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Earl's Court, Kill Hill, Co. Kildare

Construction of a new single-storey creche in place of two permitted houses.

2360336 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 27 October 2023

Reference: 2360336
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 27 October 2023

Summary

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This application seeks to modify a permitted Strategic Housing Development. It proposes a single-storey creche for 55 children and 7 staff, featuring outdoor amenity space, 10 parking spaces, and access via a permitted laneway.

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Development description

To modify a permitted strategic housing development (shd) permission (abp-307013-20) by way of a planning application for a creche in place of two permitted dwellings, as response to condition 6 of said application. This development will consist of a full day care creche to provide for 55 no. Children and 7 no. Staff with appropriate facilities, amenity space and parking and all associated and ancillary site development works. The building is single storey with a double pitched roof to fit in with the existing environment in earls court. The creche will be accessed via a permitted laneway to the north of the site. 10 no. Parking space will be associated with the creche and located off the laneway and hillfort drive, at this 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 - Kill (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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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
23 Hillfort Drive, Hillfort, Kill	May 2026	€430,000	281 m
9 Hillview House, Kill, Kildare	Dec 2025	€227,000	336 m
7 The Drive, Earls Court, Kill	Jan 2025	€460,000	349 m
19 The Avenue, Earls Court, Kill	May 2026	€445,000	374 m
37 The Drive, Earls Court, Kill	May 2026	€510,000	439 m
58 Rochford Park, Kill, Kildare	Aug 2025	€316,000	499 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.

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Application received27 October 2023

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