Parklands Grove, Railpark, Maynooth
Demolition of a house to build 75 new homes, consisting of houses and apartments, with a new road link in Maynooth.
20557 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 3 June 2020
- Reference
- 20557
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Withdrawn
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 3 June 2020
- Residential units
- 38
- Floor area
- 4497 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal involves the demolition of an existing habitable house to construct a residential development. The revised plans consist of 75 dwellings, including a mix of houses and apartments, along with a vehicular link to the Maynooth Eastern Ring Road and a new pedestrian and cycle link to Parklands Grove.
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
The demolition of a habitable house and the construction of 38 no. Houses and 46 no. Apartments, 1 no. Vehicular link with the approved maynooth eastern ring road and all associated and ancillary site development works. Details of the dwelling types are as follows: 22 no. "type a", 3-bed, 2.5 storey houses; 4 no. “type a1”, 3-bed, 2.5 storey houses; 9 no. “type b”, 3-bed, 2 storey houses; 2 no. “type b1”, 2-bed, 2 storey houses; 1 no. “type b2”, 2-bed, 2 storey house; 6 no. “type e”, 2-bed apartments; 6 no. “type f”, 2-bed apartments; 4 no. “type g”, 1-bed apartments, 4 no. “type h”, 2-bed apartments; 8 no. “type j”, 1-bed apartments; 12 no. “type k”, 2-bed, apartments; 4 no. “type l”, 3-bed, apartments; 2 no. “type m”, 2-bed, apartments; the application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with objectives of the relevant development plan or local area plan. Revised by significant further information which consists of a reduction in the number of dwellings from 84 to 75, the layout has been revised, house types and apartment types have been redesigned, a new pedestrian and cycle link has been proposed to parklands grove, the parking layout has been revised and the landscape proposal has been redesigned
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for new residential development.”
National zoning type: New/proposed 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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Parklands Court, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Apr 2026 | €358,000 | 315 m |
| 21 Parklands Place, Maynooth, Kildare | Nov 2025 | €581,107 | 320 m |
| 28 Parklands Place, Maynooth, Kildare | Oct 2025 | €225,000 | 337 m |
| 18 Parklands Crescent, Maynooth, Co Kildare | Jan 2026 | €711,372 | 349 m |
| 34 Carton Wood, Maynooth, County Kildare | Oct 2025 | €647,700 | 365 m |
| 55 Carton Wood, Dublin Road, Maynooth | Nov 2025 | €660,000 | 380 m |
| 115 Carton Wood, Dublin Road, Maynooth | Feb 2025 | €450,000 | 414 m |
| 11 Rockfield Grove, Maynooth, Kildare | Sept 2025 | €850,000 | 471 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 received3 June 2020
- Further information requested27 July 2020
- Further information received2 February 2021
- Application withdrawn14 July 2021
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