Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co.Kildare
Construction of a new two-to-four storey academic building of over 10,000 square metres at Maynooth University.
18922 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 31 July 2018
- Reference
- 18922
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 31 July 2018
Summary
AI-generatedA 10-year planning permission is sought for a new academic building to be delivered in one or two phases. The facility will feature lecture theatres, teaching spaces, offices, a café, and exhibition spaces arranged around a new courtyard.
- Storeys
- 4
- Floor area
- 10,554 m²
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Official record
Development description
A 10 year permission for development comprising of; the construction of a 2 to 4 storey academic building of c. 10,554m2 gross floor area, deliverable in one or two phases; phase 1 (c. 5,287m2) comprising two lecture theatres and public foyer, teaching spaces, seminar and collaboration spaces, café (c. 192m2), exhibition spaces, meeting rooms, enclosed and open plan offices, breakout spaces, pv panels and roof level plant, and phase 2 (5,267m2) comprising one lecture theatre, teaching spaces, seminar and collaboration spaces, research reading rooms, exhibition spaces, meeting rooms, enclosed and open plan offices, break out spaces, pv panels and roof level plant; 60no. Bicycle parking spaces; all arranged around a new courtyard with associated landscaping and site development works on a site (c. 1.17ha) located south of the existing science building, on a portion of the existing campus ring road and adjacent to the access point to the north campus from the kilcock road, maynooth
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To support the growth of Maynooth University.”
National zoning type: Education
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilcock Rd, Maynooth, Kildare | Jun 2025 | €765,000 | 64 m |
| 14 Earls Court, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth | Nov 2025 | €340,000 | 294 m |
| 4 Geraldine House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth | Jun 2025 | €365,831 | 295 m |
| 22 Geraldine House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth | Feb 2026 | €387,000 | 295 m |
| Apt 6, Geraldine House, Lyreen Manor | Apr 2026 | €405,000 | 295 m |
| 6 Donadea House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth | Jul 2025 | €305,000 | 311 m |
| 35 Donadea House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth | Feb 2025 | €325,000 | 311 m |
| 20 Donadea House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth | Jul 2025 | €300,000 | 311 m |
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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 received31 July 2018
- Further information requested24 September 2018
- Further information received3 January 2019
- Decision due27 February 2019
- Decision issued27 February 2019
- Grant issued16 April 2019
- Permission expiry15 April 2029
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