Observation pack · Kildare County Council
Main Street , Caragh , Naas
Two storey contemporary town house, connection to mains sewer, boundary treatments and all associated site development works
Observations close 16 Oct 2026 9 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
- 2661017 · full record
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 1
- Floor area
- 188 m²
- Site area
- 246 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/2661017/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661017at 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Major town centre | Village Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate village centre uses including residential, commercial, office and civic use. | KI-001:DP:kildare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-caragh | 28 Jan 2023 → 23 Mar 2029 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential / Infill: To protect and improve existing residential amenity, to provide for appropriate infill residential development and to provide for new and improved ancillary services. | KI-001:DP:kildare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-caragh | 28 Jan 2023 → 23 Mar 2029 |
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.
Sources: KILDARE KI-001:DP:kildare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-caragh, KILDARE KI-001:DP:kildare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-caragh · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| KILDARE KI-001:DP:kildare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-caragh | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| KILDARE KI-001:DP:kildare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-caragh | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
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 × 2R148127 · R148128
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2561038 | Conditional | 29 Apr 2026 | 0 | 48 m | for (A) permission for a change of use of the Heritage Centre granted under planning ref. 16/10 to a crèche facility. Retention permission is also sought for (B) an increase in the footprint of the granted building, (C) revisions to the granted elevations comprising (i) revisions to the window locations on the east & west elevations, (ii) the addition of a window on the east elevation, and (iii) the removal of the stone cladding on all four elevations of the granted Exhibition Hall at the east end of the building, and (D) revisions to the granted boundary treatments, comprising a 1.8m high block wall at the north-east & north-west boundaries of the site. Revised by Significant Further Information which comprises proposed new signage. |
| 2561456 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2026 | 0 | 494 m | a) Demolishing existing detached sheds to the rear of the house b) Constructing a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing single storey dwelling and alterations to all elevations, c) Removal of existing portico and construction of a singe storey porch to the front of the house d) Decommission of existing septic tank and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works |
| 2561411 | Conditional | 9 Feb 2026 | 0 | 58 m | for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing part-two-storey part-single-storey, four-bedroom house, to accommodate an occupational therapy room, and sensory therapy room. The proposal includes also for subdivision of the existing living room to include a new home office. The proposed works include 3 no. rooflights to the existing roof, installation of solar panels to upper roof level, surface water drainage connections, landscaping, and ancillary site works |
| 2561338 | Refused | 27 Jan 2026 | 1 | 406 m | (A) construction of a single type house, (B) garage /store for domestic use, (C) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new combined vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works |
| 2461392 | Refused | 20 Nov 2025 | 16 | 417 m | for residential development on lands bounded generally to the north-east by Gingerstown Park, to the south by the railway line, to the south-east by the R409 and to the north-west by agricultural lands. The proposed development consists of construction of a residential scheme of 22no.housing units with the application site area of c .0.65ha. The residential accommodation proposed consists of 16no. houses that includes 3.no 2-storey 3-bedroom semi-detached houses, 7.no 2-storey 3-bedroom terraced houses, 1 no. 2-storey 4-bedroom semi-detached house and 5no. 3-storey 4-bedroom terraced houses; 1no. Apartment block, part 2 storey and part 3 storey, comprising of 2no. 1-bedroom apartments, 2no. 2-bedroom apartments and 2no. 3-bedroom apartments. The proposed development has 2no. pedestrian access points off the R409 and Gingerstown Park and 1no. vehicular access point to serve the development is provided off Gingerstown Park. All with associated site works, surface carparking spaces, bin storage, bike stores, opens spaces, landscaping, boundary treatment and drainage. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of : The entire layout has been redesigned to include the reduction in dwelling units and the increase in apartment units across the site, the alignment of the development has also been significantly changed. The proposed development consists of construction of a residential scheme of 22no.housing units. The residential accommodation proposed consists of: 6no. houses that includes 2no. 2-storey 3-bedroom terraced houses, 2no. 3-storey 4-bedroom detached houses and 2no. 2.5-storey 4-bedroom terraced houses; 3-storey apartment block with 16no.units, comprising of 1no. 1-bedroom apartment, 6no. 2-bedroom apartments, 1no. 2-bedroom duplex apartment, 1no. 3-bedroom apartment, 6no. 3-bedroom duplex apartments and 1no. 4-bedroom duplex apartment |
| 2560790 | Conditional | 5 Sept 2025 | 0 | 446 m | for the construction of a single storey rear extension, retention of porch and 2 no. bay windows and new window arrangement to existing front elevation as constructed and all associated site works. temporary retention for a period of 1 year sought for existing mobile home on site. permission for upgrading of existing septic tank to secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works |
| 2560323 | Conditional | 27 Jun 2025 | 0 | 397 m | for a single storey pitched roof extension (floor area 15.7 sq m) to the rear and side of the existing detached dwelling (existing floor area 88.8 sq m) and all associated site works. Alterations in size and location to rear ground floor windows and doors. Over cladding the existing front, side x 2 and rear elevations with external wall insulation with a rendered finish |
| 2461126 | Conditional | 13 Dec 2024 | 0 | 249 m | for 43 solar powered 60 Watt integrated lights and ancillary works, spaced 17m apart and 4m in height along the northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest sides of the site following the existing footpath |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500485 | — | pending | 17 Dec 2025 | 417 m |
| 319646 | — | Granted with conditions | 14 Jan 2025 | 76 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.