Allenwood Middle, Allenwood, Naas
Extension and alterations to a funeral home and a new commercial unit in Allenwood.
2560562 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 26 May 2025
- Reference
- 2560562
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 26 May 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe application is for an extension to an existing funeral home to include first-floor storage and ground-floor office, tea station, and wake room. It also includes a new 48 square metre commercial unit with shopfront signage and retention of the existing funeral home.
- Floor area
- 48 m²
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 (a) extension to the existing funeral home, (b) to include storage space at first floor level, (c) to include office space, tea station, and wake room at ground floor level (d) one single commercial unit, 48m2 with external shop front signage, (e) foul and surface water connections to existing public mains, (f) provide designated parking within an existing car park at rear, accessed by an existing entrance and (g) all associated site works. Revised by significant further information which consists of: (a) retention of the existing funeral home. (b) rear car parking arrangement
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate village centre uses including residential, commercial, office and civic use.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Allenwood (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Whitethorn Park, Allenwood, Naas | Nov 2025 | €395,000 | 79 m |
| Apt 4 An Crois, Allenwood Cross, Naas Kildare | May 2025 | €149,000 | 149 m |
| 11 An Cro�s, Allenwood, Co Kildare | Oct 2025 | €300,000 | 176 m |
| 14 An Crois, Allenwood, Kildare | Dec 2025 | €377,500 | 188 m |
| 27 Bond Bridge, Allenwood, Kildare | May 2025 | €482,000 | 211 m |
| 37 Bond Bridge, Allenwood Middle, Naas | Dec 2025 | €461,500 | 222 m |
| 24 Woodlawn, Allenwood, Kildare | Apr 2026 | €440,000 | 243 m |
| 97 Grand Canal Wood, Allenwood, Co Kiildare | May 2026 | €428,000 | 247 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 May 2025
- Further information requested17 July 2025
- Further information received19 August 2025
- Decision due15 September 2025
- Decision issued11 September 2025
- Grant issued23 October 2025
- Permission expiry22 October 2030
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