The Thatch Pub Site, at the corner of Main St. and Chapel St., Ballymore Eustace
Demolition of the Thatch Pub to build a new commercial building with retail, a restaurant, a yoga studio, and public realm works.
2059 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 28 January 2020
- Reference
- 2059
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 28 January 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks the demolition of the existing pub and restaurant building. In its place, a part single, part two-storey building will be erected to provide retail space, a restaurant, an orangery, a yoga studio, and a manager's office. The development also includes a rear courtyard, bicycle parking, and public realm improvements such as new car parking bays and charging points.
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Official record
Development description
(a) the demolition of the existing pub & restaurant building; (b) the erection of a part single, part two storey building providing retail space, a restaurant, an orangery structure, commercial kitchen & ancillary staff & w. C. Areas at ground floor level; (c) first floor accommodation to the northern block only comprising a manager's office, stock room and yoga studio/multi-purpose space; (d) a rear courtyard with single storey greenhouse kitchen garden, landscaped terraces & lawn, 8 no. Public & 8 no. Staff bicycle parking bays; (e) new connections to the public realm works including refurbishment works to public footpaths & kerbs, a landscaped terrace on chapel st. , 6 no. Public car parking bays, 10 no. Public bicycle parking bays, 2 no. Public car charging points and all associated site and landscaping works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate village 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 - Ballymore Eustace (2023–2029). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street, Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare | Jun 2026 | €335,000 | 33 m |
| No8 Chapel St, Ballymore Eustace, Kildare | Mar 2025 | €249,950 | 99 m |
| Apartment 2, The Anvil, Balymore Eustacenot full market price | Dec 2025 | €180,000 | 109 m |
| Apartment 3, The Anvil, Ballymore Eustace | Dec 2025 | €180,000 | 109 m |
| Main St, Ballymore Estate, Kildare | Apr 2025 | €425,000 | 113 m |
| Culmor, Main Street, Ballymore | Nov 2025 | €750,000 | 119 m |
| Chapel St, Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare | Feb 2025 | €385,000 | 145 m |
| Parish Room, Chapel Street, Ballymore Eustace | May 2025 | €297,000 | 145 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 received28 January 2020
- Further information requested20 March 2020
- Further information received17 June 2020
- Decision due14 July 2020
- Decision issued14 July 2020
- Grant issued25 August 2020
- Permission expiry24 August 2025
In the area
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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