Carton Park Retail Campus, Dublin Road, Maynooth
Construction of a single-storey café building in the Carton Park Retail Campus car park.
206 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 8 January 2020
- Reference
- 206
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 8 January 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves constructing a single-storey café building of approximately 283 square metres within the existing car park. The development includes outdoor seating, bicycle parking, landscaping, and the realignment of car parking spaces.
- Storey
- 1
- Floor area
- 283 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
The construction of a single storey café building (c. 283sqm gross floor area) to be used for the preparation and sale of food and beverages for consumption on and off the premises. The proposal also includes associated signage, an external seating area, hard and soft landscaping, 8 no. Bicycle parking spaces, the realignment of car parking spaces and all ancillary site services and site development works at a 0.1472 ha site in the car park
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To promote consolidated mixed-use development as an extension of the town centre.”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2c Leinster Park, Maynooth, Kildare | Apr 2026 | €1,002,000 | 86 m |
| 2 Leinster Court, Dublin Rd, Maynoothnot full market price | Oct 2025 | €70,000 | 96 m |
| Apartment 12, Leinster Lodge, Maynooth | Jun 2025 | €318,000 | 150 m |
| Crannog, Leinster Park, Maynooth | Apr 2026 | €1,520,000 | 167 m |
| 1 Newman Place, Maynooth, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €345,000 | 181 m |
| 50 Carton Sq, Maynooth, Kildare | Feb 2025 | €450,101 | 216 m |
| 68 Carton Sq, Maynooth, Kildare | Jan 2026 | €337,500 | 250 m |
| 26 Carton Sq, Maynooth, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €465,000 | 265 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 received8 January 2020
- Decision due3 March 2020
- Decision issued25 February 2020
- Grant issued20 April 2020
- Permission expiry19 April 2025
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