Kildare Town Shopping Centre, Claregate Street, Kildare Town
Retention of window alterations and a change of use to a rehabilitation and training facility in Kildare Town.
2364 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 26 January 2023
- Reference
- 2364
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 26 January 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to retain alterations to Unit 1 of the Kildare Town Shopping Centre, including repositioned and reduced windows on the rear elevation. It also seeks to retain the change of use from commercial/office/retail to a rehabilitation, therapy, and training facility.
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
To retain alterations to existing unit 1, granted under planning ref. No. 21/753 including: (1) the repositioning, sizing and reduction of number of windows on rear elevation of the unit and (2) to change the use of the unit from commercial/office/retail to rehabilitation and therapy/training
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Claregate Street, Main Street, Kildare | Nov 2025 | €257,000 | 18 m |
| Apt 35, Claregate Court, Main St | Jan 2026 | €218,000 | 18 m |
| 10 Claregate Court, Claregate St, Kildare | May 2026 | €235,000 | 18 m |
| 26 Claregate Court, Kildare, Kildare | Nov 2025 | €196,000 | 18 m |
| 1 Cleamore Terrace, Cleamore Road, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €482,000 | 54 m |
| 2 Academy Court, Academy St, Kildare | Apr 2025 | €167,000 | 84 m |
| 28 Academy Court, Academy St, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €309,000 | 84 m |
| Apt 2, Ladbrokes Building, Claregate St | Dec 2025 | €149,000 | 87 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 received26 January 2023
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