Approval for new housing development in County Kilkenny

Kilkenny County Council have approved plans from Hebron Ventures Limited seeking to construct a residential development on a site at Maudlin Street/Maudlin Court, Thomastown, County Kilkenny.

23 residential units were planned in the original planning application, consisting of:

• 2 3-bedroom bedroom semi-detached 2-storey houses,
• 6 3-bedroom semi-detached 2-storey houses,
• 2 1-bedroom semi-detached bungalows,
• 8 2-bedroom terraced 2-storey houses,
• 4 4-bedroom semi-detached 2-storey houses,
• 1 single-storey 4-bedroom community housing building.

The provision of vehicular site access was also sought as well as internal roads and footpaths including associated pedestrian crossing facilities, surface level car parking, public lighting, landscaping, public open space, boundary treatments, provision of foul and surface water disposal, refuse storage, bicycle storage and all associated site works.

The local authority and the applicant then entered into a period of further consultation on the plans and permission was granted, subject to 27 conditions, on January 26, 2024.