Castletown , Celbridge , Co. Kildare

What’s proposed

an existing surface car park of 149 no. car spaces and all ancillary development and works permitted under Kildare County Council Reg. Ref 08/975 and Ref. Ref 14/678. Permission is sought for the retention of the car park for a further period of 5 years. Planning permission is sought for the widening of the existing access road to a minimum of 5.5 meters: the provision of a 1.5 metre wide footpath adjoining the access road; the completion of the temporary car park with macadam surface; the provision of lighting to the car park and the access road from the existing public road to the boundary of Castletown House; the provision of pedestrian and vehicular gates at the northern boundary with the public road and the southern boundary with Castletown House; the erection of a 1.4m high timber post and rail fence to the boundary of the car park; and all associated landscaping and all ancillary works. The lands the subject matter of this application adjoin Castletown House and Demesne. (A Protected Structure RPS Ref. B11-13)

2417 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for an existing surface car park of 149 no. car spaces and all ancillary development and, received on 17 Jan 2024; the file is recorded as withdrawn.

Planning details

Reference: 2417
Local authority: Kildare County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “WITHDRAWN”
Received: 17 Jan 2024
Observations close: 21 Feb 2024 (closed 947 days ago)
Decision due: 11 Apr 2024
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: an existing surface car park of 149 no. car spaces and all ancillary development and works permitted under Kildare County Council Reg. Ref 08/975 and Ref. Ref 14/678. Permission is sought for the retention of the car park for a further period of 5 years. Planning permission is sought for the widening of the existing access road to a minimum of 5.5 meters: the provision of a 1.5 metre wide footpath adjoining the access road; the completion of the temporary car park with macadam surface; the provision of lighting to the car park and the access road from the existing public road to the boundary of Castletown House; the provision of pedestrian and vehicular gates at the northern boundary with the public road and the southern boundary with Castletown House; the erection of a 1.4m high timber post and rail fence to the boundary of the car park; and all associated landscaping and all ancillary works. The lands the subject matter of this application adjoin Castletown House and Demesne. (A Protected Structure RPS Ref. B11-13)
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.84 ha 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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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 133324). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2417/0.

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