Southwells, Market Square and the exsiting Boyle sports premises, Market Square / Claregate Street
Change of use of a ground floor retail unit to a bookmakers office in Kildare.
20670 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 29 June 2020
- Reference
- 20670
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 June 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves changing the use of the ground floor of a protected structure from retail to a bookmakers office. Works include internal alterations, removal of sections of a party wall, refurbishment, and minor shopfront alterations.
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
Change of use of the ground floor of this protected structure (rps no. B22-48) from a retail unit to use as a bookmakers office to include associated internal alteration including removal of sections of the party wall, refurbishment works, minor alterations to the existing bookmakers office shopfronts & signage with all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of the town centre.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fircastle Lane, Kildare, Kildare | Oct 2025 | €310,000 | 53 m |
| Apt 35, Claregate Court, Main St | Jan 2026 | €218,000 | 97 m |
| 26 Claregate Court, Kildare, Kildare | Nov 2025 | €196,000 | 97 m |
| 17 Claregate Street, Main Street, Kildare | Nov 2025 | €257,000 | 97 m |
| 10 Claregate Court, Claregate St, Kildare | May 2026 | €235,000 | 97 m |
| Apt 2, Ladbrokes Building, Claregate St | Dec 2025 | €149,000 | 138 m |
| 1 Cleamore Terrace, Cleamore Road, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €482,000 | 150 m |
| 2 Cathedral Court, Kildare, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €220,500 | 161 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 received29 June 2020
- Decision due23 August 2020
- Decision issued19 August 2020
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