GrantedDecided 21 April 2023Kildare County Council

Buckley House, Parson Street, Maynooth

Planning application 22953
DecisionConditional grant
Decided21 April 2023
Application typePERMISSION
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Application description published by Kildare County Council.
Development at this site Buckley House, Parson Street, and lands to the rear of Buckley House, (total site area 0.303 ha) with frontage onto Leinster Street, Maynooth. The application is generally as per the expired previously granted application 16/328 with minor amendments to building height and internal layout. The development will consist of: (i) The demolition of the remains of 5 No. derelict outbuildings and sheds. (ii) The construction of a mixed-use development (total floor area 3906.5sqm) comprising a student accommodation facility (including use as tourist or visitor accommodation outside the academic term) and 2 No. restaurant/café units. The development will include 140 bicycle spaces, enclosed refuse stores and plantroom in a 3 storey courtyard building with glazed setback at 3rd floor penthouse level, a glazed single storey link extension to Buckley House and associated landscaping, ancillary site development works including flood relief works. (iii) Restaurant/café units comprise 1 No. café unit (total area 160sqm) with outdoor dining terrace fronting onto Leinster Street and 1 No. restaurant unit (total area 328sqm) to include the restoration and change of use from residential to restaurant use of Buckley House (168sqm), a new single storey glazed link extension (160sqm), outdoor dining terrace and landscaped public open space (407sqm) with access from Parson Street. Buckley House and its curtilage is a Protected Structure and restoration works will include new floors, doors, windows and roof where necessary and associated landscaping and site works. (iv) Student accommodation facility (including use as tourist or visitor accommodation outside the academic term) comprising 116 No. bedroom units over ground, first, second and third floors to include 109 No. single study bedrooms with ensuite and 7 No. wheelchair accessible single study bedrooms with ensuite (12.7 - 21sqm), associated communal kitchen and common rooms with private access at ground floor level to single storey atrium (137.5sqm) and external courtyard (290sqm), accessed from main entrance on Leinster Street and side entrance from lane to rear of Buckley House, Parson Street,

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