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Hacketstown Road (Pollerton Road) (R726), Kernanstown, Carlow

A residential development of 72 units, including 18 houses and 54 duplex apartments, on Hacketstown Road.

2460118 · Carlow County Council · Lodged 13 May 2024

Reference: 2460118
Authority: Carlow County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 13 May 2024

Summary

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The proposed development on a 1.52-hectare site consists of 72 residential units. This includes 18 two-storey houses and 54 duplex apartment units housed within seven two-storey blocks, along with all ancillary site works.

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Residential units: 72
Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

Development at a site of 1.52 ha. The development will consist of: the construction of 72 no. Residential units and all ancillary works, consisting of: 18 no. 2 storey houses (4 no. 2 bed terraced units (c. 81.8 sqm gross floor area (gfa)); 4 no. 3 bed terraced units (c. 97.5 sqm gfa); and 10 no. 3 bed semi-detached units (c. 106.7 sqm gfa); and 54 no. Duplex apartment units within 7 no. 2 storey blocks consisting of: 27 no. 1 bed units (ranging in size from c. 52.2 sqm gfa to c. 77.0 sqm gfa); and 27 no. 2 bed units (ranging in size from c. 82.2 sqm gfa to 94.1 sqm gfa); as follows: 1 no. Duplex block (block a type) comprising 3 no. 1 bed units; 3 no. 2 bed units; with balconies on the northern elevation at 1st floor level; 2 no. Duplex blocks (block b type), comprising 12 no. 1 bed units; with balconies on the northern and southern elevations at 1st floor level; 1 no. Duplex block (block c type) comprising 12 no. 1 bed units; with balconies on the eastern, western and southern elevations at 1st floor level; and 3 no. Duplex blocks (block types d, e and j) comprising 24 no. 2 bed units, with balconies on the eastern elevation at 1st floor level. The development will also consist of: modifications to the existing vehicular access from hacketstown road (pollerton road) (r726); the provision of 2 no. New pedestrian accesses from hacketstown road (pollerton road) (r726), 107 no. Grade level car parking spaces, 18 no. Visitor bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. Bin storage areas. The development includes all associated landscaping works (including the provision of public and private open space areas), boundary treatments, site development works, site services (foul, surface water drainage, water supply and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New ResidentialR1

“To provide for new residential development, supporting community facilities and other facilities and services incidental to residential development”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

Objective set by the Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030 (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
121 Hunters Green, Palatine Rd, Carlow	Apr 2025	€323,000	97 m
32 The Willows, Pollerton Rd, Carlow	Apr 2025	€380,000	107 m
42 The Willows, Pollerton, Carlow	Mar 2025	€235,000	125 m
45 The Willows, Pollerton, Carlow	Sept 2025	€220,000	125 m
125 Hunters Green, Carlow	Feb 2026	€285,000	126 m
130 Hunters Green, Pollerton, Carlow	Jan 2025	€315,000	134 m
149 Sand Hills, Hacketstown Rd, Carlow	Jun 2026	€300,000	173 m
24 Dolmen Gardens, Hacketstown Road, Carlow	Jul 2025	€310,000	178 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

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Application received13 May 2024

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