Planning application · Kildare County Council

Change of use of existing first floor rooms from dining rooms

Gahans Pub & Manley Hopkins Bar, Main Street, Monasterevin

2560593 · KildareGranted

0.095 ha · Granted · permission to Jan 2031

Planning application 2560593 to Kildare County Council: Change of use of existing first floor rooms from dining rooms and toilets to 3no. en-suite bedrooms and a staff room, staff office, at Gahans Pub & Manley Hopkins Bar, Main Street, Monasterevin. Granted by the council on 11 December 2025. The register gives the permission's end as 25 January 2031.

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received
  4. Council granted
  5. Permission ends (date on the register)

The end date is the one the council register states. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
2560593
Planning authority
Kildare County Council
Received
30 May 2025
Decided
11 Dec 2025
Status
Granted
Use
Hospitality
Dwellings (estimated)
16
Read from the description, not stated on the register.
Floor area
845 m²
Site area
0.095 ha
Further information requested
23 Jul 2025
Further information received
18 Nov 2025

Proposed development

for (a) The change of use of existing first floor rooms from dining rooms and toilets to 3no. en-suite bedrooms and a staff room, staff office and staff toilet (increasing the total number of bedrooms to 16 from 13 as previously permitted permission ref 21-1434) (b) Retention and completion of amendments to previously permitted permission ref 21-1434 consisting of changes to the elevations, alterations to windows and change of external corrugated cladding to render. (c) Retention and completion of amendments to previously permitted permission ref 21-1434 consisting of changes to toilet and kitchen layouts on ground floor to provide an atrium space, elimination of the second staircase, increase in height of lift shaft and an enlarged entrance area to lift/ stairs on ground floor. (d) The addition of a set back door/ entrance to Gahans shopfront, an amendment to previously permitted permission ref 21-1434. (e) The addition of a lean-to shed in the courtyard housing plant and a cold store (f) Amendment to existing rear access from car park to add a gate and new boundary fence

Planning status

Permission was granted on 11 Dec 2025. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 25 Jan 2031.

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