Observation pack · Kildare County Council
Choice Clane , Dublin Road , Clane
A) Demolition of ground floor storage room walls to allow for change of use of storage space to retail space providing an additional 287sqm of retail space. B) Demolition of mezzanine storage room walls to allow for change of use of storage space to retail space 259sqm & provision of 155sqm of additional Mezzanine floor space, together with external wall mounted signage with a total area of 50sqm
Observations close 16 Oct 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661013 · full record
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 6,150 m²
- Received
- 11 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 5 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/2661013/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661013at 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 16 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 × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
- Recorded monument × 3Well · R148242 · R184880
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660725 | Conditional | 20 Aug 2026 | 0 | 456 m | WESTAR INVESTMENTS LTD intends to apply for retention planning permission and full planning permission for a development at Hamilton Park Green, Clane, Co. Kildare. The development consists of retaining revised boundaries to House 59 and retain foundations/rising walls to boundary wall of open space to that previously approved under planning permission ABP-314802-22 (KE 22/889) and full planning permission to complete boundary wall to public open space and all associated ancillary site-works. |
| 2660636 | Conditional | 6 Aug 2026 | 20 | 461 m | Amendments to the house types previously permitted under Planning reference 24/60485. The changes include the replacement of 1 no. Part single-storey and part two-storey terrace block comprising of 2 no. single-storey, 1-bedroom maisonettes; and 7 no. two-storey, 2-bedroom houses (house numbers 06-14); with 1 no. semi-detached block comprising of 1 no. single-storey, 1 bedroom maisonette; and 1 no. two-storey, 2-bedroom house; and 1 no. part single-storey and part two-storey terrace block comprising of 1 no. single-storey, 1-bedroom maisonette; and 6 no. two-storey, 2-bedroom houses. The proposed development also includes the provision of bin and bicycle stores serving the mid-terrace units, amendments to the foul sewer layout previously approved under planning reference 24/60485, and all associated ancillary site development works. The development is within the curtilage of a protected structure (B14-66). |
| 2660274 | Conditional | 1 May 2026 | 0 | 258 m | of a single storey flat roof rear extension with roof lights to accommodate an accessible bedroom, accessible bathroom, utility and therapy room, internal alterations to the existing house and 2 no. new rooflights to the house, one to the front and one to the rear. The works will include all associated ancillary works, landscaping and services. |
| 2660143 | Conditional | 29 Apr 2026 | 1 | 150 m | (a) Retention Permission for the demolition of the original two-storey dwelling following its sequential structural failure; (b) Retention Permission for all works carried out to rebuild the dwelling; (c) Planning Permission for alteration and reorientation of the garage with solar panels, and (d) Planning Permission for the completion of the development, comprising the restoration and extension of the original two-storey dwelling house, and all associated site works, in accordance with the permission previously granted under Planning Reference No. 20/1378 |
| 2660108 | Conditional | 28 Apr 2026 | 0 | 342 m | Erection of 2 No new single storey ancillary garden room (12.9m2 nett internal area each approx) units to rear garden of existing house with associated site works on existing site comprising (423m2) 0.042 hectares approximately |
| 2660199 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2026 | 0 | 437 m | proposed alterations to previously granted planning ref. no. 25/60383 to include a pitched roof with 6no. rooflights as part of the proposed family flat extension along with all associated site development and facilitating works. |
| 2561196 | Conditional | 20 Jan 2026 | 0 | 347 m | for the construction of new office, administration and conference spaces (c.161.1.sq.) at first floor level over existing ground floor Unit 10, Unit 09 (Pharmacy) and the existing main entrance to Abbeylands Shopping Centre. Associated alterations to the southwest elevation of the main shopping centre entrance are also sought along with access to the proposed new offices via a new stairs to be located within existing Unit 10. A second entrance is also proposed at the first floor level off the existing courtyard/roof garden to also allow access to the existing hotel via the existing courtyard/roof garden along with all other associated site development works. This site lies within the curtilage of a protected structure |
| 25147 | Conditional | 12 Jan 2026 | 0 | 138 m | for a single storey extension (c.54sqm) within the service yard to the north-west of the Tesco store accommodating a cage marshalling area together with all ancillary site services and site development works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500797 | — | Granted with conditions | 28 May 2026 | 341 m |
| 319096 | — | Refused | 11 Feb 2025 | 351 m |
| 317695 | — | Refused | 10 Feb 2025 | 449 m |
| 319138 | — | Refused | 10 Feb 2025 | 351 m |
| 319838 | — | Granted with conditions | 4 Nov 2024 | 409 m |
| 320511 | — | pending | 9 Aug 2024 | 350 m |
| 314802 | — | Granted with conditions | 25 Mar 2024 | 293 m |
| 315783 | — | Granted with conditions | 16 Jun 2023 | 38 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
- 11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
- 11 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.