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Naas Road, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.

Construction of a care facility and 98 independent living units in Kilcullen.

211068 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 21 July 2021

Reference: 211068
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Withdrawn
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 21 July 2021

Summary

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The development consists of a Centre of Excellence for Care for the Older Persons. It includes two 3-4 storey buildings with 98 independent living apartments and a 3-4 storey nursing care facility with 80 single bed units over a basement car park.

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Residential units: 98
Storeys: 4
Floor area: 9,261 m²

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Official record

Development description

The construction of a centre of excellence for care for the older persons consisting of the construction of 2 no. Buildings, between 3-4 storeys in height, providing for 98 no. Independent living accommodation units (including 78 no. 1 bed apartments and 20 no. 2 bed apartments with terraces at ground level and projecting balconies at first, second and third floor levels). Each block will consist of a communal area, office, laundry room and ancillary areas including hard and soft landscaping areas, car parking provision, refuse and bicycle storage areas. The combined gfa of independent living blocks 1 & 2 is 9260.5 m². The construction of a 3-4 no. Storey building over basement car park to comprise a nursing care facility consisting of 80 no. Single bed units (all with associated en-suite bathrooms) providing for specialized long term care, dementia care, respite, recuperation and transitional/step down care. The building will also comprise the following elements: treatment rooms/visiting clinician, sitting/day and dining/recreation rooms, oratory, library, café, hair salon, staff/management facilities including reception and activity area, nursing station, staff room, multipurpose meeting rooms, offices, staff room, storage, toilets, sluice room, kitchen and catering areas, laundry and ancillary areas including hard and soft landscaping areas, car parking provision and bin storage. The gfa of the proposed nursing care facility is c. 8801.5 m². The construction of a 3 storey primary care centre (2277 m² gfa) consisting of gp consulting rooms, community based geriatricians, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, fracture clinic, memory clinic, fragility assessment unit, speech and language therapy, chiropody, day hospital and treatment rooms, home care support teams, administration offices, staff areas and canteen. Provision of new vehicular site entrance, new cycleway and realigned pedestrian pathway, 41 no. Surface car parking spaces, 65 no. Underground car parking spaces, 120 no. Bicycle spaces, hard and soft landscaping work, refuse and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development on a site

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 County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Kilcullen Settlement Plan (2025–2029). 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
38 Hermitage Park, Naas Rd, Kilcullen	Mar 2025	€364,000	241 m
22 Esker Lea, Kilcullen, Kildare	Aug 2025	€600,000	285 m
40 Laurel Wood, Kilcullen, Kildare	May 2025	€400,000	295 m
44 Laurel Wood, Kilcullen, Kildare	May 2026	€407,000	307 m
10 Bishop Rogan Park, Kilcullen, Co Kildare	Jun 2025	€285,000	328 m
51 Bishop Rogan Park, Kilcullen, Co Kildare	Dec 2025	€275,000	331 m
17 Bishop Rogan Park, Kilcullen, Co Kildare	Nov 2025	€300,000	332 m
50 Bishop Rogan Park, Kilcullen, Co Kildare	Apr 2026	€230,000	336 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

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Application received21 July 2021
Application withdrawn10 September 2021

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