Martin Gittens.
  • It was received by Kilkenny County Council on 20 Mar 2026.
  • Status: Granted 25 Aug 2026.
  • Permission was granted on 25 Aug 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Source: the Kilkenny County Council planning register, checked 16 Sep 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Extension to the north-west of the existing animal food production…

for (1) The construction of an extension (circa 3,140sq.m.) to the north-west of the existing animal food production and warehouse structure permitted under the grant of planning permissions ref no. 20-455, 18-544, 10-183, and 04-1699 (max. height 28m), including the raising of part of the existing roof to a height of 17m, unloading canopy, machinery tower, and intake area to accommodate an alternative and extended animal feed manufacturing facility and additional warehousing; (2) the construction of a cooling air exhaust stack (height 35m); (3) the provision of a new canopy to the north-east-facing elevation; (4) the continuation of the access road to serve the development; and (5) the demolition of the existing ESB substation and the construction of a new relocated ESB substation. Other works as part of the development will also include landscaping, drainage works, and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with the application.

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny Map
Planning reference
2660158
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Numbers and dates

Floor area
3,140 m²
Project type
Infrastructure
Received
20 Mar 2026
Granted
25 Aug 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Site history

This site's history

  1. Earlier permission 20455 for this site: granted 16 Mar 2021.

    is sought for works to existing warehouse building as permitted under grant of planning permission(s) ref no. 18-544 & 04-1699 & 10-183. As… Named in this application's description

  2. Earlier permission 18544 for this site: granted 7 Feb 2019.

    Retention planning permission is sought for existing single warehouse and office building as varied from grant of planning permission under… Named in this application's description

Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 25 Aug 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2660158 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

The 25 August notification decides to grant a 3,140 m² industrial extension with conditions. A final permission and commencement are not established. Existing buildings and earlier permissions remain separate from this extension.

4 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-07 · Official file index

Decision covers a 3,140 m² mill extension, stack and substation relocation

Decision notification; final permission and commencement not established

What the evidence says
The 25 August notification decides to grant the 3,140 m² feed-manufacturing and warehouse extension, including a raised roof section to 17 metres, a 35-metre cooling-air stack, canopies and demolition/replacement of the ESB substation. The March elevation sheet distinguishes existing and proposed structures; the July revised layout places the extension and replacement substation within the current site package.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Structural, process-equipment and electrical teams should coordinate the tall process structures, existing-building interface and substation move.

What is not established
A final grant, construction start, equipment supplier and agreed electrical connection capacity are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision to grant and conditions · p.1
Decision scope: 3140 m2, roof 17 m, cooling-air stack 35 m and replacement ESB substation · Issued 2026-08-25 · Decision dated 25 August 2026; 17 conditions · Checked 2026-09-07

Decision scope: 3140 m2, roof 17 m, cooling-air stack 35 m and replacement ESB substation

Proposed elevations, sections and ESB substation · p.1
P-201 A: existing/proposed elevations, sections and substation · Issued 2026-03-06 · 24-036 P-201 revision A; planning application, received 20 March 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

P-201 A: existing/proposed elevations, sections and substation

Revised site layout · p.1
P-011 C: extension footprint and ESB substation relocation · Issued 2026-07-17 · 24-036 P-011 revision C, planning application RFI; received 29 July 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

P-011 C: extension footprint and ESB substation relocation

Decision prohibits new stream discharge despite the submitted outlet detail

Later council condition governs the submitted drainage drawing

What the evidence says
The July FI drawing illustrates a vegetated bioretention basin and a valved headwall/overflow to an existing watercourse. The later decision’s condition 4 instead requires operational stormwater to be managed within the landholding through suitably sized soakaways and explicitly prohibits new discharge to local streams. The drawing’s outlet cannot be treated as an accepted construction detail without resolving that condition.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Civil and drainage teams need to reconcile the outlet strategy before ordering headwalls, flow controls or finalising drainage construction drawings.

What is not established
A reconciled and accepted drainage design, soakaway testing and a final permission are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Further-information drainage details · p.1
PL-102 B: headwall, valved outlet and overflow to existing watercourse · Issued 2026-07-14 · 261_003_PL-102 revision B, FI Planning; received 29 July 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

PL-102 B: headwall, valved outlet and overflow to existing watercourse

Notification of decision to grant and conditions · p.4
Condition 4(b)–(c): on-site soakaways and no new stream discharge · Issued 2026-08-25 · Decision dated 25 August 2026; 17 conditions · Checked 2026-09-07

Condition 4(b)–(c): on-site soakaways and no new stream discharge

Private well capacity and treatment need pre-commencement evidence

Condition attached to the decision notification

What the evidence says
Condition 5 requires pre-commencement approval of the shared facility’s abstraction location and rates, a suitably qualified hydrologist’s evidence of adequate well yield and quality, treatment/testing documentation, and storage for maintenance interruptions and fire needs. Ongoing supply treatment and plant maintenance remain the applicant’s responsibility.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Water-services and process teams need to establish reliable supply, treatment and resilience before relying on the proposed extension’s operational capacity.

What is not established
The hydrologist report’s acceptance, abstraction approval where needed, storage sizing and commissioned treatment are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision to grant and conditions · p.4
Condition 5: abstraction, well yield and quality, treatment and storage · Issued 2026-08-25 · Decision dated 25 August 2026; 17 conditions · Checked 2026-09-07

Condition 5: abstraction, well yield and quality, treatment and storage

Sixteen additional parking spaces include one charger and five future charging connections

Decision-stage parking and electrical conditions; separate earlier permission retained

What the evidence says
Condition 16 requires sixteen additional spaces, including two accessible spaces, one EV charging space and ducting for five further spaces. The July site layout shows the revised parking package. The condition does not authorise the site or other land within the blue line for HGV or trailer parking; it also preserves the earlier permission’s thirty-space requirement if this extension is not completed.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Electrical, paving and site-logistics teams should price the current parking works without assuming extra HGV storage or replacing earlier obligations automatically.

What is not established
The final grant, installed charger rating and discharge of the earlier parking obligation are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision to grant and conditions · p.7
Condition 16: 16 spaces, 2 accessible, 1 EV and ducting for 5; HGV/trailer restriction · Issued 2026-08-25 · Decision dated 25 August 2026; 17 conditions · Checked 2026-09-07

Condition 16: 16 spaces, 2 accessible, 1 EV and ducting for 5; HGV/trailer restriction

Revised site layout · p.1
P-011 C: revised sixteen-space parking provision · Issued 2026-07-17 · 24-036 P-011 revision C, planning application RFI; received 29 July 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

P-011 C: revised sixteen-space parking provision
Remaining document questions
  • Has final permission issued, and have the stream-outlet conflict and private-water evidence been resolved?

The declared pages of these government-published PDFs were visually inspected. Other catalogue files, later compliance, procurement and installed specifications were not established. Historical weekly membership is retained separately from these document dates.

How we know this

From the Kilkenny County Council planning register, checked 16 Sep 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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