Excess retail vacancies in Leixlip Kildare County Council told
Application for new restaurant outlet in town centre
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There is an excess of vacant retail shop units in Leixlip town centre which predates the current pandemic, Kildare County Council has been told.
In a planning application by Sabrina Macari to change a vacant retail unit on the Captain Hill to a restaurant and take away use, architect, Paul Tyndall, said: “Sadly, there is a preponderance of vacant retail shop units in Leixlip town centre which predates the pandemic.”
Ms Macari applied on December 1 for a change of use of the ground floor at the unit, which is beside the car park entrance on the right as one goes up Captain’s Hill.
Kildare planning go ahead for historic Leixlip house development
Car parking issues raised by council department
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Kildare County Council has granted planned permissions for eleven apartments and retail units at Leixlip’s Main Street.
But some departments at the council raised issues and one recommended refusal of permission.
The planning application by Sabrina Macari, lodged on December 23, 2019, by architect Paul Tyndall, got the go ahead on November 17.
The proposal is to develop six properties at Main Street, Nos 29, 31,33, 35, 37 and 39.
No 33 is the birthplace of Fenian, Major William Francis Roantree and only recently it was put on the Record of Protected Structures, following campaigning by Cllr Ide Cussen who had reminded council planners of its social and historic significance and its links to Roantree and his brother, James.