Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Maynooth Road , Curryhills , Prosperous

Permission for construction of a single storey detached bungalow, single storey domestic garage, recessed entrance and connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works.

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 closes today

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661059 · 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: 2,608 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 18 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/2661059/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661059 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 29 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 improve existing residential amenity, to provide for appropriate infill residential development and to provide for new and improved ancillary services.	kildare county development plan 2023 2029 prosperous	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.

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 × 1
About 1 in 10 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
2660981	Conditional	21 Oct 2026	0	336 m	We Jackie & Morris Madden intend to apply for retention permission for a development at Curryhills, Prosperous, Co. Kildare. W91X8NA, to include the following, A) Retention as constructed of the entrance porch to the side of the existing dwelling, B) The single storey garage located to the side of the dwelling, along with all associated site development and facilitating works.
2660802	Refused	7 Sept 2026	0	255 m	consists of; a) the retention of two separate one (x1) bedroomed residential apartment / studio units, instead of one two (x2) bedroomed residential apartment unit, b) these units are located at first floor level of the existing building, accessed by an existing door at ground level, c) all existing alterations, internal modifications and all existing associated site works.
2660410	Conditional	8 Jun 2026	1	0 m	of alterations to the development permitted under reg. ref. 24/61074 which includes the addition of additional window opes, changes to the permitted floor plans, to include the addition of 4 no. ensuite bathrooms and an increase in floor area
2461074	Conditional	5 Mar 2025	1	0 m	for (A) the erection of a single storey type house, (B) new vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works
252	Conditional	26 Feb 2025	0	499 m	for the demolition of the existing single storey sunroom to the side, the construction of a single storey extension to the side, the construction of a two storey extension to the rear, the construction of a porch to the front, minor internal and external elevational alterations, all to the existing detached two storey dwelling
2461244	Conditional	23 Jan 2025	0	344 m	for (a) Convert attached garage to living accommodation. (b) Raise the height of flat roof over the garage. (c) Construct a single-story extension to the rear of the property, (d) together with all associated site works
2461111	Refused	13 Dec 2024	121	428 m	for seven-year planning permission for constructing 93 dwellings consisting of 12 No. apartments and 12 No. duplex apartments in 2 No. 3-storey blocks, 4 No. apartments in 1 No. 2-storey block, 56 No. semi-detached 2-storey houses, and 9 No. detached houses. The development also consists of a new single storey creche unit, individual bin/bike stores for each apartment and duplex apartment units, natural playscape play area, new recessed vehicular entrance, connection to existing foul water sewer, new footpath connecting to existing footpath, provision of part transport objective as defined under ST P18 in the KCC Development Plan 2023-2029, provision of landscaped linear park as defined under map ref. V2-1.4b in the KCC Development Plan 2023-2029, 2 No. permeable connections to The Downings housing scheme and a permeable connection to lands to the east as defined under TM 021 in the KCC Development Plan 2023-2029, and all associated ancillary site-works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application
2360303	Conditional	8 Oct 2024	0	415 m	for constructing a single storey club-house and all associated ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321717	—	Granted with conditions	28 Jan 2026	428 m
316854	—	Granted with conditions	11 Apr 2024	242 m
313893	—	Granted with conditions	19 Feb 2024	303 m
314153	—	Refused	16 Feb 2024	428 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.