Lands at “Railpark West” in the townland of Railpark Maynooth Co. Kildare.The application site is bounded to the northwest by the dwelling known , as ‘Rosturk House’ Old Railpark/Parklands Grove (W23 X2F1) to the north by the dwelling known as ‘Beal

Planning details

Reference

2561468

Local authority

Kildare County Council

Status

Under appeal · register status “APPEALED”

Received

19 Dec 2025

Observations close

3 Feb 2026 (closed 223 days ago)

Decision due

19 Jul 2026 · decided 16 Jul 2026

Decision

Conditional on 16 Jul 2026

Proposed development

a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site “Railpark West”, in the townland of Railpark, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. The application site is bounded to the northwest by the dwelling known as ‘Rosturk House’, Old Railpark/Parklands Grove (W23 X2F1), to the north by the dwelling known as ‘Beal Na Bláth’, Old Railpark/Parklands Grove (W23 N6E8) and to the northeast by an existing residential dwelling and outbuildings along Old Railpark/Parklands Grove (W23 CH89). The eastern boundary adjoins the permitted Maynooth Eastern Ring Road (MERR), and the southern boundary is bordered by agricultural lands. The proposed development will consist of 139 no. residential units, a creche and all associated development, on a site of approximately 2.77 hectares. The development will consist of the following: 1. Demolition of all existing structures on the site (c. 253.9 sq.m of floorspace). 2. Provision of a residential scheme of 139 no. units (26 no. 1-bed units, 62 no. 2-bed units, 24 no. 3-bed units and 27 no. 4-bed units) along with creche. The development will include for the following: 8 no. duplex units/apartments within a duplex block (2 no. 1-bed, 2 no. 2-bed, 4 no. 3-bed)(3-4-storey), 21 no. apartments in Block 01 (3 no. 1-bed, 17 no. 2-bed, 1 no. 3-bed)(3-5-storey), 18 no. apartments in Block 02 (3 no. 1-bed, 14 no. 2-bed, 1 no. 3-bed)(3-4-storey), 10 no. apartments in Block 03 (5 no. 1-bed, 5 no. 2-bed)(3-4-storey) with a creche (c.525.9 sq.m) at ground floor level, 23 no. apartments in Block 04 (9 no. 1-bed, 9 no. 2-bed, 5 no. 3-bed)(5-storey over undercroft - 6 storeys in total), 23 no. apartments in Block 05 (4 no. 1-bed, 15 no. 2-bed, 4 no. 3-bed) (5-storey over undercroft - 6 storeys in total), 5 no. detached, 4-bed, 2-storey houses (with convertible attic)(Types A1.1 and A1.2), 12 no. terraced, 4-bed, 3-storey houses (Types A2.1, A2.2 and A4), 6 no. semi-detached/end-terraced, 4-bed, 2-storey houses (Type A3), 13 no. terraced/end-terraced, 3-bed, 2-storey houses (with convertible attic)(Types B1.1 and B1.2). All duplex apartments and apartment units will be provided with a balcony, terrace or private garden on all elevations. The proposal will include for a new vehicular/pedestrian/cyclist access from the permitted Maynooth Eastern Ring Road (MERR) to the east and adjoining future residential development to the south, as well as pedestrian/cyclist access(and vehicular access for one of the proposed houses (unit no.13) to Parklands Grove/Old Railpa

As published by the register.

Site area

2.84 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

Applicant

Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Appeal

The register records appeal ACP-324570-26 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 136931). 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/2561468/0.

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