Observation pack · Kildare County Council

56 Willowbrook Lawns , Celbridge , County Kildare

For the reconfiguration, retrofit and extension of an existing 3-bedroom, two storey, semi-detached home. The works will include a single storey side and rear extension adding 34.5sqm to the floor area. The original house will be externally insulated

Observations close 10 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2661100 · full record
Authority: Kildare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 228 m²
Received: 6 Oct 2026
Decision due: 30 Nov 2026

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/2661100/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661100 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 10 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

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
2660816	Conditional	8 Sept 2026		207 m	Widen the existing recessed vehicular entrance and adjust the boundary line to footpath
2660822	Conditional	8 Sept 2026		299 m	of garden room for use as a home office and media room, and retention of a shed for use as a boiler room and storage both located to the rear of the property
2653	Conditional	2 Sept 2026	1	492 m	for (1) Conversion of domestic garage to granny flat (2) Sunroom extension (3)conversion of attic to store/home office+ velux rooflights (4) single storey domestic store / outbuilding and ancillary site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: 1. The retention of the conversion of the domestic garage to granny flat. 2. The retention of the change of use of said granny flat to a living room ancillary to the remainder of existing dwelling
2660707	Conditional	18 Aug 2026		487 m	for Attic conversion with dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front. Retention for extended vehicle access all with associated Ancillary works
2660599	Conditional	29 Jul 2026		367 m	Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable c/w window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
2660132	Conditional	8 Jul 2026		145 m	for Attic conversion with Dormer to side of existing roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic as non habitable storage space all with associated ancillary works
2660451	Conditional	17 Jun 2026		366 m	a first floor extension to the side over existing study/kitchen area and all associated site works
2660367	Conditional	29 May 2026	1	103 m	alterations and extensions to existing 2-storey semi-detached dwelling. Extensions to the front, side and rear of the existing dwelling to provide new entrance porch, home office, utility room, playroom and extended living area all at ground floor level. Also, alterations and extensions to existing bedrooms and an additional bedroom at first floor level, long with all associated site development and facilitating works

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501608	Granted	16 Oct 2026	103 m
501804	pending	29 Jul 2026	145 m
318628	Other	15 Jul 2024	481 m
318240	pending	13 Oct 2023	420 m
316197	Granted with conditions	4 Aug 2023	265 m
311931	Granted with conditions	19 May 2022	450 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

6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026
6 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.