5 Pound Street, Leixlip, Co. Kildare
Retention permission to convert office spaces into three residential apartments while keeping one ground-floor office.
23633 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 12 June 2023
- Reference
- 23633
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 12 June 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks retention permission to change the use of the first floor from offices to two apartments. It also includes the partial change of use of the ground floor to create one apartment, while retaining the remaining ground-floor office space.
- Residential units
- 3
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
Consists of: change of use at first floor from the office to 2no. Residential apartments and partial apartments and partial change of use at ground floor from office to 1no. Residential apartment, whilst retaining the existing ground floor office unit
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Town Centres.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Leixlip LAP 2020-2023 (2020–2026). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| No 612 Fountain Courtyard, K Club, Straffan | Jan 2026 | €395,000 | 102 m |
| 28b Springfort Meadows, Leixlipnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €295,000 | 195 m |
| 39 Block B Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare | May 2025 | €252,000 | 195 m |
| 8 The Willows, Westfields, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €295,154 | 195 m |
| 33 Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare | Mar 2025 | €320,000 | 195 m |
| 3 Harpur Park Vale, Harpur Lane, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | Feb 2026 | €440,529 | 195 m |
| 1 The Willows, Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €427,300 | 195 m |
| 29a Springfort Meadows, Leixlipnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €295,000 | 195 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 June 2023
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