Gahans Pub & Manly Hopkins Bar , Main Street , Monasterevin
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2560481 is a planning application for retention at Gahans Pub & Manly Hopkins Bar , Main Street , Monasterevin, received by Kildare County Council on 8 May 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: for amendments to previously permitted planning permission ref 21-1434. The amendments comprise of the following, (a) Change of use of existing first floor rooms from dining rooms and toilets/ minor internal alterations to 3no. en-suite bedrooms and staff room/ office/ staff toilet (increasing the total number of bedrooms from 13 as permitted to 16). (b) Retain & complete amendments to elevations of new main building, comprising of alterations to windows and change of external corrugated cladding to render on the new main building (c) Retain and complete amendments to new build layouts comprising of changes to toilet layout and kitchen layout on ground floor to provide an atrium space, elimination of the second staircase, increase in height of lift shaft and an enlarged entrance area to lift/ stairs on ground floor, (d) Amendment to Gahans shopfront comprising of a set back door/ entrance (e) The addition of a lean-to shed in the courtyard housing plant and cold store (f) The addition of a gate and boundary fence at rear access from car park at this site comprising of Gahan’s Pub and Manley Hopkins Bar located within the Monasterevin Architectural Conservation Area (ACA). No decision has been recorded yet. The five-week observation window closed on 12 Jun 2025. Within 500 m there are 38 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
for amendments to previously permitted planning permission ref 21-1434. The amendments comprise of the following, (a) Change of use of existing first floor rooms from dining rooms and toilets/ minor internal alterations to 3no. en-suite bedrooms and staff room/ office/ staff toilet (increasing the total number of bedrooms from 13 as permitted to 16). (b) Retain & complete amendments to elevations of new main building, comprising of alterations to windows and change of external corrugated cladding to render on the new main building (c) Retain and complete amendments to new build layouts comprising of changes to toilet layout and kitchen layout on ground floor to provide an atrium space, elimination of the second staircase, increase in height of lift shaft and an enlarged entrance area to lift/ stairs on ground floor, (d) Amendment to Gahans shopfront comprising of a set back door/ entrance (e) The addition of a lean-to shed in the courtyard housing plant and cold store (f) The addition of a gate and boundary fence at rear access from car park at this site comprising of Gahan’s Pub and Manley Hopkins Bar located within the Monasterevin Architectural Conservation Area (ACA)
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Decision
- N/a
- Site (from polygon)
- 863 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 8 May 2025Decision
- 8 May 2025New applicationObservation window closed 12 Jun 2025

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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
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Designations within 250 m
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Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 134950). 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/2560481/0.
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