GrantedApartmentsDecided 21 April 2023

Buckley House, Parson Street, Maynooth

Demolition of outbuildings and construction of a student accommodation facility and two restaurant/café units.

22953 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 3 August 2022

Reference: 22953
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 3 August 2022

Summary

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The development involves the demolition of five derelict outbuildings and the construction of a mixed-use student accommodation facility. The project includes two restaurant/café units, a three-storey courtyard building with a penthouse level, and a single-storey link extension to Buckley House.

Apartmentsstudent housingdemolitionmixed use

Storeys: 3
Floor area: 3,907 m²

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Official record

Development description

Development at this site buckley house, parson street, and lands to the rear of buckley house, (total site area 0.303 ha) with frontage onto leinster street, maynooth. The application is generally as per the expired previously granted application 16/328 with minor amendments to building height and internal layout. The development will consist of: (i) the demolition of the remains of 5 no. Derelict outbuildings and sheds. (ii) the construction of a mixed-use development (total floor area 3906.5sqm) comprising a student accommodation facility (including use as tourist or visitor accommodation outside the academic term) and 2 no. Restaurant/café units. The development will include 140 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. (iii) restaurant/café units comprise 1 no. Café unit (total area 160sqm) with outdoor dining terrace fronting onto leinster street and 1 no. Restaurant unit (total 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. (iv) student accommodation facility (including use as tourist or visitor accommodation outside the academic term) comprising 116 no. Bedroom units over ground, first, second and third floors to include 109 no. Single study bedrooms with ensuite and 7 no. Wheelchair accessible single study bedrooms with ensuite (12.7
21sqm), associated communal kitchen and common rooms with private access at ground floor level to single storey atrium (137.5sqm) and external courtyard (290sqm), accessed from main entrance on leinster street and side entrance from lane to rear of buckley house, parson street

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	92 m
18 Ash View, The Grange, Maynoothprice excludes VAT	Jul 2026	€546,256	160 m
Moygaddy Stud, Moygaddy, Maynooth	Apr 2025	€375,000	160 m
547oneillpark, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price	Jun 2025	€240,000	160 m
14 Castlekeep House, Lyreen Manor, Maynooth	Nov 2025	€330,333	165 m
5 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Co Kildare	Jan 2025	€200,000	165 m
6 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Kildare	Jan 2025	€200,000	170 m
Apartment 2 Block D, Harbour Field, Sea Gardensnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€373,697	189 m

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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 received3 August 2022
Further information requested22 September 2022
Further information received28 March 2023
Decision due24 April 2023
Decision issued21 April 2023
Grant issued3 July 2023
Permission expiry2 July 2028

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