Greyabbey, Nurney Road, Kildare
A residential development of 207 houses and a childcare facility on Nurney Road.
17487 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 28 April 2017
- Reference
- 17487
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 28 April 2017
- Residential units
- 207
- Floor area
- 26722.7 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposed development on a 10.2-hectare site consists of 207 residential units, comprising 6 five-bed, 81 four-bed, and 120 three-bed two-storey houses. It also includes a two-storey childcare facility, car parking, and associated road works on Nurney Road.
- Storeys
- 2
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
A residential and childcare scheme on a site of 10.2 hectares approximately. The lands are principally bounded by greenfield/agricultural lands to the north and west; the nurney road (r415), greenfield/agricultural lands, and a residential dwelling to the east; and residential dwellings, a commercial premises and greenfield/agricultural lands to the south. The proposed development will consist of the provision of 207 no. Residential units (including private open space) comprising 6 no. Five-bed two storey (with habitable attic accommodation over) houses (including balcony at first floor level) (all semi-detached), 81 no. Four-bed two storey houses (80 no. Semi-detached and 1 no. Detached) and 120 no. Three-bed two storey houses (111 no. Semi-detached and 9 no. Mid-terraces); and a two-storey childcare facility (305.8sqm gross floor area). The proposed development will also consist of: the provision of car parking spaces; vehicular and pedestrian access and egress via the nurney road, with associated works to the nurney road to include a right-hand turning lane, pedestrian crossing, traffic calming, alterations to existing footpaths and verges, and provision of cycle paths; provision of internal routes for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians; sustainable urban drainage systems; provision of pumping station including ancillary associated infrastructure; piped services and drainage; renewable energy facilities (solar panels); associated signage; hard and soft landscaping works including lighting and boundary treatments; and infrastructural and site excavation and development works above and below ground. The development also consists of an increase of the site’s existing levels by up to c. 1.9m,
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for new residential development.”
National zoning type: New/proposed residential
Objective set by the Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Timeline
- Application received28 April 2017
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