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Kildare County Council · 2560876 · PERMISSION

UCD Lyons Farm , Lyons Estate , Celbridge

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Council received 1 Aug 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (407 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2560876 is a planning application for permission at UCD Lyons Farm , Lyons Estate , Celbridge, received by Kildare County Council on 1 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: for the demolition of 1 no. existing farm shed, 1 no. existing Nutrition Lab building, 2 no. existing silos, an existing plinth, and a bay window on the existing compound, totalling 1,604 sqm GFA; The construction of a 2 no. storey ‘UCD FBD Agricultural Science Centre’, measuring at 2,037 sqm GFA, to include labs, teaching labs, classrooms, and study areas which will connect to the existing AgTech Building which adjoins the subject site. The use of the building is associated with the existing use of the farm as an educational facility; The relocation of 6 no. car parking spaces from the existing car park to maintain a total of 48 no. car parking spaces; The relocation of the existing AC unit enclosure on the subject site to roof level of the new proposed building; The provision of 20 no. bicycle parking spaces to serve the development; The provision of an attenuation pond and percolation area; All associated site development works including landscaping and servicing. The council granted permission on 17 Dec 2025, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Sept 2025. Within 500 m there are 3 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 23 Jan 2026 closed 232 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (17 Dec 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

for the demolition of 1 no. existing farm shed, 1 no. existing Nutrition Lab building, 2 no. existing silos, an existing plinth, and a bay window on the existing compound, totalling 1,604 sqm GFA; The construction of a 2 no. storey ‘UCD FBD Agricultural Science Centre’, measuring at 2,037 sqm GFA, to include labs, teaching labs, classrooms, and study areas which will connect to the existing AgTech Building which adjoins the subject site. The use of the building is associated with the existing use of the farm as an educational facility; The relocation of 6 no. car parking spaces from the existing car park to maintain a total of 48 no. car parking spaces; The relocation of the existing AC unit enclosure on the subject site to roof level of the new proposed building; The provision of 20 no. bicycle parking spaces to serve the development; The provision of an attenuation pond and percolation area; All associated site development works including landscaping and servicing

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Conditional on 17 Dec 2025
Final grant
5 Feb 2026
Permission expires
4 Feb 2031
Site (from polygon)
4,586 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 1 Aug 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 5 Sept 2025
  • 22 Sept 2025
    Further information requested
  • 1 Dec 2025
    Further information received
  • 17 Dec 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 23 Jan 2026

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    • Radon risk area · 3
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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 134601). 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/2560876/0.

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