GrantedHousing estateDecided 6 October 2025

The former Guilfoyle’s Garden Centre site, Grey Abbey Road, Kildare Town Co. Kildare

Demolition of a house and garage to build 18 new homes on a former garden centre site.

2560164 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 20 February 2025

Reference: 2560164
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 20 February 2025
Residential units: 15
Floor area: 1611.4 m²

Summary

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The development on the former Guilfoyle's Garden Centre site involves the demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage. It proposes the construction of 18 homes, including terrace housing blocks, along with modified site access, 25 parking bays, and communal open spaces.

Housing estatedemolitionresidentialbrownfield

Storeys: 2

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Development description

For the demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage and the provision of twenty homes comprising two no. Two-storey terrace blocks of housing containing five no. Three-bedroom dwellings in each block; one two-storey terrace block of housing containing four no. Three-bedroom dwellings; and a two-storey detached building containing six no. Two-bedroom own-door apartments. The application includes modified site access and internal access roads with turning hammerheads, the creation of twenty five parking bays, the provision of passive and active communal open spaces and all water, sewage and stormwater connections to the local networks. Revised by significant further information which consists of: the number of residential units proposed has been reduced from twenty to eighteen. Two storey own-door apartment block type ‘a’ containing six no. Two bed apartments is replaced with new terrace block 4 containing two no. Three bed houses and two no. Two bed houses. Terrace blocks 1 & 2 each now have four no. Three bed houses and one no. Two bed house. This mix replaces the former mix of five no. Three bed houses in each block. Engineering design for the foul, surface water and water infrastructure has been updated. A new connection into the existing foul sewer on the grey abbey road is now proposed. Amendments to the site layout have also resulted in updated car and bicycle parking provisions. The design for the access at the site frontage and the frontage to the north of the site has been updated to include for a priority junction and continuation of the existing cycle track and footpath along the grey abbey road. This will tie into the existing cycle track and footpath further north at grey abbey view. Revised by significant further information which consists of the following (with these amendments carried out in response to a clarification of further information request): (a) terrace block type 4 has been amended as follows: o previously proposed 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘b1’ has been replaced with 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘d1’ to eliminate any overlooking from habitable rooms to the rear at first floor level. O previously proposed 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘c1’ has been replaced with 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘a1’. O the total no. Of units in terrace block type 4 is still 4 and has the same mix (2 no. 2 beds and 2 no. 3 beds with house types as follows: 1 no. House type ‘a1’, 1 no. House type ‘c1’, a

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Existing Residential / InfillRS

“To protect and enhance the amenity of established residential communities and promote sustainable intensification”

National zoning type: Existing residential

Objective set by the Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029 (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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Key dates

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Application received20 February 2025
Further information requested15 April 2025
Further information received19 June 2025
Decision due6 October 2025
Decision issued6 October 2025
Appeal submitted24 October 2025

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