Carton Retail Park, Dublin Road, Maynooth
A new drive-through coffee shop at Carton Retail Park in Maynooth.
16807 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 29 July 2016
- Reference
- 16807
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 July 2016
Summary
AI-generatedConstruction of a single-storey drive-through coffee shop unit with a gross floor area of 303.5sqm. The development includes a customer seating area, service counter, building signage, a 7.7m feature tower, and alterations to the existing car park resulting in a reduction of 47 parking spaces.
- Storey
- 1
- Floor area
- 304 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
A new single-storey drive-through coffee shop unit with a gross floor area of 303.5sqm (site area 0.168ha), comprising a customer seating area, a service counter, customer toilets, staff facilities and ancillary spaces. The proposed development has a storey height of 4.15m and a feature tower of 7.7m in height incorporating a roof top services enclosure. The works also consist of building signage, external directional signage and a totem sign, alterations to the existing car park and associated hard and soft landscaping and all ancillary site development works and site services. The proposed site layout will result in a reduction of 47 car parking spaces from the existing 1,407 spaces within carton park
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To promote consolidated mixed-use development as an extension of the town centre.”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Objective set by the Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031 (2025–2031). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2c Leinster Park, Maynooth, Kildare | Apr 2026 | €1,002,000 | 129 m |
| 2 Leinster Court, Dublin Rd, Maynoothnot full market price | Oct 2025 | €70,000 | 159 m |
| Crannog, Leinster Park, Maynooth | Apr 2026 | €1,520,000 | 204 m |
| Apartment 12, Leinster Lodge, Maynooth | Jun 2025 | €318,000 | 214 m |
| 1 Newman Place, Maynooth, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €345,000 | 242 m |
| 50 Carton Sq, Maynooth, Kildare | Feb 2025 | €450,101 | 252 m |
| 68 Carton Sq, Maynooth, Kildare | Jan 2026 | €337,500 | 273 m |
| 26 Carton Sq, Maynooth, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €465,000 | 308 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received29 July 2016
- Decision due22 September 2016
- Decision issued22 September 2016
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