Large residential · Co. Kilkenny

Drakeland Lower, Kilkenny, Kilkenny

Decision due 17 Nov 2026

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2660241 at Drakeland Lower, Co. Kilkenny: ~98 homes.
  • The applicant is Ormonde Homes (Kilcreene) Ltd. The agent is Brian Dunlop.
  • It was received by Kilkenny County Council on 23 Apr 2026.
  • Status: Decision due 17 Nov 2026.
  • The council's decision is due on 17 Nov 2026. Building work can only follow a grant of permission.

Source: the Kilkenny County Council planning register, checked 27 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

~98 homes

for proposed development of - Construction of 98 No. residential units including 08 No. four bedroom houses, 56 No. three bedroom houses, 16 No. 2 bedroom own-door maisonettes, 08 No. two bedroom apartments, and 10 No. one bedroom apartments, - The development will be provided in a mix of semi-detached & terraced two-storey houses, 02 No. two-storey own-door maisonette buildings, and 01 No. three-storey apartment building. - Provision of 128 on-curtilage car parking spaces and 41 on-street car parking spaces, a total of 169 car parking spaces, - Provision of on-curtilage bicycle spaces to all houses (128 spaces) and a further 80 No. on-site spaces, - Water & Foul services to the development to include a mix of gravity connections and a foul pumping station, and - All other ancillary site development works to facilitate construction, site services & piped infrastructure, public lighting, bin stores, covered bicycle parking, new pedestrian and cycle routes, boundary treatments and hard and soft landscaping.

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

Location
Drakeland Lower, Co. Kilkenny Map
Planning reference
2660241
Application type
Permission
Applicant
Ormonde Homes (Kilcreene) Ltd

Numbers and dates

Homes
~98estimated from the application
Estimated construction value
€14m to €27mOur estimate from stated homes and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Project type
Large residential
Received
23 Apr 2026
Decision due
17 Nov 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received

Outlook

What happens next

The council's decision is due on 17 Nov 2026. Building work can only follow a grant of permission.

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 2660241 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 27 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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