GrantedHousing estateDecided 17 January 2025

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

Construction of 72 residential units including houses and duplex apartments in Carlow.

2460131 · Carlow County Council · Lodged 17 May 2024

Reference: 2460131
Authority: Carlow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 May 2024
Residential units: 53
Floor area: 5224.6 m²

Summary

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The development on a 1.52-hectare site will consist of 18 two-storey houses and 54 duplex apartment units across 7 two-storey blocks. The project includes terraced and semi-detached houses alongside one and two-bedroom duplexes with balconies.

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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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Recent sales nearby

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.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received17 May 2024
Further information requested15 July 2024
Further information received12 December 2024
Decision due17 January 2025
Decision issued17 January 2025
Grant issued19 February 2025
Permission expiry18 February 2030

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