Bistro 53 Restaurant, Main Street and Pound Lane, Maynooth
Construction of a new three-storey building with a ground floor restaurant and a three-bedroom apartment above.
17352 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 3 April 2017
- Reference
- 17352
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 3 April 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a new three-storey building facing Pound Lane. It will feature a restaurant on the ground floor and a three-bedroom apartment on the first and second floors.
- Residential unit
- 1
- Storeys
- 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
A new 3 storey building with a new ground floor restaurant and associated accommodation, a 3 bedroom apartment on the first and second floors, and all associated site works. The development will face onto pound lane, there is no work proposed to the existing bistro 53 restaurant facing onto main street,
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
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|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Ash View, The Grange, Maynoothprice excludes VAT | Jul 2026 | €546,256 | 48 m |
| Moygaddy Stud, Moygaddy, Maynooth | Apr 2025 | €375,000 | 48 m |
| 547oneillpark, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Jun 2025 | €240,000 | 48 m |
| 6 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Kildare | Jan 2025 | €200,000 | 77 m |
| 5 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Co Kildare | Jan 2025 | €200,000 | 83 m |
| 9 Double Lane, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Jun 2025 | €235,000 | 92 m |
| 18 Leinster Cottages, Maynooth, Kildare | Sept 2025 | €375,000 | 125 m |
| 16 Leinster Cottages, Maynooth, Kildare | Feb 2025 | €322,614 | 134 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 received3 April 2017
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