GrantedHousing estateDecided 9 March 2018

Barnhall, Leixlip, Co. Kildare

A strategic housing development of 450 residential units and a childcare facility in Leixlip.

18300606 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 5 January 2018

Reference: 18300606
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 5 January 2018
Residential units: 349
Floor area: 43375.8 m²

Summary

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This large-scale development consists of 450 residential units, including apartments, duplexes, and houses, alongside a 538 sqm childcare facility. The project also features a new roundabout on Celbridge Road and a revised entrance to the adjacent Wonderful Barn Complex, which is a protected structure.

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Official record

Development description

Strategic housing development (abp decision) consisting of 450 no. New residential units; a childcare facility (538sqm); a new roundabout on the celbridge road (r404) and associated road realignment to facilitate vehicular access to the application site with revised entrance arrangement to the wonderful barn complex (a protected structure), and incorporating landscape features and signage to the wonderful barn complex (a protected structure); associated internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths and linkages; open space; and, all associated site and development works. The residential development consists of the following: 16 no. One-bed, two-storey, own door apartments, 54sqm and 56 sqm gross floor area (gfa) each (type 1b1 & 1b2); 42 no. Two-bed apartments, 83.7sqm gfa each (type 2b1), with 42 no. Three bed duplex units above, ranging in size from 119.2 to 120.4sqm gfa (type 3b1 & 3b2), in three-storey terraces; 48 no. Two-bed, two-storey terraced houses, 86.6sqm each (type f1 & f2); 187 no. Three-bed, two-storey terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, ranging in size from 110.7sqm to 126.4sqm gfa (types d1-7, e1-5 & h1-4); 2 no. Three-bed, single storey, detached houses, 113.7sqm each (type j); 97 no. Four-bed, two-storey, semi-detached and detached houses ranging in size from 130.2sqm to 206sqm (types a, b1, b4, c1, c2 & g1-3); 16 no. Four-bed, three-storey semi-detached houses ranging in size from 216.5sqm to 219.7sqm (types c3 & c4). A total of 929 no. Car parking spaces, including 875 no. Spaces serving the residential units and 54 no. Visitor spaces dispersed throughout the scheme (of which 13 no. Spaces are designated for use by the childcare facility), are proposed. The associated site and infrastructural works include foul and surface water drainage, attenuation areas, open space, landscaping buffer with the wonderful barn parkland, boundary walls and fences, internal roads, cycle paths and footpaths including linkages towards the wonderful barn complex (a protected structure) and to established residential areas to the north of the site. An environmental impact assessment report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
15 The Rise, Barnhall Meadows, Leixlip	Mar 2026	€420,000	25 m
31 Rinawade Rise, Easton Rd, Leixlip	Jul 2025	€530,000	170 m
Apartment 14 The Oaks, Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€400,881	180 m
13 The Oaks Block D, Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€365,639	181 m
17 The Oaks, Block D Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€383,260	182 m
20 The Oaks, Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€409,692	186 m
25 Rinawade Rise, Leixlip, Kildare	Apr 2026	€542,500	186 m
Apartment 21 The Oaks, Block D Westfield, Leixlipprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€383,260	188 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 received5 January 2018
Decision due1 March 2018
Decision issued9 March 2018
Grant issued13 April 2018
Permission expiry9 March 2023

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