Observation pack · Kildare County Council
Site at Junction of New Bridge Road and South Ring Road , Naas , Co. Kildare.
Amendments to Kildare County Council permission Reg. Ref.: 2560712 to include a 2 storey extension (66.7 sq. m.) at the centre of the building abutting the Northern and Western elevations to provide for entrance lobby and stair/lift core, the addition of stone cladding at ground floor level on the North and West elevations and all associated works
Observations close 15 Oct 2026 window closed
5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Nov 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
- 2661006 · 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
- 2,071 m²
- Received
- 10 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
- Decision due
- 4 Nov 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/2661006/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661006at 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 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 Metro / rail economic corridor | Commercial / Residential: To provide for commercial and appropriate residential mixed-use developments. | naas local area plan 2021 2027 | 1 Dec 2021 → 24 Jan 2028 |
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
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1Grand Canal
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
- Recorded monument × 2Enclosure · R148050
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660937 | Conditional | 7 Oct 2026 | 0 | 349 m | Brimbay Ltd. are applying for planning permission for amendment to previoiusly approved development, Kildare County Council Reg Ref 25/60116 at their existing 2.4 hectare site, on the northside of the Newbridge Road (R455) bounded by the Aldi Distribution facility to the west and Naas Sports Centre to the east, Jigginstown, Naas, Co. Kildare. The development will consist of revisions to permitted Building ‘C’ (a permitted single storey motors sales showroom and service workshop building with total gross floor area of 2152 sq.mts and maximum height of c. 7m) and will include the following; reduction of the permitted floor area of 2162 sq mts to 1450 sq mts along with revisions to permitted building ‘C’ elevational treatments, revisions to permited Building ‘C’ illuminated signage on building facades and revisions to permitted car parking layout associated with permitted Building ‘C” and will include the provision of a free-standing canopy over a vehicle display area. The development will also include for the construction of Building ‘D’ a single storey 4.15m high 34 sqmt ESB substation and switch room building. |
| 2561126 | Conditional | 2 Jun 2026 | 0 | 114 m | for the construction of a two storey creche with 10 no. classrooms, staff room, kitchen, lift, plant room, offices, toilets, foyer and storage. Development will also consist of the construction of 4 no. dwelling units consisting of 1 no. 1 bed apartment and 3 no. 2 bed apartments including car parking, bin storage, bicycle parking including all associated boundary treatments, site works and services |
| 2560712 | Conditional | 1 Apr 2026 | 0 | 0 m | for proposed extension and alterations to existing 2-storey commercial building, consisting of: 1) construction of new 2-storey stairway to rear elevation; 2) extension of existing first floor area within building; 3) alterations to existing external elevations including re-cladding, new building entrances, new fenestration and signage; 4) sub-division of building into mixed use, with a convenience shop and a pharmacy unit at ground floor level, and 2no. medical consultation units at first floor level; 5) ancillary surface level car parking, site works, boundary treatments, and all ancillary works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: 1) a revised building layout comprising an additional two-storey extension, a projecting first floor window and all associated elevational changes and 2) a revised site layout including lighting, soft landscaping, a pedestrian site entrance, revised vehicular/bicycle parking and all associated site works |
| 2561224 | Refused | 10 Dec 2025 | 1 | 423 m | (a) New storey and a half type house. (b) Demolition of existing sheds. (c) New site entrance. (e) All associated site development works. The site forms part of folio KE54281F which includes thatched house, Lauristina Cottage a Protected Structure, NS19-111 Naas West, County Kildare in the Kildare County development Plan 2023 - 2029 |
| 2561065 | Conditional | 11 Nov 2025 | 0 | 53 m | for (A) change of use from office and IT computer training use to a Local Day Service Facility use including office, education, training and work placement (B) minor internal alterations to floor layout (C) alterations to the existing car parking layout to include new pedestrian walkway and set down area (D) new building mounted signage to the side (east) elevation (E) all associated site and ancillary works including provision of a new ramp for level access to the most northern entrance to the building |
| 2560509 | Conditional | 3 Nov 2025 | 1 | 486 m | for a) subdivision of existing site, b) Provision of proposed two-storey detached dwelling on site to the rear of existing dwelling, c) modifications to sections of existing site boundary wall including the provision of a vehicular entrance and proposed low level boundary walls to the front and side of application site, d) Connection to existing foul and water mains along with all associated site development and facilitating works |
| 2560116 | Conditional | 8 Oct 2025 | 0 | 349 m | for the development will consist of the provision of 2no. motor sales and service facility buildings and a wash, bin store and recycling building; comprising of Building 'A', single storey motor sales showroom and service workshop facility with associated ancillary spaces, with a total gross floor area of 2470 sq.m. (maximum height of c. 7m); Building 'B', single storey wash, bin store and recycling building, solely for use as part of the vehicle service business, with a total gross floor area of 211 sq.m. (maximum height of c. 5m): Building 'C', single storey motor sales showroom and service workshop facility with associated ancillary spaces, with a total gross floor area of 2162 sq.m. (maximum height of c. 7m), The development will also include: illuminated signage on the building facades; 3no. free-standing double-sided illuminated pylon signs; removal of existing site entrance and forming new site entrance; customer and staff car parking; bicycle parking; new and used vehicle display parking; vehicle storage area and service parking; electric vehicle charging points; fuel dispense area; associated lighting; hard and soft landscaping including the provision of boundary treatments, gates, fencing, walls and bollards; SUDs measures; associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); and all other site excavation and development works above and below ground at 2.4 hectare site on the north side of the Newbridge Road, (R445) bounded by the Aldi distribution facility to the west and Naas Sports Centre to the East |
| 2560781 | Conditional | 28 Aug 2025 | 0 | 251 m | for first-floor pitched roof extension to the front and side, including a front-facing gable and new front-facing window; ground floor front extension with sloped roof, incorporating the conversion of the existing garage to a home office with new front-facing window and front porch; and the installation of two new side-facing windows at ground floor level |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501627 | — | open | 29 Jun 2026 | 114 m |
| 500618 | — | Refused | 30 Apr 2026 | 423 m |
| 320199 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jul 2025 | 88 m |
| 316372 | — | Granted with conditions | 13 Mar 2025 | 0 m |
| 320739 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Feb 2025 | 238 m |
| 320734 | — | Invalid | 4 Sept 2024 | 188 m |
| 313276 | — | Granted with conditions | 14 Oct 2022 | 233 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
- 10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 Oct 2026
- 10 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.