Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Naas Plaza , South Main Street , Naas Co Kildare

for A) change of use of ground floor vacant retail units no’s 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (as granted permission under pl ref 04/500037) to a sports bar, associated stores, staff room, toilets and office and B) change of use of vacant ground floor retail units no’s 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 (as granted permission under pl ref 04/500037) to a multi-purpose sub dividable function room, ancillary toilet block and catering/ kitchen area and all associated site works, all accessed from the South Main Street plaza.

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661043 · 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: 3,008 m²
Received: 21 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 15 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/2661043/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661043 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 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
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of the town centre.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 25
house · unknown · bank/financial institution
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 18
Historic town · Town defences · Town hall

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660452	Conditional	15 Oct 2026	0	73 m	The development will consist of: A) The first-floor change of use from retail use to a 2-bedroom apartment, B) The construction of a first-floor extension, C) Modification of rear fenestration to create independent rear access for apartment, and D) Internal modification including the removal of the existing stairs and the provision of a new stairs to access the apartment and all associated site works and services. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: the modifications made to the design and its proximity to the protected church and at the castle
2660168	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	1	168 m	amend granted planning reference 24/61161 (ABP-322381-25) . The amendment consists of the change of finished floor levels of dwelling no. 5-9 including all associated site works and services
2560789	Refused	21 Jul 2026	7	373 m	for (i) miscellaneous alterations and refurbishments of the existing single storey residential cottage facing unto the Dublin Road, including demolition of single storey rear extensions and construction of new rear single storey extension, to create a two-bedroomed unit, (ii) construction of six new residential units within the site, arranged across three two-storey blocks, and consisting of two two-bedroomed units and four one bedroomed units and (iii) access routes into the property including pedestrian and bicycle access through the Dublin Road frontage, and pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular access through the Gleann na Gréine frontage. The development will include also inter alia, works and structures to facilitate all necessary site services, PV, water attenuation, connection to mains sewer, altered ground levels, (including a pond), gazebo, hard and soft landscaping, car and bicycle parking, screen walls of varying heights, and the demolition and removal from the site of existing garden structures. Revised by Significant further Information which consists of: (a) Reduction in number of residential units from seven to six units consisting now of 3 by 2B and 3 by 1B, (b) Redesign of front residential block one, in area, scale and in location, (c) Redesign of central residential block two from two storey to single storey, (d) Miscellaneous design alterations to block three facing Gleann na Greine, (e) Miscellaneous changes to overall site layout to facilitate overall redesign, (f) Engineering Details regarding surface water attenuation, (g) Archaeological Report, (h) Invasive Species Report, (i) Conservation Report, (j) Engineer’s Drawings and Report, (k) Additional Topographical Survey Data, Levels and Volume Calculations, (l) Revised schedule of areas of units, (m) Shadow Diagrams, (n) Waste Management Report (o) Construction Management Report, (p) Transportation Response and Tracking, and (q) Reference Letter to ‘Taking in-charge’
2660544	Refused	16 Jul 2026	0	253 m	construction of 3 No. detached three storey apartment blocks consisting of 9 Apartments in total (Block A and C-3 No one bed units each and Block B - 3 no two bed units), boundary treatments, connection to public foul sewer, landscaping and all associated site works
2660226	Conditional	10 Jun 2026	0	219 m	(i) to demolish the existing single storey Cold Room Lean-to building on the Southern side of the existing Supermarket building, (ii) to construct a single storey Extension on the Southern side of the existing Supermarket building and amalgamate the proposed Extension with the existing SuperValu Supermarket Unit (iii) to revise the Car Park layout and reduce the ground level of the Southern section of the existing Car Park and associated external signage and site works
2561193	Conditional	2 Jun 2026	0	142 m	a change of use and internal alterations to a vacant building. The proposed development includes change of use from a permitted financial institution use at ground floor level to a proposed mixed-use building, accommodating of 1 no. office unit (measuring c. 235 sq.m) at ground floor level and 4 no. apartments consisting of 3 no. 2 bed apartments and 1 no. 1 bed apartment located at first and second floors. The proposed development also includes for all associated site development works, communal open space, bin & bike storage etc. on an overall site area of c. 0.04 hectares. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: a change of use and internal alterations to a vacant building located at No.s 24-25 South Main Street, Naas, County Kildare. The proposed development includes a change of use from a permitted financial institution use at ground floor level to a proposed mixed-use building, accommodating of 1 no. office unit (measuring c. 235 sq.m) at ground floor level and 4 no. apartments consisting of 3 no. 2 bed apartments and 1 no. 1 bed apartment located at first and second floors. The proposed development also consists of the removal of the existing black stone shopfront and replacement of same with a traditional timber shop front at ground floor level facing onto South Main Street, as well as all associated site development works, communal open space, bin & bike storage etc., on an overall site area of c. 0.04 hectares
2660250	Conditional	1 May 2026	0	68 m	for internal works to a Protected Structure NS19-006. Works consists of; reordering of internal furniture layout involving removal of existing timber pews and replacement with loose chairs. Removal of existing raised pulpit area and enclosure, and replacement of missing timber floorboarding following its removal. The salvaging of surrounding panels to form bench storage area and wall paneling. The construction of a fixed screened area for audio equipment area to rear
2560845	Conditional	10 Mar 2026	0	23 m	for alterations to permission previously granted under Pl. Ref 23 579 in the structure to the rear of The Forge Inn, (Protected Structure RPS. Ref. NS19-186). The proposed alterations include 1) 8 no. bedroom suites on the first & second floors to the rear of The Forge Inn, which was previously permitted as a public bar & staff areas, the bedroom accommodation will be used ancillary to the Forge Bar to form a Boutique Hotel 2) and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501431	—	Refused	23 Sept 2026	68 m
500437	—	Refused	24 Aug 2026	188 m
501894	—	pending	17 Aug 2026	373 m
501038	—	Refused	21 Jul 2026	498 m
322785	—	Withdrawn	2 Dec 2025	99 m
322381	—	Granted with conditions	28 Aug 2025	168 m
319289	—	Refused	19 Feb 2025	52 m
318293	—	Refused	13 Nov 2024	497 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

21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
21 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.