Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedApartmentsDecided 23 February 2026

Lands at Swan Dowling’s Pub, Limerick Road Naas, Co. Kildare

Demolition of a vacant pub and construction of a mixed-use development with 76 apartments and a creche.

2561497 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 23 December 2025

Reference
2561497
Authority
Kildare County Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
PERMISSION
Received
23 December 2025

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of the former Swan Dowling's Pub and the construction of a part four, part five-storey building. The development will provide 76 residential units, 4 commercial units, a resident amenity room, and a creche.

Apartmentsapartmentscrechedemolitionmixed use
Residential units
76
Storeys
5

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Official record

Development description

(i) demolition of existing vacant part single, part two storey structure on-site (972sq. M), previously in use as a public house; (ii) careful removal of the existing stone wall along the side (western) boundary of the site to be reused within the ground floor of the proposed development; (iii) construction of a mixed-use development comprising 4 no. Commercial units, resident amenity room and a creche at ground floor level. Provision of 76 no. Residential units (33 no. One- bedroom units, 39 no. Two-bedroom units and 4 no. Three-bedroom units) at upper floor levels in a part four, part five-storey building. Each apartment will be provided with private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace space and communal open space will be provided at first floor level to the east of the site. A total of 182 no. Bicycle parking spaces are proposed to serve the development comprising 123 no. Resident, 38 no. Visitor, 12 no. Commercial and 6 no. Creche spaces. A total of 54 no. Car parking spaces are proposed to serve the development comprising 41 no. Resident, 2 no. Visitor, 3 no. Accessible, 3 no. Commercial, 4 no. Club car and 1 no. Creche spaces. A total of 4 no. Motorbike parking spaces. Provision of 2 no. Set-down areas for servicing and deliveries at surface level. The proposed development also includes; (iv) all associated site and infrastructural works, including foul and surface water drainage, landscaping, plant areas, site lighting, bin storage and signage necessary to facilitate the development

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Apartment 7, Cearbhall Court, Naasprice excludes VATMar 2026€418,502151 m
11Cearbhall Court, Limerick Road, Naasprice excludes VATMay 2026€418,502155 m
9 Cearbhall Court, Naasprice excludes VATApr 2026€418,502160 m
6 Cearbhall Court, Limerick Road, Naasprice excludes VATApr 2026€436,123160 m
10 Cearbhall Court, Limerick Road, Naasprice excludes VATApr 2026€436,123160 m
14d The Osprey Garden Apts, Devoy Quarter, NaasJul 2025€355,000211 m
Devoy Quarter, 3d The Osprey, NaasAug 2025€290,000211 m
20 Rathasker Road, Naasnot full market price · price excludes VATSept 2025€289,100227 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

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  1. Application received23 December 2025
  2. Decision due25 February 2026
  3. Decision issued23 February 2026
  4. Appeal submitted23 March 2026

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