Observation pack · Kildare County Council

483 The Crescent , Straffan Road , Maynooth

1) Demolish the existing rear extension and garage, 2) Widening of the existing vehicular entrance, 3) New windows opes and skylights on the existing house, 4) A new rear extension (part two storey) to accommodate; Ground floor – kitchen, living, dining, office, tv snug, hallway, WC, utility. First floor- bedroom with en suit and dressing, 5) New extension roofs to include roof lights, dormer window and skylights, 6) All alterations, internal modifications and all associated site development and landscaping works

Observations close 5 Nov 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661090 · 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: 498 m²
Received: 1 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 25 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/2661090/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661090 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 5 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 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 × 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
2660829	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	1	457 m	of Extension and Alteration Works to Existing Dwelling House, Vehicular Entrance and Associated Site Development Works
2660549	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	388 m	a) The construction of a new domestic extension to the side and rear of the existing two storey dwelling with a total proposed floor area of 42 m² that will consist of 21 m² at ground floor level and 21 m² at first floor level. b) The ground floor extension area of 21 m² consists of a new single storey flat roof extension to the rear. c) The first floor extension area of 21 m² consists of a new pitched roof extension to the side. d) Modifications to the existing dwelling include relevant alterations to facilitate the proposed extension works and new internal layout. e) All associated site development works to include connection to the existing services on site
2660560	Conditional	15 Jul 2026	0	158 m	The development will consist of proposed renovations, extension and alterations to the side and rear of existing dwelling including a new pitched roof, the demolition of two sheds, all elevational changes, revisions to existing site layout and all associated site works.
2561445	Conditional	26 Jun 2026	1	383 m	(A) Subdivision of site into two individual sites namely 202 and 202A (B) Erection of a part single storey, part two storey type house on site 202A (C) Upgrade of existing entrance to a double vehicular entrance (D) connection to main foul sewer, provision of access driveway and all associated site works for site 202A. The subject site is located within the curtilage of Protected Structure Ref; B05-34 – ‘202 Railpark.’ Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of redesign of the original proposed single storey, part two storey type house to a reduced sized dormer house both in height and massing
2638	Conditional	22 Jun 2026	0	402 m	For Front and rear single storey extensions, side/rear two storey extension, alter front doorway and ground floor level window opening, form side first floor level en-suite window opening, associated internal and external alterations and associated site development works to dwelling house.
2561006	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	0	468 m	to convert existing attic space including flat roof dormer to rear and 2 No. rooflights to front. Also retention permission for existing porch to front of dwelling house and all associated site works
2561496	Conditional	14 Apr 2026	16	456 m	modifications to the residential development on the site approved under Ref 24/60624 comprising alterations to the approved mix of unit types to 12 no. one bed simplex, 12 no. 2 bed duplex, 15 no. three bed detached and semi-detached houses and 1 no. four bed detached house; alterations to the approved internal road layout and arrangement of car parking spaces; omission of vehicular accesses on Carton Court; alterations to the layout of the approved open space and amendments to the boundary treatments. The total number of units on the site and location of access to the development on Mullen Park Road remain as approved under Ref 24/60624. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of modifications to the residential development on the site approved under Ref. 24/60624 comprising alterations to the approved mix of unit types to 12 no. one bed simplex, 12 no. two bed duplex, 12 no. three bed semi-detached houses, 2 no. three bed end of terrace houses, 1 no. three bed mid terrace house and 1 no. four bed detached house; alterations to the approved internal road layout and arrangement of car parking spaces; omission of vehicular accesses on Carton Court; alterations to the layout of the approved open space and amendments to the boundary treatments. The total number of units on the site and location of access to the development on Mullen Park Road remain as approved under Ref. 24/60624
2660015	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	0	421 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.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501746	—	Refused	11 Aug 2026	382 m
324107	—	Granted with conditions	2 Jun 2026	430 m
322068	—	Withdrawn	23 Oct 2025	456 m
323536	—	open	1 Sept 2025	443 m
323484	—	Withdrawn	29 Aug 2025	443 m
314232	Railway Order Application	Other	18 Jul 2024	370 m
315617	—	Refused	8 May 2024	37 m
312671	—	Granted with conditions	13 Feb 2024	458 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

1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 Nov 2026
1 Oct 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.