Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Building 4 Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals , Great Connell Road Littleconnell , Newbridge

will consist of a new extension to existing Building 4. The development will consist of enclosing the existing ground floor, under the existing dust collector room, and all associated site works

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 28 Oct 2026

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: 2660988 · 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: 48.20 ha
Received: 3 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 28 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/2660988/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660988 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 8 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
Recorded monument × 2
Burial · R188582

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660459	Conditional	11 Aug 2026	0	18 m	Planning Permission for a one storey extension to the rear of a two storey semi-detached house, replace the ground floor pitched roof to the front, side and rear with a flat roof, demolish the semi-detached garage to the side, install new side gate and all associated site works.
2660606	Conditional	30 Jul 2026	0	375 m	The extension to the northern existing car park including the provision of 9 no. new parking spaces, associated updated layout, drainage works, kerbing, lighting, landscaping, and all ancillary site development works
2660356	Conditional	27 May 2026	1	270 m	the retention of a single storey extension to the side of an existing single storey dwelling along with all site development and facilitating works.
2561479	Conditional	13 Apr 2026	0	163 m	for A. change of use of existing single storey building to residential care home for children B. Planning permission sought for continuance and permanent use of existing single storey building to residential care home for children
22313306	Refused	30 Mar 2026	0	288 m	STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ABP DECISION) - demolition of existing site structures (2,622.3 sqm) and the construction of 569 no. residential units, a neighbourhood centre with 11 no. units (gross floor area 2,141 sqm) and a childcare facility (886 sqm), a circa 350 metre section of distributor road, and all ancillary and associated works on a site of 27.64 ha surrounding and including the dwellings of "Greatconnell" and "Valencia Lodge"
2561298	Conditional	24 Mar 2026	0	259 m	for a 10-year permission for the expansion of the brewery facility (permitted under Reg. Ref: 22/1291 and ABP Ref.: 316491 (referred to below as Brewery 1) and described as follows: Brewery 2 Building: (c.9,333m2) Single and two-storey building including brewhouse, storage and handling areas, lab, control room, workshop, plant rooms/areas (internal and external roof-mounted), storage rooms/areas, process areas, utilities and services areas, circulation, office and welfare facilities, and all associated ancillary areas. Building height to a maximum of c.18.4m comprised of ground floor area (c.8,483m2), 1st floor (c.850m2). External Yard adjacent to the Brewery 2 Building: 36 No. new storage vessels/silos/tanks, with associated access platforms, to a maximum height of c.23.3m. Provision of external pipe bridges to a maximum height of c.7.7m. Extension to Brewery 1 - Raw Materials Handling (RMH) Facility to serve Brewery 2: Comprising a 4-storey c.22.3m high extension to Brewery 1. The extension is c. 1,242m2 and includes a raw materials deliveries area (open area with canopy - c.248m2 in extent), 12 no storage vessels plus 3 no. grain silos with truck set down area, pipe bridge connection between the RMH and Brewery 2 (brewhouse) partially covered for pedestrian movement between Brewery 1 and 2. Relocation of approved backlit “Diageo” lettering sign (size 0.9m high 4.275m wide) on existing northern façade to proposed RMH Extension. Tanker filling station expansion (open areas under canopies): 2 no. additional covered tanker bays to be added to permitted Tanker Filling Station (under 22/1291) (c.270m2) with a further 2 no. covered tanker bays to be located adjacently (c.270m2). Roaster Building: 4-storey building (c.3,010m2), to a height of c.19.4m, above part-basement to accommodate plant and equipment associated with the roasting process and including ancillary facilities such as roast handling, barley intake, control room, workshop and associated staff rooms, internal and external plant and 12 No external silos with associated access stairs and platforms. Biogas Filling Station and ancillary external plant compound: c. 1,265m2 of yard area including containerised control room (11m2) to a height of c.3m. Fire Fighting Systems (external compound): comprising back-up generator, fire water tanks, pump equipment. Extension to Permitted Water Utilities Plant: including single storey building containing water treatment and recovery plant (c.359m2) to a height of
2561414	Conditional	12 Feb 2026	0	290 m	(a) permission to partially demolish a previously refused unauthorised detached domestic shed / home office and entertainment building located in the rear garden of an existing dwelling. Partial demolition proposals will reduce the building from 67 Sq/M to 39 Sq/M, and (b) retention permission sought for the revised / remaining domestic shed / home office and entertainment building for domestic use only and for the ancillary enjoyment of the existing dwelling, (c) landscaping, connection to all relevant existing site services and all associated development works
2560225	Refused	20 Nov 2025	0	319 m	for construction of an apartment development consisting of 4 apartments (3 No two bedroom apartments and 1 no. one bedroom apartment), construction of a single storey detached bin and bicycle building, entrance, car parking and landscaping and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Revised changes to the proposed development which now consists of permission for construction of an apartment development consisting of 4 apartments (3 No. two bedroom apartments and 1 No. one bedroom apartment), entrance, car parking and landscaping and all associated site works. The apartment development has been redesigned and relocated on site as a request for further information

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313306	—	Refused	30 Mar 2026	294 m
322978	—	Other	19 Feb 2026	157 m
500467	—	pending	16 Dec 2025	319 m
318193	—	Refused	18 Nov 2024	228 m
319544	—	Granted with conditions	29 Oct 2024	29 m
315551	—	Refused	30 Jan 2024	233 m
316491	—	Granted with conditions	8 Dec 2023	255 m
315309	—	Granted with conditions	30 Jun 2023	15 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

3 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 8 Oct 2026
3 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.