Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedHousing estateDecided 20 May 2025

New Abbey Road, Nicholastown, Kilcullen

A large-scale residential development of 180 homes, a creche, medical units, and offices.

2461327 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 11 December 2024

Reference
2461327
Authority
Kildare County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
11 December 2024
Residential units
152
Floor area
19129.500000000025 m²

Summary

AI-generated

This Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) on a 6.6-hectare site proposes 180 dwellings, comprising 152 houses, 20 duplexes, and 8 apartments. The scheme also includes a creche, two medical units, a four-storey office block, a wastewater pumping station, and 369 car parking spaces.

Housing estatelrdhousing estatecrechemixed use
Storeys
4

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Official record

Development description

  • A large-scale residential development (lrd) consisting of 180 no. Dwellings (152 no. Houses, 20 no. Duplexes and 8 no. Apartments) a creche (261sq. M), 2 no. Medical/healthcare units (265sq. M) and offices (921sq. M) along with a wastewater pumping station and all ancillary development and associated site works all on lands measuring 6.6 hectares. The proposed residential units include
  • 152 no. Two and three storey, semi-detached/ terraced houses (85 no. 3-beds – c1, c2, c3 &e- and 67 no. 4-beds – b, b1 & f)
  • 20 no. Duplex over single units (10 no. 1-bed ground floor units – h1 - with 10 no. 2 bed units over – h2)
  • 8 no. Apartments (2-bed units - g), above a commercial ground floor, over 2 blocks. The commercial element will be located at the north end of the site and will consist of 3 no. Blocks (a, b & c). Blocks a & b are three storeys high and will have commercial uses at ground floor and apartments over (type g). Block c will be a 4 storey office block. The ancillary development will consist of including 369 no. Car parking spaces (including ev charging spaces and disabled parking spaces), 106 no. Cycle parking spaces (including covered spaces), public and communal open spaces, hard and soft landscaping, play area, suds features, boundary treatments, waste management areas/bin stores, internal roads, footpaths, cycle lanes and services provision (including pumping station) and all associated site works. The proposed vehicular and pedestrian access will be via 2 no. Access points off new abbey road, one to the north and one to the east. A pedestrian and cyclist access is proposed to sunbury close. The proposed development also involves works on lands owned by kildare county council (new abbey road, r413) relating to traffic calming (0.33 ha) and new footpath. The proposed development will involve the demolition of the existing agricultural buildings to the north-west of the site (513.5sq. M). The planning application may be inspected online at the following website: www. Newabbeyroadlrd. Ie. Revised by significant further information which consists of
  • Adjustment to site layout to allow for the design of two new access/exit points as potential connection points for the proposed kilcullen relief road, which connects the development at the south and south-east boundaries
  • Removal of six number 4-bedroom houses (type b) and replace with six number 3-bedroom houses (four x type c2 and two x type e)
  • Two new height options for reduction in height of

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town CentreUC
To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including residential, commercial, office and civic use.

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
1987 St Brigids Ave, Kilcullen, KildareJan 2025€282,050130 m
1989 St Brigids Ave, Kilcullen, KildareDec 2025€310,000167 m
2493 Conroy Pk, Kilcullen, KildareMar 2026€335,000208 m
2 New Abbey Road, Kilcullen, Co KildareOct 2025€155,000211 m
Flat 5 Convent View, Main Street, KilcullenApr 2026€200,000217 m
Apt 2, Convent View, Athy RdNov 2025€195,000217 m
1 Ballyshannon, Kilcullen, KildareJan 2025€565,000226 m
73, Riverside Manor, Kilcullenprice excludes VATMay 2025€374,449226 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

Timeline

  1. Application received11 December 2024
  2. Further information requested13 February 2025
  3. Further information received23 April 2025
  4. Decision due20 May 2025
  5. Decision issued20 May 2025
  6. Grant issued18 September 2025
  7. Appeal submitted16 June 2025
  8. Appeal decided18 September 2025
  9. Permission expiry17 September 2030

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