Main Street, Maynooth, Co Kildare
Change of use of a bank to a doctors surgery and a vacant office to an apartment in Maynooth.
2560261 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 13 March 2025
- Reference
- 2560261
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 13 March 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project proposes converting a ground-floor bank into a doctors surgery and a first-floor vacant office into a one-bedroom apartment. It also includes a new rear balcony, front facade alterations, and associated works.
- 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 windows (3 options proposed, option a,b and c, option a is preferred option for proposed development) 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 | 18 m |
| 18 Ash View, The Grange, Maynoothprice excludes VAT | Jul 2026 | €546,256 | 18 m |
| 547oneillpark, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Jun 2025 | €240,000 | 18 m |
| 6 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Kildare | Jan 2025 | €200,000 | 91 m |
| 5 Pound Lane, Maynooth, Co Kildare | Jan 2025 | €200,000 | 96 m |
| 9 Double Lane, Maynooth, Kildarenot full market price | Jun 2025 | €235,000 | 121 m |
| 18 Leinster Cottages, Maynooth, Kildare | Sept 2025 | €375,000 | 154 m |
| 16 Leinster Cottages, Maynooth, Kildare | Feb 2025 | €322,614 | 162 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 received13 March 2025
- Further information requested7 May 2025
- Further information received8 May 2025
- Decision due4 June 2025
- Decision issued4 June 2025
- Grant issued18 July 2025
- Permission expiry17 July 2030
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