Lands at the former Magee Barracks Site, Hospital Street, Kildare Town

Project description of parent permission 305007-19: 'the proposed development will consist of the demolition of 17no. Existing buildings(including a range of former barracks buildings, the officers mess and water tower structure) with a gross floor area of 16,320sq. M and the construction of a development comprising of 375no. Residential units, a neighbourhood centre comprising of 3no. Single storey retail units with a gross floor area of 130sq. Metres, 105sq. Metres and 100sq. Metres respectively, a café (including gallery/ exhibition area at mezzanine level) with a gross floor area of 300 sq. Metres, a 2 storey childcare facility with a gross floor area of 680sq. Metres, a 2 storey childcare facility with a gross floor area of 680sq. Metres and associated play area, all internal roads, car parking, pedestrian and cycle paths, public open space and all associated site and infrastructural works on an application site of circa 11.35 hectares. The 375no. Residential units proposed consists of the following: 76n0.3bed semi-detached houses; 42no. 3bed terrace houses; 60no. 4 bed semi-detached houses; 7no. 4bed detached houses; 16no. 1bed apartment units within the duplex blocks; 34no. 2bed apartment units within the duplex blocks; 18no. 3bed apartment units within the duplex blocks; 30no. 1bed apartment units within the apartment blocks; and 92no. 2bed apartment units within the apartment blocks. The houses are 2-3 storeys in height, the duplex blocks are 2-3 storeys in height and the apartment blocks are 4-5 storeys in height over basement car park. The associated site and infrastructural works include foul and surface/ storm water drainage, attenuation tanks, 639no. Car parking spaces (comprising 560 no. Spaces for residential units, 51no. Visitor spaces and 28no. Spaces to serve the proposed childcare facility, retail and café units), public open space measuring circa 1.80 hectares, bin and bike stores, 3no. Electricity substations, landscaping boundary walls, railings and fences. A new signalised junction is proposed onto hospital street, providing access to the proposed development and also to adjacent sites to the west and east. Road works are also proposed to hospital street(r445) including pedestrian crossings, provision of cycle lanes, upgrades to footpaths, signage, road markings and traffic signalling. '

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.

1. Application received11 September 2024
2. Decision due5 November 2024
3. Decision issued5 November 2024

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