GrantedCommercialDecided 29 April 2025

Mount Offaly, Carlow Road, Athy

Construction of a car wash facility with automatic and self-service bays, vacuum bays, and a plant room.

24266 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 21 August 2024

Reference: 24266
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 21 August 2024

Summary

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The project involves building a car wash facility comprising one automatic wash bay and two self-service wash bays under a covered canopy. It will also feature a service plant room, three vacuum/valeting bays, public lighting, and ancillary site works.

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Official record

Development description

The construction of a car wash facility, comprising of one automatic wash bay, two self-service wash bays, under a covered canopy, with service plant room. The facility will also have three vacuum/valeting bays, public lighting and all other necessary ancillary site development works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Neighbourhood CentreDC

“To provide for new/existing neighbourhood centres and associated facilities.”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

Objective set by the Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & 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

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apartment 4 Bradbury Compl, Stanhope Street, Athy	Dec 2025	€147,500	68 m
66 Marina Court, Athy, Kildare	Oct 2025	€190,000	111 m
62 Marina Court, Athy, Kildare	Dec 2025	€202,000	111 m
67 Marina Court, Athy, Kildare	Sept 2025	€191,000	111 m
13 Marina Court, Athy, Kildare	Mar 2026	€225,000	152 m
15 Marina Court, Athy, Kildare	Jun 2025	€178,000	152 m
10 Marina Court, Carlow Road, Athy	Feb 2026	€185,000	155 m
6 Marina Court, Athy, Kildare	Apr 2026	€190,000	155 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 received21 August 2024
Further information requested14 October 2024
Further information received2 January 2025
Decision due29 April 2025
Decision issued29 April 2025
Grant issued10 June 2025
Permission expiry9 June 2030

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