GrantedHousing estateDecided 11 February 2020

Naas West &, Jigginstown, Naas

Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a 314-unit residential development in Naas.

19305701 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 16 October 2019

Reference: 19305701
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 16 October 2019
Residential units: 208
Floor area: 23582.8 m²

Summary

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This Strategic Housing Development involves the demolition of an existing house and agricultural buildings to construct 314 homes. The scheme comprises 208 houses, 78 apartments, 16 maisonettes, 12 duplexes, a crèche, and a retail unit.

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Official record

Development description

Strategic housing development (abp decision) - the demolition of an existing dwelling and agricultural buildings on the subject site and the construction of a residential development of 314 no. Dwellings, a crèche (c. 610sqm), retail unit (c. 169sqm) as follows: (a) 208 no. Houses comprising; 14 no. 2 bedroom houses (house types h & h1), 172 no. 3 bedroom houses (house types b, b1, b2, c, c1, c2), and 22 no. 4 bedroom houses (house types a, d, d1) (houses provided with two car parking spaces and solar panels all house types 2 storey) - type a & b1 alternative brick option; (b) 78 no. Apartments (38 no. 1 bedroom, 40 no. 2 bedroom with balconies or terraces) in 4 no. 4 storey apartment buildings (block 1 with plant at undercroft level); (c) 16 no. 1 bedroom maisionette apartments in 4 no. 2 storey buildings; (d) 6 no. 2 bedroom duplex apartments and 6 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments in 3 storey duplex building; (e) demolition of 1 no. Existing single storey house (c. 95sqm) and derelict unroofed agricultural buildings of c . 657.8sqm (overall demolition 752.8sqm); (f) open space of c. 1.32 hectares including playground areas; and all ancillary landscape works with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments including re-grading / re-profiling of site where required as well as provision of cycle paths and pedestrian connections and landscaping integrated with rathasker road and pedestrian bridge over yeomanstown stream (also known as rathasker stream); (g) vehicular and pedestrian access from 2 no. Existing access points from the constructed devoy link road for area a and use of existing entrance to elsmore phase 1 for area b (from the devoy link road), 578 no. Car parking spaces and 159 no. Cycle parking spaces (including single storey bin / cycle stores); (h) provision of a crèche at ground floor of block 3 (c. 610sqm) along with associated play area, 169 sqm retail unit ground floor of block 4; (i) surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems as well as all ancillary site development works (reprofiling of site as required) as well as connection to existing public water supply and drainage services; (j) temporary marketing signage for a period of 3 years (5 no. ); (k) all associated site development and landscape works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Existing Residential / InfillRS

“To protect and enhance the amenity of established residential communities and promote sustainable intensification.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

Objective set by the Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 (2021–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
11 Whitethorn Lawn, Whitethorn Village, Naas	Jul 2025	€482,000	40 m
8 Whitethorn Lawn, Whitethorn Village, Naas	Feb 2026	€520,000	53 m
9 Whitethorn, Naas, Kildare	May 2026	€457,000	66 m
6 Whitethorn Avenue, Whitethorn Village, Naas	Oct 2025	€460,000	113 m
22 Whitethorn Avenue, Naas, Kildare	Mar 2025	€510,000	126 m
1 The Oak, Rathvoy Park, Naas	Nov 2025	€4,064,220	211 m
1 Lattin Place, Rathasker Road, Naasnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€430,000	222 m
10 Lattin Place, Rathasker Road, Naasnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€470,000	222 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 received16 October 2019
Decision due13 February 2020
Decision issued11 February 2020
Grant issued13 March 2020
Permission expiry12 March 2025

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