GrantedCommercialDecided 17 December 2018

Kingswood Hotel Citywest, Naas Road, Dublin 22

Extensions and alterations to Kingswood Hotel, including converting a protected country house into a conference centre.

SD18A/0308 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 19 November 2018

Reference: SD18A/0308
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 19 November 2018

Summary

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The application proposes variations to a previous permission, including a new single-storey reception extension, a conservatory extension, and a two-storey extension to the bar and restaurant. It also includes converting the protected Kingswood Country House into a conference centre.

Commercialhotelextensionprotected structure

Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

Variations to previously approved planning permission reg. Ref. Sd17a/0285 to include the following: (a) removal of existing steps and ramps to the front of the existing hotel reception; (b) construction of a new single storey glazed extension to the existing hotel reception (approx. 250sq. M) to provide a new entrance lobby with feature canopy, coffee dock area, meeting room, enlarged foyer area and link access to existing cookhouse bar & restaurant; (c) construction of a new single storey, glazed conservatory extension to the existing breakfast room (approx. 72sq. M); (d) construction of a 2 storey extension to the existing cookhouse bar & restaurant to provide extended ground floor bar/restaurant facilities with an external terrace and extended first floor function room facilities over with an external terrace and landscaped roof garden; (e) conversion of the existing kingswood country house (a protected structure) from bar/restaurant use to a conference centre to include the construction of a new single storey glazed entrance lobby; (f) closing up of the existing external access stair to basement to the rear of kingswood country house; (g) associated ancillary site works including hard and soft landscaping and drainage works; (h) provision of new external signage to include the hotel reception and cookhouse entrance.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

LCDC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Local Centres”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
No. 70-83 Páirc Gordon, Old Naas Road, Kingswoodnot full market price · price excludes VAT	May 2026	€4,451,718	174 m
4 Brownsbarn Wood, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Dec 2025	€527,000	248 m
14 Brownsbarn Wood, Brownsbarn, Kingswood Dublin 22	Jun 2025	€570,000	254 m
18 Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Clondalkin Dublin 22	Nov 2025	€535,000	268 m
24 Brownsbarn Wood, Kingswood, Dublin 22	Feb 2026	€620,000	285 m
Apt 12 - Brownsbarn Gardens, Old Naas Road, Kingswood Cross	Jul 2025	€235,000	294 m
3 Brownsbarn Gardens, Kingswood, Dublin	Mar 2025	€235,000	294 m
11 Brownsbarn Gardens, Old Naas Rd, Dublin 22	Feb 2026	€250,000	294 m

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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 received19 November 2018
Further information requested19 October 2018
Further information received19 November 2018
Decision due16 December 2018
Decision issued17 December 2018
Grant issued4 February 2019

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