29 31 33 35 37 & 39, Main Street, Leixlip
Refurbishment of Main Street properties and construction of a new three-storey apartment building.
191433 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 23 December 2019
- Reference
- 191433
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 23 December 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThis project involves the refurbishment and rebuilding of fire-damaged terraced properties on Main Street to provide 3 commercial units and 3 apartments. It also includes the demolition of rear structures to build a new three-storey building containing 8 apartments, bringing the total to 11 apartments.
- Residential units
- 11
- Storeys
- 3
- Floor area
- 931 m²
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
- Refurbishment and remodelling of existing two-storey terraced properties numbers 29, 31, 33, 37 and 39 main street including for reconstruction of existing fire damaged two-storey terraced property 33, 35 main street; demolition of existing rear garden structures and associated boundary walls and construction of a new three-storey apartment building linked to existing terraced properties at first floor level and accessed via an existing arched opening at 29/31 main street. The overall development will comprise
- Existing refurbished/rebuilt terrace fronting onto main street, - ground floor, 2 no. Shops and 1 no. Café including refurbishment of existing facades and shopfronts and first floor
- 3 no. Apartments including 8 no. Velux-type rooflights
- New apartment building to rear
- 8 no. Apartments over three levels including south facing balconies at first floor and second floor level. The above development will provide for a total of 3 no. Commercial units and 11 no. Apartments
- 6 no. 1 bed units and 5 no. 2 bed units - with a gross internal development area of 931 sqm. Planning permission is also sought for hard and soft landscape works, bicycle parking and general site development works. Revised by significant further information which consists of a revised proposal for 11 residential units, 6 within the existing refurbished terrace fronting onto main street and 5 units in a new infill rear extension providing for a total of 3 no. Studio apartments, 7 no. 1 bed apartments, and 1 no. 2 bed apartment. Previous commercial units have been omitted. Numbers 31 and 33 main street are proposed to be added to the record of protected structures by kildare county council
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Town Centres.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Leixlip LAP 2020-2023 (2020–2026). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-7 Hill View, Captain's Hill, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €2,577,982 | 69 m |
| Apt 9., Liffey View, Caslt Court Leixlip | Oct 2025 | €104,000 | 88 m |
| 67 Main St, Leixlip, Co. Kildare | May 2026 | €350,000 | 90 m |
| Apt 12 Liffey View Apartments, Main Street, Leixlip | May 2026 | €196,000 | 106 m |
| Shingle House, 1 Main St, Leixlip | Dec 2025 | €857,143 | 111 m |
| 39 Block B Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare | May 2025 | €252,000 | 114 m |
| 8 The Willows, Westfields, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €295,154 | 114 m |
| 1 The Willows, Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €427,300 | 114 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 received23 December 2019
- Further information requested25 February 2020
- Further information received1 September 2020
- Decision due14 October 2020
- Decision issued14 October 2020
- Grant issued17 November 2020
- Permission expiry16 November 2025
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