Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Castledillon Lower , Straffan , Co. Kildare

for the demolition of a rear window and door on an existing detached cottage and the construction of a new part-single, part- two-storey (6.5m) extension to the rear of the existing cottage with associated hard and soft landscaping

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660982 · full record
Authority: Kildare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,587 m²
Received: 1 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 26 Oct 2026
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/2660982/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660982 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 6 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 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
2660320	Conditional	10 Aug 2026	0	351 m	the construction of an ancillary building consisting of tack room, storage rooms and cleaning area including all associated site works and services
2561045	Refused	31 Oct 2025	1	350 m	for the sensitive restoration and extension of an existing coach house to form a two-storey dwelling with single storey granny flat. This is a change of house type to that previously permitted under PI Ref 24/60951. The proposed development also includes minor alterations to the permitted landscape plan in the immediate vicinity of the house. The site previously formed part of the demesne associated with Straffan Lodge (Protected Structure RPS no.B14-24-house).
2560760	Conditional	30 Oct 2025	0	153 m	for (A) retention permission for the existing single storey extension to the rear (north) elevation of the existing dwelling. (B) planning permission for the provision of a hipped roof to the existing front (south) porch to replace the existing flat roof and all associated works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Retention permission is now sought for the existing front porch, external insulation and waste water treatment system and percolation area
2460951	Conditional	4 Apr 2025	1	350 m	for upgrading of an existing stud farm to include:- (a) constructing a block of stables, dungstead, effluent holding tank, agricultural barn/feed store, equine sand arena, additional paddocks, and all associated ancillary site-works to include the provision of hard standing areas, boundary treatments & landscaping, (b) sensitively restoring and extending an existing derelict coach house to form a bungalow type dwelling, and (c) installing a proprietary effluent treatment system, all accessed via an established stud farm entrance & off a lane leading to the Barberstown Road. The site previously formed part of the demesne associated with Straffan Lodge (Protected Structure rps. ref. b14-24 - house). Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of amending the red line boundary
24162	Refused	29 Jan 2025	1	282 m	The proposed development will consist of: (i) demolition of existing detached two storey five bedroom dwelling on site; (ii) construction of a replacement two storey over basement (with swimming pool and cinema) six bedroom detached dwelling, with part mezzanine level over first floor; (iii) proposed dwelling to include; pitched roof with parapets, balconies, bay windows, covered terraces, porches and roof lights; (iv) construction of a fully sunken basement independent of he proposed dwelling to include; car-parking, games area, bar, ancillary rooms, ramped driveway (accessed from existing vehicular access off public road) and staircase to ground level, and 3 no. above ground roof-lights; (iv) External swimming pool to the rear of new proposed dwelling; (v) Other works to include: landscaping, drainage, boundary treatments, access roads within site, driveway amendments within site, and all necessary ancillary works to facilitate the development
211171	Conditional	13 Dec 2021	0	282 m	(i) demolition of existing detached garage on site; (ii) demolition of pitched roof canopy and entrance porch to front, storey & a half wing to side, and bay to rear of existing dwelling; (iii) construction of a part single, part storey and a half extension to front, side & rear of existing dwelling to include: addition of 2no. new gables to front and 1no. gable to rear; flat roof projection with pitched bay porch to front; new first floor dormer windows to front and rear; 1no. first-floor balcony each to front and rear; new rooflights; alterations to all elevations including fenestration treatment and roof amendments; (iv) relocation of existing tennis court on site; (v) new partially sunk basement under relocated tennis court to contain car-park, gym and ancillary rooms; Other works include; landscaping, and all necessary ancillary works to facilitate the development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321947	—	Refused	30 Jun 2025	282 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

1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
1 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 16:04. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.