Awaiting decisionHousing estate

The Island, Skirteen, Portlaoise Road

Mixed-use development including 99 homes, a crèche, and renovations to protected structures.

171428 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 15 December 2017

Reference: 171428
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 15 December 2017
Residential units: 99
Floor area: 12579.5 m²

Summary

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This major development includes the renovation and extension of 'The Hulk' protected structures into craft, café, and community spaces. It also proposes a two-storey crèche and a 99-unit residential development.

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Development description

Construction of a mixed development consisting of (1) the hulk (charter school) and adjacent buildings. Renovations and extension 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, kitchen and toilet facilities to ground floor, (b) craft exhibition space, community meeting room, office and toilet facilities on first floor, (c) historic exhibition space, offices and classroom on second floor, (d) glazed connecting corridor from the hulk to proposed three storey vertical circulation extension, (e) renovations of two adjacent dwellings (block a and block b) of the hulk into craft studio spaces, (f) refurbishment of two existing out buildings along southwest side of walled linen field quadrangle into storage space and associated facilities for proposed allotment area and proposed public market, (g) required car parking and associated landscaping. (2) crèche. The construction of a two storey crèche and all associated facilities including car parking, set down area, play area and associated landscaping. (3) 99 no. Unit residential development. The construction of residential development comprising of two and three storey 2, 3 & 4 bedroom dwellings consisting of semi-detached, terraced and detached dwellings. This development consists of 11 no. Two bed dwellings, 69 no. Three bed dwellings and 19 no. Four 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. (4) removal of a section of existing boundary wall to portlaoise road and re-construction of new stone wall set back approx. 4.5m from its original location

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Moore St, Monasterevan, Kildare	Nov 2025	€450,000	288 m
Skirteen, Monasterevin, Co. Kildarenot full market price	Nov 2025	€63,343	294 m
4 Whelan St, Monasterevin, Kildare	Mar 2026	€233,000	343 m
16 Watermill Place, Monasterevin, Kildare	Dec 2025	€221,000	398 m
6 Hopkins Mews, Monasterevin, Kildare	Jul 2026	€210,000	496 m

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Application received15 December 2017

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