Planning application · Kildare County Council

for (A) Change of use of existing vacant ground floor retail unit to residential use…

Newtown , Enfield , Co. Kildare

2461149 · KildareGranted
Reference
2461149
Planning authority
Kildare County Council
Received
1 Nov 2024
Decided
6 Oct 2025
Status
Granted
Dwellings
2
Floor area
367 m²
Site area
0.169 ha
Further information requested
16 Dec 2024
Further information received
22 May 2025

Proposed development

for (A) Change of use of existing vacant ground floor retail unit to residential use consisting of 1 no. single storey, 2-bedroom apartment and 1 no. single storey, 1-bedroom apartment. This includes the removal of the existing shopfront to be replaced by 3no. windows and 2no. entrance doors to the front (east) elevation. (B) Change of use of existing, adjoining vacant public house to residential use consisting of 1 no. two-storey, terraced 3-bedroom house and 1 no. semi-detached 4-bedroom house. This includes the removal of the existing entrance doors and provision of 2no. new windows and 1no. new entrance door to the front (east) elevation. (C) Permission for alterations to the side (north) elevation consisting of the removal of the existing ground floor porch window, to be replaced by a new entrance door and provision of 1no. new ground floor window. (D) Permission for the demolition of existing flat roof portion of public house to rear (west) elevation to facilitate the provision of private rear gardens for the proposed houses. (E) Permission for alterations to the rear (west) elevation consisting of the removal of 2no. rooflights and the provision of 4no. new ground floor windows, 2no. ground floor sliding doors and 4no. new first floor dormer windows. (F) Permission for 4 no. connections to the existing on-site waste water treatment system with a new tertiary sand polishing filter percolation area. (G) Permission for on-site car and bicycle parking with new screen boundary walls and all associated site development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The redline boundary has changed on the site and entrance onto the site has changed from being vehicular to pedestrian

What happens next

Permission was granted on 6 Oct 2025. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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