Awaiting decisionAlterations

Oughterard House, Oughterard, Straffan

Demolition and replacement of a front porch, window changes, a new wastewater system, and a shared recessed entrance.

2561421 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 15 December 2025

Reference: 2561421
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 15 December 2025

Summary

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The proposal involves demolishing and replacing the front porch, revising windows on all elevations, and decommissioning a remote septic system to install a new onsite wastewater treatment system. It also includes creating a shared recessed entrance with the adjacent site, requiring the demolition of some outbuildings.

Alterationsrenovationdemolitionseptic tank

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Official record

Development description

To demolish and replace existing front porch, to carry out fenestration revisions to all elevations, to decommission the existing remote septic system currently located across the public road and to install a replacement onsite domestic wastewater treatment system to current epa guidelines, within revised site boundaries and to provide a shared recessed entrance with that of the adjacent site to the northeast which will require demolitions of existing outbuildings (or parts thereof) to facilitate same, and for all associated site works

The historical record

How alteration applications have been decided in Kildare County Council

95% granted

of 688 alteration applications granted, refused or part-granted by Kildare County Council, 2016–2026.

The same category nationally: 92%22,804
All categories in Kildare County Council: 81%11,885

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Oughterard, Straffan, Kildare	Jan 2026	€775,000	460 m

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Application received15 December 2025

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