The Keg Premises, Main Street, Newbridge
Conversion of a former welfare office and public house in Newbridge into offices and a two-storey restaurant/café.
211015 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 12 July 2021
- Reference
- 211015
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 12 July 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of a former ground floor welfare office to office use, and converting a ground and first floor public house into a restaurant/café. It includes a first-floor external dining area, a new shopfront, a steel fire escape, outbuilding conversions for storage, and the installation of solar PV panels.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
Change of use of the existing former ground floor community welfare office to office use to include the installation of a new window to the south western boundary of the site; change of use of existing ground and first floor public house to a restaurant/café use over both floors; the use of an existing first floor flat roof area to the rear of the keg as an external dining area for the restaurant/café; the installation of a replacement shopfront & signage on the existing façade on main street; the provision of a new two storey external steel fire escape stairs to the rear of the keg; the conversion of a former boilerhouse on the lane adjacent to the keg to a store to accommodate a food composter; the conversion of a former coldroom on the land adjacent to the keg to a bin store to serve the development; the refurbishment of the existing single storey office accommodation and flat roof areas on the lane adjacent to the keg; the installation of solar photovoltaic (pv) panels on various roof areas at different levels of the existing building together with the provision of all ancillary accommodation and associated and ancillary siteworks
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Ramblers Court, Francis St, Newbridge | Apr 2025 | €243,000 | 41 m |
| 25 Ramblers Court, Newbridge, Co Kildare | Jun 2025 | €188,800 | 41 m |
| 2 Ramblers Court, Francis St, Newbridge | Feb 2025 | €220,000 | 41 m |
| Apartment 2 Liffey House, Lower Eyre Street, Co Kildare | Jan 2026 | €91,667 | 78 m |
| Apartment 3 Liffey House, Lower Eyre Street, Co. Kildare | Jan 2026 | €91,667 | 78 m |
| Apartment 1 Liffey House, Lower Eyre Street, Co. Kildare | Jan 2026 | €91,667 | 78 m |
| 6a Powell Court, Newbridge, Kildare | Mar 2026 | €300,000 | 86 m |
| 7 Canning Place, Newbridge, County Kildare | Jun 2025 | €400,000 | 99 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 received12 July 2021
- Further information requested30 August 2021
- Further information received4 October 2021
- Decision due31 October 2021
- Decision issued28 October 2021
- Grant issued10 December 2021
- Permission expiry9 December 2026
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