Main Street, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Change of use of a bank to a doctors surgery and a vacant office to a one-bedroom apartment in Maynooth.
2461009 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 7 October 2024
- Reference
- 2461009
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 7 October 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks a change of use of the ground floor from a bank to a doctors surgery, and the first floor from a vacant office to a one-bedroom apartment. It also includes a new first-floor rear balcony and front facade amendments.
- Residential unit
- 1
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
For change of use of existing ground floor from bank to doctors surgery, change of use of first floor from vacant office use to one bedroom apartment, construction of rear balcony extension at first floor level, amendments of existing front façade to include new door and window at ground floor level and all associated site works
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 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moygaddy Stud, Moygaddy, Maynooth | Apr 2025 | €375,000 | 23 m |
| 18 Ash View, The Grange, Maynoothprice excludes VAT | Jul 2026 | €546,256 | 23 m |
| 547oneillpark, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Jun 2025 | €240,000 | 23 m |
| 6 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Kildare | Jan 2025 | €200,000 | 87 m |
| 5 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Co Kildare | Jan 2025 | €200,000 | 92 m |
| 9 Double Lane, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Jun 2025 | €235,000 | 116 m |
| 18 Leinster Cottages, Maynooth, Kildare | Sept 2025 | €375,000 | 149 m |
| 16 Leinster Cottages, Maynooth, Kildare | Feb 2025 | €322,614 | 157 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 received7 October 2024
- Further information requested29 November 2024
- Further information received6 December 2024
- Decision due5 February 2025
- Decision issued31 January 2025
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