Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Johnstown Bridge , Johnstown , Co. Kildare

a single-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new site entrance, connection to all public services along with all associated site works and services

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661086 · 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: 175 m²
Site area: 1,809 m²
Received: 30 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 24 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/2661086/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661086 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 4 Nov 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 johnstownbridge	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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2561410	Conditional	17 Jun 2026	0	446 m	for the construction of a new Wellness Facility to include: 2 No. sauna units, 1 No. Jacuzzi, 2 No. hot tubs, Reception building with changing facilities and toilets, 2 No. padel courts, Bicycle parking, Car parking including 2 No. EV charging spaces, Rainwater harvesting system, connection to existing hotel watermains, foul sewer and surface water facilities on site, new site boundary treatment and all associated site works. Revised by Significant further Information which consists of: Permission for the construction of a new Wellness Facility comprising 2 no. sauna units, 1 no. jacuzzi, 2 no. hot tubs, reception building with changing facilities and toilets, 2 no. padel courts, bicycle parking, car parking including 2 no. EV charging spaces, rainwater harvesting system, connection to existing hotel watermains, foul sewer and surface water facilities, new site boundary treatment and all associated site works
2561167	Refused	8 Dec 2025	0	54 m	(A) the erection of a two-storey apartment building consisting of 4no. 1-bedroom apartments, 2no. 2-bedroom apartments and 2no. 3-bedroom apartments. (B) New access roadway and footpath from Dunfierth Park with car parking, cycle parking, bin storage area and associated landscaping. (C) Connection to existing main foul sewer, connection to existing public watermain and all associated ancillary site development and surface water drainage works
2561065	Conditional	28 Nov 2025	1	463 m	the development will consist of the construction of a ‘sensory room’, and a one and a half-storey extension that will be used as a ‘granny flat’, to the rear of the existing dwelling; the retention of a domestic shed, and the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system in lieu of the existing septic tank, including all site works associated with the proposed development
24318	Conditional	28 Nov 2024	0	114 m	For 10 no dwelling consisting of A) eight number three bedroom semi-detached dwellings, B) one number three bedroom detached dwelling, C) on e number four bedroom detached dwelling with domestic garage, D) site infrastructure works including access road with associated footpaths, storm water collection drains and onsite attenuation and soakway areas foul sewer connection to existing public main and watermain infrastructure, E) New site entrance along with all associated site development, landscaping, boundary treatments and facilitating works.
23980	Conditional	12 Jun 2024	0	292 m	of a single storey domestic garden shed to the rear of existing garage, and all associated ancillary site works
2482	Refused	29 Apr 2024	0	494 m	Development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and recessed entrance, together with all associated site works.
22917	Refused	24 Jan 2023	0	39 m	(A) the erection of a Warehouse/Store for commercial use, (B) and all associated site works
221022	Conditional	18 Jan 2023	1	185 m	the development of (A) the erection of a storey and a half type house (B) garage/store for domestic use (C) connection to existing public foul sewer and mains water and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313883	—	Granted with conditions	9 Apr 2024	239 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

30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
30 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.