Observation pack · Kildare County Council

5 Ashleigh Grove , Maynooth , Co. Kildare

a Detached Part Dormer, Part Single Storey Dwelling located in the side garden (North) of existing dwelling which will involve a) The sub-division of the site (no.5) b) The demolition of a domestic garage c) The creation of a new entrance off Ashleigh Grove

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660974 · full record
Authority: Kildare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: FURTHER INFORMATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 190 m²
Site area: 922 m²
Received: 28 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: —
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660974/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660974 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Kildare County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 2 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Kildare County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential / Infill: To protect and enhance the amenity of established residential communities and promote sustainable intensification.	maynooth and environs joint local area plan 2025 2031	1 Apr 2025 → 25 May 2031

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Kildare County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Kildare County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660357	Conditional	28 May 2026	0	302 m	attic conversion including a rear dormer roof extension, a new window to the gable wall, 2No. rooflights to the front elevation, 1No. rooflight to the rear elevation, new internal access stairs, and all associated site works.
2561071	Refused	21 Jan 2026	1	228 m	for first floor rear extension as constructed and associated site works
2561219	Conditional	12 Dec 2025	2	253 m	(a) sub-division of existing dwelling to provide 3 no. dwellings. proposed works will include new extensions to both sides and rear, (b) construction of new dividing boundary walls in rear gardens, (c) modifications to existing front garden and driveway to allow for new hard standing communal parking area with bin store and bicycle parking area serving dwelling no. 2, (d) modifications to drainage and services network to provide new individual services to each proposed dwelling, with upgraded connections to all existing passing mains, (e) new single storey garden room / home office in rear garden of dwelling no. 2 with all ancillary service connections, landscaping throughout and all associated development works
2560900	Conditional	26 Sept 2025	0	350 m	for 1) Garage conversion to habitable space, 2) Single storey rear and side extension to accommodate new living space, bedroom, storage, WC, home office 3) New skylights in existing roof and extension roof to have new rooflights, 4) Existing north west elevation to be extended and modified with new windows at ground floor level, 5) New blockwork shed for domestic purposes, 6) All alterations, internal modifications and all associated site works
2598	Conditional	15 Aug 2025	0	354 m	for ground floor rear extension with pitched roof over. Build up of existing hip in roof to side of roof into dutch hip with window in gable wall at attic level. Attic conversion to habitable room with dormer roof window on rear slope of roof
2560583	Conditional	21 Jul 2025	0	477 m	for proposals to carry out revised works to the previous approved planning permission, Ref. No. 2360384. The new development will comprise revised construction works to demolish the existing garage, construct a single-storey extension to the rear and side of the existing house; alter and refurbish the existing house and carry out associated site works
2560244	Conditional	26 May 2025	0	228 m	for the conversion of the attic area into study/storage with a dormer window to the rear, internal modifications, all to existing dwelling including associated site works
2461153	Refused	16 Dec 2024	3	253 m	for (a) to subdivide the site & existing dwelling to create 3 dwelling units with internal & external alterations & (b) single storey side & rear extensions and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500804	—	Granted with conditions	4 Jun 2026	228 m
314232	Railway Order Application	Other	18 Jul 2024	350 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

28 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 2 Oct 2026
28 Aug 2026 Decision
16 Oct 2026 Further information requested

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.