the former Tesco Store, Carton Retail Park, Dublin Road
Temporary 5-year permission to retain and use the former Tesco supermarket for comparison goods sales and a café.
17237 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 6 March 2017
- Reference
- 17237
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 6 March 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks a 5-year permission to maintain the former Tesco supermarket building instead of demolishing it. It proposes using the building for the display and sale of comparison goods with an ancillary in-store café and associated signage.
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Official record
Development description
The use of the existing, vacant, former tesco supermarket for the display and sale of primarily comparison goods and an ancillary in-store café. The application includes all advertising signage associated with the proposed use and all associated site development works as revised by significant further information consisting of: correspondence regarding the community use in the overall carton retail park campus; additional plans and a revised description of development as follows: permission is sought for a period of 5 years for alterations to the previously approved development under planning register reference 05/2731 which will involve the following (a) maintaining the former tesco supermarket building (previously proposed to be demolished under planning reference no. 05/2371 with an extension of duration permitted under planning reg. Ref. 11/1077) and; (b) the use of the building for the display and sale of primarily comparison goods and an ancillary in store café. The application includes all advertising signage associated with the proposed use and all associated site development works.
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.
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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
- Further information requested28 April 2017
- Further information received1 August 2017
- Decision due28 August 2017
- Decision issued28 August 2017
- Grant issued4 October 2017
- Permission expiry3 October 2022
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