Awaiting decisionHousing estate

The Island, Skirteen, Portlaoise Road

A mixed-use development including a 115-unit residential scheme, a 60-bed nursing home, a creche, and renovations to protected structures.

161363 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 23 December 2016

Reference: 161363
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 23 December 2016

Summary

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This major mixed-use development proposes the renovation of protected structures (The Hulk and adjacent buildings) into craft retail, exhibition space, studios, and shared living. It also includes a new two-storey 60-bed nursing home, a two-storey creche, and a 115-unit residential development.

Housing estatenursing homecrecheprotected structurehousing estate

Residential units: 115
Storeys: 2

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Development description

Construction of a mixed development consisting of: (1) the hulk (charter school) and adjacent buildings. Renovations to the hulk (rps no. B21-29 / niah ref. 11816103) and adjacent buildings (rps no. B26-03 / niah ref. 11816104) protected structures comprise of: (a) craft retail / café space on ground floor, (b) craft exhibition / historic exhibition space on first floor, (c) craft development studios on third floor, (d) glazed connecting corridor to 60 bed nursing home, (e) renovations of adjacent dwellings of the hulk into shared living accommodation to be associated to the nursing home, (f) refurbishment of existing out building to storage rooms, (g) required car parking and associated landscaping. (2) nursing home. The construction of a two storey 60 bedroom nursing home connected to the hulk and all associated facilities including car parking, set down area and associated landscaping. (3) creche. The construction of a two storey crèche and all associated facilities including car parking, set down area, play area and associated landscaping. (4) 115 no. Unit residential development. The construction of residential development comprising of single storey, semi-detached 2 bed dwellings, two storey 2, 3 & 4 bedroom dwellings semi-detached and terraced and two storey 5 bedromm detached dwellings. This development consists of 29 no. Two bed dwellings, 64 no. Three bed dwellings, 14 no. Four bed dwellings and 8 no. Five bed dwellings and all associated site works including proposed entrance, proposed landscaping and proposed surface and foul water sewer connections transversing a special area of conservation (sac) to the north east of site

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Skirteen, Monasterevin, Co. Kildarenot full market price	Nov 2025	€63,343	257 m
Moore St, Monasterevan, Kildare	Nov 2025	€450,000	296 m
4 Whelan St, Monasterevin, Kildare	Mar 2026	€233,000	367 m
16 Watermill Place, Monasterevin, Kildare	Dec 2025	€221,000	373 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 received23 December 2016

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