{"id":456029,"date":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/456029\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","slug":"conor-mcgregors-planning-application-for-large-extension-to-kildare-home-is-invalidated-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/456029\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor\u2019s planning application for large extension to Kildare home is invalidated \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

MMA fighter Conor McGregor<\/a> has had a planning application<\/a> for a large extension on his Kildare<\/a> home invalidated after he was found to have submitted \u201cmisleading and incorrect\u201d drawings.<\/p>\n

Kildare County Council<\/a> told McGregor\u2019s architect in a letter on May 13th that the fighter\u2019s application to demolish an existing garage and porch and to build the extension at his home near Straffan<\/a> has been \u201cdeemed invalid\u201d as information had been omitted.<\/p>\n

After an inspection of the property at The Paddocks on May 7th, the council deemed the existing layout plan for the plan submitted in the application to be inaccurate to what is on the site. <\/p>\n

In a letter to McGregor, sent to his Kildare-based architect Tom O\u2019Loughlin of O\u2019Loughlin Architects, the council advised him the application was \u201cinvalid\u201d as it did not comply with the requirements of the regulations and \u201ccannot be considered by the planning authority\u201d.<\/p>\n

The letter said McGregor was required to ensure that the documents supporting the application \u201creflect what is existing on the site\u201d.<\/p>\n

The council said the documents did \u201cnot accurately depict\u201d the existing internal road network, the layout of the existing decking area including access points to the nearby river Liffey and associated water-based activities.<\/p>\n

The existing site layout plan submitted to the council did not accurately show an \u201cexisting significantly sized marquee type structure\u201d appearing to comprise a \u201csports-related facility\u201d and its associated hard surfacing and outdoor shower\/toilet. <\/p>\n

The submitted plan also did not accurately show a security hut and a shipping container on the site, the council said.<\/p>\n

The home that McGregor is partly demolishing stretches to 739sq m while the planned extension was proposed to cover 1,220sq m.<\/p>\n

McGregor paid \u20ac3 million for The Paddocks home in 2019 and a further \u20ac1.65 million for a neighbouring property at Castledillon in 2022.<\/p>\n

The May 13th letter from the council said of McGregor\u2019s application: \u201cIt is considered the drawings submitted are misleading and incorrect, and information has been omitted.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Loughlin had previously told the council<\/a> that the planning application submitted in April was effectively the same application that was granted permission by the council in 2022.<\/p>\n

The architect said part of the property had already been demolished under the original 2022 planning permission.<\/p>\n

This included the removal of the tennis court from the grounds.<\/p>\n

McGregor submitted the application for the extension after An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la objected to his plans to build a large-scale \u201chistoric stately home\u201d in Straffan. <\/p>\n

The MMA fighter wanted to build a new \u201cfamily home\u201d that included a cinema, bar and two swimming pools on the site of the existing five-bedroom home at The Paddocks.<\/p>\n

Plans show that the proposed home would have included a playroom, a bar, a diningroom, a family room and a butler\u2019s pantry.<\/p>\n

The plan includes a partially sunken basement under the relocated tennis court that accommodates a car park, gym and ancillary rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MMA fighter Conor McGregor has had a planning application for a large extension on his Kildare home invalidated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[75,1714,61,60,3770,19380,2549,112,1969],"class_list":["post-456029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-an-coimisiun-pleanala","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kildare","tag-kildare-county-council","tag-planning-permission","tag-sports","tag-straffan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}