Observation pack · Kildare County Council
Caseys Quickstop , Moorefield Road , Newbridge
to demolish the existing customer toilets (16 sq. metres) and to construct an extension to the existing retail unit and off-licence, comprising a restaurant area, preparation area, kitchen and seating area, with a new entrance and customer toilets. The development will also include minor alterations to the existing shop layout to incorporate a walk-in fridge/freezer area
Observations close 18 Nov 2026 20 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661130 · 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
- 1,525 m²
- Received
- 14 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
- Decision due
- 8 Dec 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/2661130/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661130at 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 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1.1 Retail warehousing | Commercial and Retail: To protect the integrity of the lands to provide for the future strategic expansion of the town over future plan period and ensure and development that would prejudice the future orderly expansion of the town will be resisted. The inclusion of these lands | kildare county development plan 2023 2029 newbridge settlement plan | 23 Feb 2026 → 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 25 Oct 2026, 23:00
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kildare County Council development plan zoning | — | 25 Oct 2026, 23:00 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 1Moorefield Villa
- Radon risk area × 1About 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2561048 | Refused | 14 Sept 2026 | 0 | 109 m | for an existing storage shed, with modifications to the structure comprising: (A) a reduction in floor area to 40m² through the construction of a new external wall, and (B) the adaptation of the remaining covered space for bin and bicycle storage by replacing an existing window with a new pedestrian access opening, together with all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: a proposed reduction in floor area of the existing shed structure to be retained to 40m2 through the construction of a new wall which will bisect the structure. This 40m2 portion of the structure is proposed to be a retained as a domestic shed, and the remaining area of 28m2 is proposed to be retained as a functionally separate but attached covered space for bin and bicycle storage by replacing an existing window with a new pedestrian access opening, and all associated site works. The application proposes to retain the full existing structure through dividing it into two sections that serve an ancillary function to the house on site |
| 2660825 | Conditional | 9 Sept 2026 | 0 | 152 m | Internal alterations to a protected structure by insertion of new toilet and its enclosure with associated services into rear side vestibule under existing stairs to the south east corner of operating Church and associated siteworks. |
| 2661 | Conditional | 10 Jul 2026 | 0 | 356 m | Extension of Duration - 21/1145 - change of use from existing light industrial/manufacturing and retail warehousing use to Retail Class 1 use; alterations to the front/south façade including reinstatement of angled roof profile, new external cladding and signs with new entrances and shopfronts to each unit; refurbishment of some internal layouts including the provision of ancillary ground floor and mezzanine level accommodation with toilets, offices, staff facilities, kitchen and stores; alterations to car park and landscaping; and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground |
| 2660504 | Conditional | 1 Jul 2026 | 0 | 88 m | a one-storey extension to the rear of the existing house, and to demolish the existing storage shed to side of house, and relocate the existing storage shed at rear of house, and all associated site works |
| 2660392 | Refused | 4 Jun 2026 | 0 | 109 m | a hardstanding area to the rear of |
| 2660257 | Conditional | 1 May 2026 | 0 | 219 m | for a) The proposed change of use from current warehouse use to retail warehouse use. The existing warehouse use has a gross floorspace of 1,901.1 m² broken down over two levels of accommodation as follows: • 1,028.5 m² gross warehouse floorspace at ground floor level. • 872.6 m² gross warehouse floorspace at first floor level. The retention planning permission development consists of: 1. The retention of 107.4 m² of new ancillary office floorspace at second floor mezzanine level. 2. The retention of modifications to the existing north-eastern and north-western elevations. 3. All associated ancillary site development works. |
| 2660035 | Conditional | 10 Mar 2026 | 0 | 141 m | single storey extension to side of existing dwelling. Extension currently consists of a domestic garage, utility and W/C extending c.29 Sq/M, and (b) full planning permission sought for the following: (i) conversion of an additional existing shed along with the aforementioned area being retained to be used as a single storey small family flat, storage are utility and w/c, (ii) modifications to existing window and door arrangements including the removal of 2 no. garage doors at front elevation and replacement of same with windows, removal of windows in existing porch and the installation of 2 no. roof lights in side elevation. (iii) connection to all relevant existing site services and all associated development works |
| 2561489 | Conditional | 24 Feb 2026 | 0 | 195 m | A) a garage/domestic shed, in the side/front garden of our house, and B) a new pedestrian access gate through the existing side boundary wall to facilitate access to the side garden, and all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502218 | Planning Appeal | pending | 5 Oct 2026 | 109 m |
| 501635 | — | open | 30 Jun 2026 | 109 m |
| 323374 | — | Other | 17 Nov 2025 | 386 m |
| 322791 | — | Granted with conditions | 8 Oct 2025 | 251 m |
| 321355 | — | Granted with conditions | 14 Mar 2025 | 495 m |
| 319410 | — | Granted with conditions | 13 Nov 2024 | 292 m |
| 318450 | — | Granted with conditions | 1 Nov 2024 | 344 m |
| 318062 | — | Other | 11 Jul 2024 | 260 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
- 14 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 18 Nov 2026
- 14 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.