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Kildare County Council refuses permission for 158-home scheme at Mariavilla, Moyglare Road, Co. Kildare

18 June 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Kildare County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026

Kildare County Council refused permission on 18 June 2025 for a 158-home scheme at Mariavilla, Moyglare Road, an application first lodged on 11 August 2022.

Key facts

Reference: 22314337
Planning authority: Kildare County Council
Location: Mariavilla, Moyglare Road, Maynooth
Received: 11 August 2022
Application type: PERMISSION
Homes: 158
Status: APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision: REFUSED
Decision date: 18 June 2025
Council file: View on the Kildare County Council planning portal

In context

It is one of 61 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 18 June 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Kildare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT for 158 no. apartments (and ancillary facilities), student accommodation in 33 no. apartments (260 bedspaces), creche (700 sq.m.) 2 no. retail units (329 Sq.m.) open space and site development and landscape works. (www.moyglareroadmaynoothshd.ie)

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Kildare County Council refuses permission for 158-home scheme at Mariavilla, Moyglare Road, Co. Kildare", 18 June 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/kildare-county-council/22314337

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/kildare-county-council/22314337">Kildare County Council refuses permission for 158-home scheme at Mariavilla, Moyglare Road, Co. Kildare</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 18 June 2025.</p>

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