RefusedCommercialDecided 13 March 2017

The Island, Skirteen, Portlaoise Road

A major mixed-use development in Portlaoise including a 60-bed nursing home, crèche, 115 residential units, and renovations to protected structures.

1726 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 17 January 2017

Reference: 1726
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 January 2017
Residential units: 115
Floor area: 13274.4 m²

Summary

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This large-scale development proposes the renovation of 'The Hulk' protected structures into craft retail, exhibition spaces, and shared living. It also includes the construction of a new two-storey 60-bed nursing home, a two-storey crèche, and a 115-unit residential development.

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Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

Construction of a mixed development consisting of
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 second floor, (d) glazed connecting corridor to 60 bed nursing home, (e) renovations of adjacent dwellings of the hulk into shard 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
Nursing home. The construction of a two storey 60 bedroom nursing home connected to the hulk and all associated facilities including car parking, set sown area and associated landscaping
Creche. The construction of a two storey crèche and all associated facilities including car parking, set down area, play area and associated landscaping
115 no unit residential development. The construction of residential development comprising of single storey, semi-detached 2 bed dwellings, two storey 2, 3 & 4 bed room dwellings semi-detached and terraced and two storey 5 bedroom 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	195 m
Moore St, Monasterevan, Kildare	Nov 2025	€450,000	356 m
16 Watermill Place, Monasterevin, Kildare	Dec 2025	€221,000	409 m
4 Whelan St, Monasterevin, Kildare	Mar 2026	€233,000	429 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 received17 January 2017
Decision due13 March 2017
Decision issued13 March 2017

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