GrantedIndustrialDecided 12 September 2025

The Former Donnelly Mirrors Site, Maudlins, Naas

Construction of a large warehouse and logistics campus with two buildings in Naas.

2461154 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 1 November 2024

Reference: 2461154
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 1 November 2024

Summary

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The development consists of a warehouse and logistics campus featuring two large buildings. Unit 1 will have a gross floor area of approximately 8,586 sqm, and Unit 2 will be around 6,444 sqm, both standing at over 21 meters tall with three-storey ancillary offices. The project also includes a new spine road, HGV yards, and associated infrastructure.

Industrialwarehouselogisticsinfrastructure

Storeys: 3
Floor area: 15,030 m²

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Development description

For the provision of a warehouse/logistics campus, including 2 no. Warehouse/logistics buildings. Unit no. 1 has a gross floor area of c. 8,586sqm and an overall set height of 21.15m; a c. 374sqm ancillary office element and c. 414sqm ancillary staff facilities both provided across 3 no. Storeys. Unit no. 2 has a gross floor area of c. 6,444sqm and an overall set height of 21.15m a c. 320sqm ancillary office element and c. 298sqm ancillary staff facilities both provided across 3 no. Storeys. The site is to be accessed via an upgraded entrance to the dublin road (r445) to the west of the site. In addition, a new spine road, with new internal site roundabout, is proposed to connect the subject site to the dublin road roundabout. This spine road has been designed in accordance with kcc reg. Ref. 2460574 to allow both sites to be implemented independently. The proposed development is also comprised of the provision of 2 no. Associated hgv yards with truck parking; car parking (including accessible parking and ev charging spaces); bicycle parking; lpg tank; 2 no. Sprinkler tanks (c. 79sqm each); 2 no. Pump houses (c. 68sqm each); esb substation (c. 33sqm); plant; signage; street and flood lighting; pv panels; suds; internal roads and footpaths; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; cabling; piping and ducting; changes in level; and all associated site development works above and below ground

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Mixed UseSI

“To provide for general commercial / industrial / enterprise uses.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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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Key dates

Timeline

Application received1 November 2024
Further information requested19 December 2024
Further information received18 August 2025
Decision due14 September 2025
Decision issued12 September 2025
Grant issued23 October 2025
Permission expiry22 October 2030

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