GrantedExtensionDecided 18 December 2018

Lawlors Hotel, Poplar Square and Gort na Greinne, Gleann na Greinne Naas

A third and fourth floor extension to Lawlors Hotel to add bedrooms, a conference room, restaurant, and roof terraces.

171484 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 22 December 2017

Reference: 171484
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 22 December 2017

Summary

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The proposed development at Lawlors Hotel in Naas includes a goods lift serving five levels, a new lobby, and a third-floor extension with three bedrooms and a roof terrace. A fourth-floor extension will feature a conference/dining room, a restaurant with a roof terrace, a kitchen, and seating areas.

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Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission is sought for a third and fourth floor extension to the front of lawlors hotel facing poplar square which shall comprise of the following works : (a) a goods lift on the southern elevation which will serve the basement floor and four floors above (b)construction of a 35m2 lobby on the existing first floor and second floor to accommodate the proposed goods lift. (c) construction of a 35m2 corridor and staff locker room on the existing third floor. (d) modifications to existing bedroom no. 303 on the third floor to accommodate proposed corridor which leads to proposed third floor extension on the west elevation. This third floor extension will comprise of 3 no bedrooms(total 117m2) and a proposed roof terrace which connects to existing bedrooms no. 301,302 and 303. (e) 3 no. New fire escape stairwells serving the proposed third and fourth floor with connection to existing fire escape stair cores and 1 no. New stairwell accessing third and fourth floor. (f) construction of fourth floor extension on the west elevation to include conference room/dining room, restaurant with roof terrace which is north, south & west facing, a kitchen, seating/waiting area, toilet facilities and a connection to the proposed hotel extension granted under planning permission pl16/624 (g) and all ancillary works. All goods deliveries will continue at the delivery yard at friary road/poplar square and the existing lawlor's hotel entrance of frontage at poplar square will remain unchanged. All at lawlors's hotel, poplar square and gort na greine, gleann na greinne, naas, co. Kildare.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town CentreUC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of the town centre.”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

Objective set by the Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 (2021–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apartment 1, Poplar Square, Naas	Aug 2025	€170,000	31 m
Apt 2 Friary Court, Friary Rd, Naas	Apr 2026	€225,000	45 m
5 Friar Court, Friary Rd, Naas	Oct 2025	€275,000	51 m
Apt 1, The Atrium, Johns Lane	Oct 2025	€710,000	108 m
Apt 1, The Atrium, Johns Lane	Dec 2025	€190,000	108 m
1 Friar Gate, Millbrook, Naas	Nov 2025	€323,000	185 m
14 Poplar Grove, Millbrook, Naas	Jul 2026	€301,000	198 m
5 Poplar Grove, Millbrook, Naas	Mar 2026	€276,000	198 m

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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 received22 December 2017
Further information requested23 February 2018
Further information received21 November 2018
Decision due18 December 2018
Decision issued18 December 2018
Appeal submitted23 January 2019
Appeal decided2 May 2019
Permission expiry1 May 2024

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