Oldtown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Construction of 61 residential units, a creche, and a new entrance in Celbridge.
2460371 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 26 April 2024
- Reference
- 2460371
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 26 April 2024
- Residential units
- 57
- Floor area
- 5478.3 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposed development consists of 61 homes, including duplexes, apartments, and houses, alongside a creche and associated site works. Significant further information includes amending the boundary to reserve land for a future school with pedestrian connections.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- For the construction of 61 residential units, (comprising a mix of one-bedroom duplex/ apartment units, two-bedroom houses and three-bedroom houses), a crèche, and all associate ancillary site development works, including vehicular access, drainage, services, footpaths, cycle path, lighting, landscaping and amenity areas, bicycle and car parking. One existing entrance into the oldtown woods estate from oldtown road (as permitted under abp
- 303295-18) is to be removed and a new entrance from oldtown road provided. Revised by significant further information which consists of: the amendment of the application boundary to include lands to the west of the site, which are to be reserved for the development of a school, with vehicle access from oldtown road. The proposed development also includes potential pedestrian connections to the future school site from within the proposed residential development. The significant further information includes additional ancillary amendments to the previously submitted site layout plan, which include the extension westwards of the proposed cyclepath/footpath along the oldtown road and the provision of a toucan crossing at oldtown road to connect to a future cyclepath / footpath on the eastern carriageway of oldtown road
Built & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 Oldtown Woods, Celbridge, Kildare | Nov 2025 | €525,000 | 80 m |
| 59 Oldtown Woods, Celbridge, Kildare | Apr 2026 | €550,000 | 113 m |
| 213 Oldtown Woods, Celbridge, Co Kildare | Nov 2025 | €380,000 | 206 m |
| 14 Oldtown Woods, Celbridge, Kildare | Nov 2025 | €537,000 | 210 m |
| 197 Oldtown Woods, Celbridge, Kildare | Mar 2026 | €342,000 | 224 m |
| 4 Oldtown Woods, Celbridge, Co Kildare | Jun 2026 | €240,000 | 247 m |
| 3a, Oldtown Mill, Celbridge | Nov 2025 | €340,000 | 294 m |
| 134 Oldtown Woods, Celbridge, Kildare | Feb 2025 | €540,000 | 311 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received26 April 2024
- Further information requested18 June 2024
- Further information received14 March 2025
- Decision due1 July 2025
- Decision issued1 July 2025
- Grant issued22 October 2025
- Appeal submitted28 July 2025
- Permission expiry21 October 2030
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