Mariavilla, Moyglare Road & Dunboyne Road, Maynooth
A mixed-use development of 462 homes, 483 student bedspaces, a crèche, café, gym, retail unit, and a new link street.
18301230 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 20 March 2018
- Reference
- 18301230
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 20 March 2018
- Residential units
- 382
- Floor area
- 62992.1 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis strategic housing development includes 462 dwellings and 483 student accommodation bedspaces. The project also features a crèche, café, gym, retail unit, a new 800m link street with a bridge over the Lyreen River, and the refurbishment of a protected Gate Lodge.
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
Strategic housing development (abp decision) mixed use development of 462 no. Dwellings including the refurbishment of gate lodge (a protected structure), 483 no. Student accommodation bedspaces, crèche, café, gym and retail unit, provision of a new 800m link street with 1 no. Pedestrian / vehicular bridge across the lyreen river, new access junctions onto moyglare road and dunboyne road, internal road network, demolition of existing 2 storey building adjacent to "divine word missionaries" on the moyglare road and all associated site works and services
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and enhance the amenity of established residential communities and promote sustainable intensification.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 26 July 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 14 October 2021.
Notified floor area: 115.6 m²
12 commencement notices are linked to this development.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Lyreen Lawn, Mariavilla, Maynooth | Sept 2025 | €610,000 | 60 m |
| 05 Lyreen Mews, Mariavila, Maynooth | Apr 2025 | €600,000 | 81 m |
| 5 Lyreen Avenue, Mariavilla, Maynooth | May 2026 | €610,000 | 89 m |
| 23 Lyreen Drive, Mariavilla, Maynooth | Apr 2026 | €825,012 | 103 m |
| 8 Lyreen Drive, Mariavilla, Maynooth | Mar 2025 | €682,000 | 107 m |
| 05 Lyreen Drive, Mariavilla, Maynooth | Dec 2025 | €690,000 | 110 m |
| 17 Lyreen Close, Mariavilla, Maynooth | Mar 2025 | €825,000 | 130 m |
| 15 Lyreen Glen, Mariavilla, Maynooth | Apr 2026 | €620,000 | 137 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 received20 March 2018
- Decision due14 May 2018
- Decision issued20 May 2018
- Grant issued3 July 2018
- Permission expiry2 July 2023
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted40 m away
For single storey kitchen extension to rear
6 Lyreen Place , Mariville , Maynooth
2560792KildareLodged 14 Jul 2025Extension
- Awaiting decision80 m away
A small kitchen extension to the rear of the property
12 Lyreen Close , Mariavilla , Maynooth
201400KildareLodged 20 Nov 2020Extension
- Granted100 m away
For a single storey flat roofed extension to the rear including new door and window openings and the change…
8 Lyreen Drive , Mariavilla , Maynooth
24274KildareLodged 2 Sept 2024Extension
- Granted180 m away
New vehicular and pedestrian access and parking spaces to proposed new private tennis court to side of…
Land adjacent to 1 MOYGLARE GREEN , MARIAVILLA , MAYNOOTH
221272KildareLodged 26 Oct 2022Other
- Granted210 m away
Revisions to Planning Reg. Ref. ABP 301230-18 comprising: the option of the inclusion of an ancillary single…
Mariavilla Moyglare Road and Dunboyne Road , Maynooth , Co. Kildare.
20791KildareLodged 20 Jul 2020Alterations
- Granted230 m away
For (a) change of use of the existing building from use as a reception building for a catch and release…
Maynooth Fisheries Mariavilla , Dunboyne Road , Maynooth Co. Kildare.
211498KildareLodged 18 Oct 2021Change of use
- Awaiting decision230 m away
For change of use of former cattle byre and store as accommodation ancillary to the main house consisting of…
Pebble Hill House , Dunboyne Road , Maynooth
2460033KildareLodged 22 Jan 2024Change of use
- Granted240 m away
For change of use of former cattle byre and store as accommodation ancillary to the main house consisting of…
Pebble Hill House , Dunboyne Road , Maynooth
2460042KildareLodged 25 Jan 2024Change of use
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