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Kildare County Council · 2197

Greenfield Shopping Centre, Maynooth Park, Maynooth

Refused in 2021.

  1. 29 Jan 2021Received
  2. 18 Mar 2021Refused
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused · 18 Mar 2021
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
3,790 m²

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What’s proposed

(I) Alterations to the existing shopping centre and an extension of circa 265 sqm at ground floor level comprising: new retail unit (95 sqm) and new Coffee Shop (107 sqm) with outdoor seating area to the west, fronting onto Straffan Road and new retail unit (63 sqm) to the south east, fronting onto Laurence Avenue. (ii) The construction of 34 No. apartments on first to fourth floors, comprising: 17 No. 1 bed units, 15 No. 2 bed units and 2 No. 3 bed units all with balconies or terraces, located above the existing shopping centre and proposed commercial units. (iii) Communal terraces at first and fourth floor levels. (iv) Bin and bicycle storage at ground floor level. (v) Minor alterations to vehicular entrance, alterations to the existing car parking and internal road layout. (vi) Relocation of existing freestanding vertical sign. (vii) Associated boundary treatment, landscaping, SUDS drainage and all other ancillary development works necessary to facilitate the development

Planning details

Reference
2197
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
29 Jan 2021
Observations close
5 Mar 2021 (closed 2042 days ago)
Decision due
25 Mar 2021 · decided 18 Mar 2021
Decision
Refused on 18 Mar 2021
Proposed development
(I) Alterations to the existing shopping centre and an extension of circa 265 sqm at ground floor level comprising: new retail unit (95 sqm) and new Coffee Shop (107 sqm) with outdoor seating area to the west, fronting onto Straffan Road and new retail unit (63 sqm) to the south east, fronting onto Laurence Avenue. (ii) The construction of 34 No. apartments on first to fourth floors, comprising: 17 No. 1 bed units, 15 No. 2 bed units and 2 No. 3 bed units all with balconies or terraces, located above the existing shopping centre and proposed commercial units. (iii) Communal terraces at first and fourth floor levels. (iv) Bin and bicycle storage at ground floor level. (v) Minor alterations to vehicular entrance, alterations to the existing car parking and internal road layout. (vi) Relocation of existing freestanding vertical sign. (vii) Associated boundary treatment, landscaping, SUDS drainage and all other ancillary development works necessary to facilitate the development
As published by the register.
Site area
3,790 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Zoning

M3 — Neighbourhood centre

A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.

R2 — Existing residential

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

  • Radon risk area · 2
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

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Summary

2197 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for (I) Alterations to the existing shopping centre and an extension of circa 265 sqm at, received on 29 Jan 2021; permission was refused on 18 Mar 2021.