RefusedChange of useDecided 25 January 2021

Marsville House, Main Street, Kill

Conversion of a protected former HSE office building into a medical centre with a small extension.

201026 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 8 September 2020

Reference: 201026
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 8 September 2020
Residential units: 15
Floor area: 1702 m²

Summary

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The development at Marsville House, a protected structure, involves a change of use from offices to a medical centre. Works include a 45 square metre single-storey extension, conservation repairs, window replacements, and modifications to the existing outbuildings.

Change of usemedicalprotected structurerefurbishment

Storey: 1

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission is sought for development at marsville house, (a protected structure) and adjoining lands; bounded to the west by the n7 roadway, to the south by whitethorn grove, to the north by adjacent residential dwellings and to the east by eurospar and carpark, main street, kill, co. Kildare. The development will consist of change of use from office use (former offices of the hse): marsville house (a protected structure b19-28) to medical centre. Works to include, construction of a single storey extension of 45 sqm. Conservation repairs to marsville house consisting of refurbishment and repair and installation of insulation and services and removal of redundant services to the existing buildings to included provision of a new painted timber sash windows to replace pvc; modification of existing door openings, modification of existing external render, removal of existing entrance gates, reinstatement of brick chimney capping and pots to rendered stacks to two storey section, repair of external out house shed. Repair and internal modifications to existing detached stable/garage building and existing single storey annexe structure including breathable linings and new insulated concrete floors, repair of existing water pump to rear courtyard. Existing rear courtyard boundary wall to be rebuilt in rendered and capped blockwork along with the installation of stone paving in courtyard to the rear and 14 no. Car parking spaces. The development also includes the construction of 12 no. New two storey 3-bedroom terraced houses, 3 no. Single storey 3-bedroom houses, and apartment block comprising 3 no. 1-bedroom apartments and 5 no. 2-bedroom apartments with rooflights, pv panels and 14 no. Car parking spaces. The proposed development will be accessed via the location of the existing gateway to marsville house which is to be widened to 5.8m and the existing entrance piers reinstated along with the provision for a new adjacent pedestrian access. The development includes new internal access road, new esb plinth unit sub-station, open space, landscaping, boundary treatments, part alterations to boundary wall with eurospar and all associated site and development works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town CentreUC

“To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including residential, commercial, office and civic use.”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

Objective set by the Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Kill (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Marsville Mews, Kill, Kildareprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€497,797	82 m
3 Marsville Mews, Main Street, Killprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€440,529	82 m
5 Marsville Mews, Kilprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€440,529	82 m
4 Marsville Mews, Killprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€440,529	82 m
17 The Mews, Whitethorn Grove, Killnot full market price	Jan 2025	€138,473	93 m
Riverside, Kill West, Kill	Apr 2026	€650,000	98 m
13 Whitethorn Grove, Kill, Kildare	Mar 2025	€532,500	142 m
Kill Village, Kill, Kildare	May 2025	€700,000	252 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 received8 September 2020
Further information requested2 November 2020
Further information received22 December 2020
Decision due27 January 2021
Decision issued25 January 2021
Appeal submitted24 February 2021
Appeal decided6 December 2021
Permission expiry5 December 2026

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