Barberstown Castle Hotel , Straffan , Co. Kildare
- 13 Nov 2025Received
- 18 Dec 2025Observations closed
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Site
- 3.13 ha
What’s proposed
the repair and re-imagining of the upper parts of the Tower House and retention of a single storey extension to the Tower dining facilities, to the east of the Protected Structures, the retention of two self-catering lodges with adjacent covered outside seating, the Shepherds Bar with outside seating terrace and toilet block, the Octagonal Lounge and the Therapy Salon; to the west of the Protected Structures, the retention of a cold room facility in the east end of the Banqueting Rooms, change of use of former single storey outbuilding to Licenced bar with associated kitchen extension, store and toilet facilities, Marquee dining space in former yard and a cast iron & patent glazed pergola; to the north of the Hotel, the retention of the water softener shed, the single storey prefabricated offices & staff facilities, the cast iron & patent glazed pergola with fixed seating, the lean-to smoking area, and the double height glazed conservatory style ‘Orangerie’ bar; to the south of the Hotel, the retention of the service yard & associated structures, the hotel overflow car park, and the helipad
2561277 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for the repair and re-imagining of the upper parts of the Tower House and retention of a, received on 13 Nov 2025; the file is recorded as withdrawn.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2561277
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “WITHDRAWN”
- Received
- 13 Nov 2025
- Observations close
- 18 Dec 2025 (closed 270 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- the repair and re-imagining of the upper parts of the Tower House and retention of a single storey extension to the Tower dining facilities, to the east of the Protected Structures, the retention of two self-catering lodges with adjacent covered outside seating, the Shepherds Bar with outside seating terrace and toilet block, the Octagonal Lounge and the Therapy Salon; to the west of the Protected Structures, the retention of a cold room facility in the east end of the Banqueting Rooms, change of use of former single storey outbuilding to Licenced bar with associated kitchen extension, store and toilet facilities, Marquee dining space in former yard and a cast iron & patent glazed pergola; to the north of the Hotel, the retention of the water softener shed, the single storey prefabricated offices & staff facilities, the cast iron & patent glazed pergola with fixed seating, the lean-to smoking area, and the double height glazed conservatory style ‘Orangerie’ bar; to the south of the Hotel, the retention of the service yard & associated structures, the hotel overflow car park, and the helipadAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.13 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.32246, -6.60918
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 135261). 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/2561277/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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