RefusedApartmentsDecided 1 February 2022

Buckley House, Parson Street, Maynooth

Extension of duration for a student accommodation scheme, café, and restaurant involving demolition of outbuildings.

211686 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 30 November 2021

Reference: 211686
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Received: 30 November 2021

Summary

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An extension of duration is sought for a mixed-use development comprising student accommodation and two restaurant/café units. The project includes the demolition of five derelict outbuildings, restoration of Buckley House, and a three-storey courtyard building.

Apartmentsstudent housingdemolitionrestaurant

Storeys: 3
Floor area: 4,438 m²

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Official record

Development description

(eod on previous pi: 16/328) development at buckley house, parson street, maynooth, and lands to the rear of buckley house (total site area 0.303ha) with frontage onto leinster street, maynooth. The development will consist of: (1) the demolition of the remains of five number derelict outbuildings and sheds. (2) the construction of a mixed use development (total floor area 4438sqm) comprising a student accommodation facility and 2 no. Restaurant/café units. The development will include 7 no. Off-street covered car parking spaces at ground level (with vehicular access from leinster street only), 150 bicycle spaces, enclosed refuse stores and plantroom in a 3 storey courtyard building with glazed setback at 3rd floor penthouse level, a glazed single storey link extension to buckley house and associated landscaping, ancillary site development works including flood relief works. (3) restaurant/café units comprise 1 no. Café unit (104sqm) with outdoor dining terrace fronting onto leinster street and 1 no. Restaurant unit (total floor area 328sqm) to include the restoration and change of use from residential to restaurant use of buckley house (168sqm); a new single storey glazed link extension (160sqm), outdoor dining terrace and landscaped public open space (407sqm) with access from parson street. Buckley house and its curtilage is a protected structure and restoration works will include new floors, doors, windows and roof where necessary and associated landscaping and site works. (4) student accommodation facility comprising 117 no. Bedroom units over ground, first, second and third floors to include 70 no. Single study bedrooms with ensuite (15sqm), 45 no. Single study bedrooms with ensuite and kitchenette (15sqm), 1 no. Single disabled accessible study bedroom with ensuite and kitchenette (20sqm), 1 no. 1 bedroom warden apartment at ground floor (43sqm), associated communal kitchens, tv and common rooms with private access at ground floor level to 2 storey atrium (166sqm), gym (31sqm) and external courtyard (total area 280sqm), accessed from main entrance on leinster street and side entrance from lane to rear of buckley house, as revised by significant further information consisting of: (1) revised plans and elevations with the following amendments: (a) a portion of the existing curved garden wall is to be retained and incorporated into a new curved structural glass screen and entry roof light to the buckley house restaurant extension: etc.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town CentreUC

“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 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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Lime House, Leinster Street, Maynooth	Jan 2025	€1,110,000	113 m
14 Castlekeep House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth	Nov 2025	€330,333	144 m
5 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Co Kildare	Jan 2025	€200,000	154 m
6 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Kildare	Jan 2025	€200,000	159 m
18 Ash View, The Grange, Maynoothprice excludes VAT	Jul 2026	€546,256	161 m
Moygaddy Stud, Moygaddy, Maynooth	Apr 2025	€375,000	161 m
547oneillpark, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price	Jun 2025	€240,000	161 m
17 Deerpark House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth	Mar 2025	€371,000	197 m

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Key dates

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Application received30 November 2021
Decision due2 February 2022
Decision issued1 February 2022

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