Good news as €43m residential development approved for this Kildare town

A €43m Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) has been approved for a site in Maynooth, Co Kildare.

According to Construction Information Services (CIS), Glenveagh Homes Limited was granted planning permission for the development by Kildare County Council on June 2 2026.

The application was first submitted to the local planning authority on Aug 1 2025.

CIS notes that approval of the planning permission was upheld by An Coimisiún Pleanála following an appeal being lodged.

The address of the proposed development is Parson Street, Maynooth W23 A6P3, Co Kildare.

The plans consist of planning permission for an LRD application of 195 apartments across three blocks, ranging in height from two to seven stories.

Also included in the plans are a childcare facility and cafe/commericial unit to the rear of the former Maynooth Rectory (a protected structure) at Parson Street, Maynooth, Co Kildare.

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The site is bound to the north and northeast by vacant lands to the rear of properties fronting onto Parson Street (with Maynooth Fire Station further beyond) and by the HSE Community Care Centre, to the east and south by the Royal Canal Greenway and to the west and northwest by the Maynooth Rectory Building and Parson Lodge residential housing estate.Provision of 2,444 sq.m of public open space and 1,380 sq.m of communal open space is allowed for in the development.

Primary access to the proposed development will be provided directly from Parson Street (R408) and will include the widening of the existing entrance that falls within the curtilage of Parson Lodge (protected structure), the removal of one existing public car parking space from Parson Street and its relocation within the proposed development, provision of internal streets and shared surface spaces.

The proposed development will also provide for pedestrian and cyclist permeability and emergency access through the site and onto the Royal Canal Towpath.

A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect to the proposed development and was submitted with the LRD application.