Pound Street, Leixlip, Co.Kildare
Conversion of a medical practice and adjoining premises in Leixlip into three apartments.
171371 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 5 December 2017
- Reference
- 171371
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 5 December 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of a ground floor medical practice and first floor spaces into one two-bedroom and two one-bedroom apartments. It includes replacing rear flat roofs, partially removing derelict outbuildings for shared open space, and restoring a rear outbuilding and the original shop frontage.
- Residential units
- 3
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
Change of use of (i) the ground floor of the existing western premises ( currently ryevale medical practice) into a 2 bedroom ground floor apartment, together with (ii) the first floor of the same premises into a 1 bedroom first floor apartment and (iii) the first floor eastern adjoining premises (currently unoccupied) into a 1 bedroom first floor apartment. The development will also consist of the removal and replacement with new flat roofs of the existing flat roofs/lean-to roofs of the rear extensions to provide increased room heights and to remove parts of the existing derelict outbuildings to the rear of the site to provide shared open space and bin storage, together with all associated site works. Revised by significant further information consisting of; the restoration of the existing outbuilding to the rear for use as ancillary storage through making good existing stone walls, the replacement of roof structure and the provision of new internal partition walls to the aforementioned outbuilding and the restoration of original shop frontage at ground floor level
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Town Centres.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Leixlip LAP 2020-2023 (2020–2026). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| No 612 Fountain Courtyard, K Club, Straffan | Jan 2026 | €395,000 | 117 m |
| 28b Springfort Meadows, Leixlipnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €295,000 | 213 m |
| 1 The Willows, Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €427,300 | 213 m |
| 33 Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare | Mar 2025 | €320,000 | 213 m |
| 3 Harpur Park Vale, Harpur Lane, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | Feb 2026 | €440,529 | 213 m |
| 8 The Willows, Westfields, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €295,154 | 213 m |
| 39 Block B Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare | May 2025 | €252,000 | 213 m |
| 29a Springfort Meadows, Leixlipnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €295,000 | 213 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 received5 December 2017
- Further information requested7 February 2018
- Further information received27 July 2018
- Decision due23 August 2018
- Decision issued22 August 2018
- Appeal submitted17 September 2018
- Appeal decided29 January 2019
- Permission expiry28 January 2024
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