Rye House (Protected Structure - RPS No. B05-43), Main St., Maynooth
Change of use of a ground floor shop to a café and a first-floor apartment to an office in a protected structure.
2461285 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 2 December 2024
- Reference
- 2461285
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 2 December 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe application proposes changing a ground floor retail unit into a café and a first-floor apartment into an office within a protected structure. It also includes refurbishment works to the roof, elevations, shopfront, and a new retractable awning.
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 (1) the change of use of existing ground floor retail unit to use as a café with ancillary accommodation, (2) the change of use of an existing first floor apartment to use as office, (3) material alterations to existing layouts, (4) refurbishment works to the existing roof, elevations & shopfront, (5) a new retractable awning on the front elevation, (6) new painted signage on the existing timber shopfront
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 12, Leinster Lodge, Maynooth | Jun 2025 | €318,000 | 110 m |
| 1 Newman Place, Maynooth, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €345,000 | 110 m |
| 28 Charter House, Dunboyne Road, Maynooth | Apr 2026 | €260,000 | 117 m |
| 7 Charter House, Maynooth, Co. Kildare | Oct 2025 | €286,333 | 117 m |
| 29 Charter House, Maynooth, Co Kildare | Sept 2025 | €231,000 | 117 m |
| 49 Charter House, Dunboyne Rd, Maynooth | Sept 2025 | €298,000 | 117 m |
| 35 Charter House, Old Dunboyne Rd, Maynooth | Oct 2025 | €259,000 | 117 m |
| 30 Charter House, Dunboyne Rd, Maynooth | Jun 2026 | €269,000 | 117 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 received2 December 2024
- Further information requested31 January 2025
- Further information received11 April 2025
- Decision due8 May 2025
- Decision issued7 May 2025
- Grant issued18 June 2025
- Permission expiry17 June 2030
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