GrantedCommercialDecided 30 March 2026

site Adjacent to the Bundle of Sticks Roundabout, Newhall, Naas

Construction of a motor sales showroom and vehicle service facility with signage.

2561412 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 10 December 2025

Reference: 2561412
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 10 December 2025

Summary

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The development on a 1.2-hectare greenfield site consists of a one and two-storey motor sales showroom and vehicle service workshop. It also includes a single-storey valet bay building and various illuminated business signs.

Commercialmotor retailshowroomgreenfield

Storeys: 2
Floor area: 2,877 m²

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Official record

Development description

For a motor sales and vehicle service facility located on a greenfield site of c. 1.2 ha. The site is bounded by: the bundle of sticks roundabout in the northeast; the r445 to the northwest; developed land in the southwest; and local road l6066 in the southeast. The development will consist of the provision of a building comprising a 1 and 2 storey motor sales showroom and a vehicle service garage / workshop (all with parts store, ancillary offices, staff and customer facilities and ancillary spaces) (and associated ancillary spaces) (c. 2,707 sq m) with a single storey web display and valet bay building (c. 170 sq m), all with a total gross floor area of c. 2,877 sq m. The development also includes the following signage: northeast elevation: 2 no. Illuminated suspended fascia signs (c. 4.14 sq m each), and 1 no. Illuminated logo sign (c. 3.24 sq m); northwest elevation: 2 no. Illuminated logo signs (c. 3.24 sq m each), 1 no. Illuminated location sign (c. 0.61 sq m), 1 no. Logo and dealer sign (c. 1.56 sq m) and 1 no. Glazed entrance manifestation sign (c. 2.07 sq m); southeast elevation: 1 no. Illuminated dealer sign and with 1 no. Illuminated logo sign (c. 0.94 sqm and 2.19 sq m, respectively); 4 no. Free standing signs, comprising 1 no. Single-sided partially illuminated façade screen sign (30.66 sq m), 1 no. Double-sided partially illuminated totem sign (c. 31.42 sq m), 2 no. Double-sided illuminated totem signs (c. 10.44 sq m and c. 1.62 sq m, respectively). The development will also comprise: a canopied car wash; a gated compound with bin storage, display podiums, staff and customer vehicular parking (including ev charging); photovoltaic (pv) panels; service bays; new and used vehicle display and demonstration areas, vehicle storage, cycle parking, and landscaping; new vehicular and pedestrian entry / egress point on local road l6066; public footpath and bus stop to the r445; plant and pumping station; associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply) and service connections, which includes the provision of surface water run-off discharge connection to the existing surface water sewer in the south and provision of a wastewater rising main to existing public sewer in the northeast; suds measures; lighting; hard and soft landscaping provision: boundary treatments: and all other site excavation and development works above and below ground

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Industry and WarehousingBP

“To provide for industry, manufacturing, distribution and warehousing.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses

Objective set by the Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 (2021–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Newhall Cottage, Newhall, Naas	Jan 2025	€900,000	470 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received10 December 2025
Further information requested12 February 2026
Further information received5 March 2026
Decision due1 April 2026
Decision issued30 March 2026
Grant issued5 May 2026
Permission expiry4 May 2031

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