Observation pack · Kildare County Council
8 College Green , Maynooth , Co Kildare
for 1st floor extension to rear over existing kitchen for bedroom use, also attic conversion with projected dormer window to rear for home office, internal modifications and all associated site works
Observations close 27 Oct 2026 9 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661039 · 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
- 204 m²
- Received
- 19 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 13 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/2661039/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661039at 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 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential / Infill: To protect and enhance the amenity of established residential communities and promote sustainable intensification. | maynooth and environs joint local area plan 2025 2031 | 1 Apr 2025 → 25 May 2031 |
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
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660015 | Conditional | 26 Mar 2026 | 0 | 372 m | consists of first floor dormer extension to the side & rear of the house, along with a single story extension to the rear. Also a single story porch extension to the front, and a new roof light to front elevation, and all other ancillary site works. |
| 2561219 | Conditional | 12 Dec 2025 | 2 | 357 m | (a) sub-division of existing dwelling to provide 3 no. dwellings. proposed works will include new extensions to both sides and rear, (b) construction of new dividing boundary walls in rear gardens, (c) modifications to existing front garden and driveway to allow for new hard standing communal parking area with bin store and bicycle parking area serving dwelling no. 2, (d) modifications to drainage and services network to provide new individual services to each proposed dwelling, with upgraded connections to all existing passing mains, (e) new single storey garden room / home office in rear garden of dwelling no. 2 with all ancillary service connections, landscaping throughout and all associated development works |
| 2561164 | Conditional | 5 Dec 2025 | 0 | 460 m | For 1) The retention of their front porch, 2) The retention of widening of the existing driveway / vehicular entrance, 3) The part removal of their existing rear single storey extension, 4) A new rear single storey ground floor extension. New extension to accommodate more living space; kitchen, dining, family space, 5) New extension to include roof lights, 6) All alterations, internal modifications and all associated site works |
| 2561135 | Conditional | 28 Nov 2025 | 0 | 406 m | For Construction of a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, installing external insulation to existing dwelling and all associated ancillary site-works |
| 2561017 | Conditional | 28 Oct 2025 | 0 | 125 m | for brick boundary walls to both sides and front garden with brick pillars creating vehicle entrance, velux to front roof all with associated ancillary works |
| 2560951 | Conditional | 14 Oct 2025 | 0 | 389 m | for 1) A change to the main existing roof, from hipped roof to an apex / gable roof, 2) Existing roof structure to include a new skylight to the front, 3) New dormer window to the rear (attic space not to be converted, to remain as dry storage space only), 4) New gable wall to have an additional window, 5) All alterations, internal modifications and all associated site works |
| 2560900 | Conditional | 26 Sept 2025 | 0 | 336 m | for 1) Garage conversion to habitable space, 2) Single storey rear and side extension to accommodate new living space, bedroom, storage, WC, home office 3) New skylights in existing roof and extension roof to have new rooflights, 4) Existing north west elevation to be extended and modified with new windows at ground floor level, 5) New blockwork shed for domestic purposes, 6) All alterations, internal modifications and all associated site works |
| 2598 | Conditional | 15 Aug 2025 | 0 | 233 m | for ground floor rear extension with pitched roof over. Build up of existing hip in roof to side of roof into dutch hip with window in gable wall at attic level. Attic conversion to habitable room with dormer roof window on rear slope of roof |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323536 | — | open | 1 Sept 2025 | 372 m |
| 323484 | — | Withdrawn | 29 Aug 2025 | 372 m |
| 320103 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Dec 2024 | 301 m |
| 314232 | Railway Order Application | Other | 18 Jul 2024 | 360 m |
| 320074 | — | Invalid | 3 Jul 2024 | 301 m |
| 315329 | — | Granted with conditions | 17 Jan 2024 | 371 m |
| 314430 | — | Granted with conditions | 2 Nov 2023 | 220 m |
| 315852 | — | Granted with conditions | 26 Jun 2023 | 106 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
- 19 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
- 19 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.