Market Square and Bride Street, Kildare Town
Retention of private parking, yard walls, and rear elevation changes, plus entrance modifications.
17940 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 18 August 2017
- Reference
- 17940
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Withdrawn
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 18 August 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks permission to modify an existing vehicular entrance on Bride Street. It also seeks retention for hardstanding areas used for private parking, inner service yard walls, rear elevation double doors, and a rear service yard with access steps and a ramp.
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. Modifications of the existing vehicular entrance which opens to bride street by providing a recessed entrance complete with natural stone wings walls and piers also new entrance gates, b. Retention of the existing hard standing areas to be used for private car parking, c retention of the existing walls and piers to the inner service yard. D. Retention of changes to rear elevation, namely double doors to rear service yard. E. Retention of the rear service yard, access steps, ramp and raised platform area, all at ground floor level and to the rear of the existing retail unit, along with all associated site development and facilitating works
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 Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029 (2023–2029). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Belfry Court, Dublin St, Kildare | May 2026 | €207,000 | 49 m |
| Apt.1 - Abbeyview, Kildare Town, Co Kildare | Mar 2025 | €132,500 | 104 m |
| Apt. 2 - Abbeyview, Kildare Town, Co Kildare | Mar 2025 | €132,500 | 104 m |
| 2 The Hazel Apts, Meadow Rd, Kildare | Feb 2026 | €130,000 | 117 m |
| 3 Grey Abbey Court, Grey Abbey Rd, Kildare Town | Nov 2025 | €330,500 | 135 m |
| 6 Leinster Square, Dublin Road, Kildare Town | Mar 2026 | €463,000 | 139 m |
| 26 Leinster Square, County Kildare | Jan 2025 | €300,000 | 148 m |
| 31 Leinster Square, Dublin Road, Kildare Town | Jun 2025 | €441,000 | 159 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 received18 August 2017
- Further information requested12 October 2017
- Application withdrawn30 April 2018
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