Main Street and Back Lane, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Change of use of a Main Street building to offices and creation of a self-contained apartment to the rear.
17234 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 6 March 2017
- Reference
- 17234
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 6 March 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal involves changing the use of a two-storey building on Main Street from residential to office. It includes partial demolition to create a self-contained apartment and mews building accessed from Back Lane, located within an architectural conservation area.
- Residential unit
- 1
- Storeys
- 2
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 the existing two-storey building on main street, maynooth, from residential to office use. The proposal includes the demolition of the existing single storey annex between the two-storey building to main street and existing contemporary two-storey with gallery extension thereby creating a two-storey with gallery self-contained apartment to the rear. The proposed self-contained apartment and mews building to back lane, which are contemporaneous, are accessed by way of the existing archway on back lane. The development also consists of alterations to the rear of the building to main street, internal alterations, alterations to the proposed self-contained apartment and associated siteworks including the sub-division of the residential element and proposed office use. The site is located in an architectural conservation area in maynooth development plan 2013-2019
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Charter House, Dunboyne Road, Maynooth | Apr 2026 | €260,000 | 102 m |
| 49 Charter House, Dunboyne Rd, Maynooth | Sept 2025 | €298,000 | 102 m |
| 35 Charter House, Old Dunboyne Rd, Maynooth | Oct 2025 | €259,000 | 102 m |
| 7 Charter House, Maynooth, Co. Kildare | Oct 2025 | €286,333 | 102 m |
| 29 Charter House, Maynooth, Co Kildare | Sept 2025 | €231,000 | 102 m |
| 30 Charter House, Dunboyne Rd, Maynooth | Jun 2026 | €269,000 | 102 m |
| Apartment 12, Leinster Lodge, Maynooth | Jun 2025 | €318,000 | 111 m |
| 9 Double Lane, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Jun 2025 | €235,000 | 118 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 received6 March 2017
- Decision due30 April 2017
- Decision issued28 April 2017
- Appeal submitted29 May 2017
- Appeal decided18 October 2017
- Permission expiry17 October 2022
In the area
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