GrantedHousing estateDecided 4 September 2019

Southgreen Road (Hill Road), Old Road and Dunmurray Raod, South Green Kildare Town

Construction of 96 residential units and a childcare facility in Kildare Town.

181028 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 23 August 2018

Reference: 181028
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 23 August 2018
Residential units: 98
Floor area: 10613 m²

Summary

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The proposed scheme consists of 83 houses and 13 apartments in a 3-storey duplex building. It also includes a single to two-storey childcare facility, parking spaces, bicycle shelters, and associated site works.

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Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development comprises a residential scheme of 96 no. Dwelling units in a mixture of 2 storey and 2 storey plus dormer houses and a 3-storey duplex apartment building (gfa approx. 11,854.4sqm); and provision of a single/two storey childcare facility (gfa approx. 392sqm), including outdoor amenity space, 24 no. Car parking spaces, a bike shelter accommodating 10 no. Bicycle parking spaces, and a bin store (13sqm). The 83 no proposed houses shall comprise of 63 no. 2-storey 3-bedroom houses, and 20 no. 2.5 storey 4-bedroom houses; 166 no. Car parking spaces provided on-curtilage. The 13 no. Proposed apartments, accommodated in 1 no. 3-storey duplex apartment building, shall comprise of: 1 no. 1-bedroom unit, 6 no. 2-bedroom units, and 6 no. 3-bedroom units; together with 23 no. Allocated and visitor car parking spaces, 1 no bin store, and 2 no. Bike shelters accommodating 20 no. Bicycle parking spaces. The proposed development also comprises all ancillary site development works, landscaping and boundary treatment, including: 2 no. Pedestrian/cyclist access points of dunmurray road, a pedestrian/cyclist access points off the proposed southern internal link, and a pedestrian/cyclist access point off old road (4 no. Pedestrian/cyclist entrances in total); public open space (approx. 1.38 ha); 2 no. Vehicular access points to serve the development are provided off dunmurray road (opposite bishopsland) and the proposed southern internal link road (between old road and dunmurray road), and undergrounding of existing electrical services. The development shall also include the provision of the southern internal link road between southgreen road and dunmurray road, including junction upgrade works at southgreen road, old road and dunmurray road; provision of improvement works to dunmurray road from a point approx. 54m north of the junction with dunmurray court to a point approx. 95m north of the junction with crockanure avenue, to provide a pedestrian path and off-carriageway cycle path on western side of the road. Revised by further significant information consisting of

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New ResidentialR1

“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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
13 Oak Church Crescent, Kildare, Co. Kildareprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€422,907	49 m
11 Oak Church Crescent, Kildareprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€376,147	53 m
9 Oak Church Crescent, Kildare, Co. Kildareprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€370,045	57 m
1 Oak Church Crescent, Oak Church, Kildare Townprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€422,907	80 m
5 Oak Church Crescent, Oak Church, Kildareprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€370,044	80 m
3 Oak Church Crescent, Oak Church, Kildareprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€361,233	80 m
2 Oak Church Grove, Oak Church, Kildare	Apr 2026	€515,000	97 m
25 Oak Church Drive, Oak Church, Kildareprice excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€374,449	100 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 received23 August 2018
Further information requested17 October 2018
Further information received8 August 2019
Decision due4 September 2019
Decision issued4 September 2019
Grant issued17 February 2020
Appeal submitted30 September 2019
Permission expiry16 February 2025

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