Blackwood, Brockagh and Cooleragh East Townlands, Coill Dubh
Relocation of a hurling pitch, installation of floodlights, a new training pitch with hurling walls, and a new access road.
2561154 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 12 October 2025
- Reference
- 2561154
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Withdrawn
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 12 October 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development proposed at Coill Dubh includes the relocation of the existing main hurling pitch and the installation of six 22-metre-high floodlights. It also features a new all-weather training pitch with two hurling walls, six 9-metre-high lights, and a new access road from Brockagh Road.
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 (a) permission for the relocation of existing main hurling pitch, (b) new all-weather lighting with 6 no 22m high lights around main pitch, (c) new all weather training pitch with two no. New hurling walls (2 no) with 6 no. 9m all weather lights, (d) access road and entrance from (via brockagh road) and all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and provide for open space, amenity and recreation provision.”
National zoning type: Active open space
Objective set by the Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Coill Dubh Coolearagh (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 Coill Dubh, Naas, Co. Kildare | Mar 2025 | €200,000 | 107 m |
| 104 Coill Dubh, Naas, Co Kildare | Oct 2025 | €239,000 | 117 m |
| 110 Coill Dubh, Naas, Kildare | Feb 2025 | €242,000 | 126 m |
| 135 Coill Dubh, Naas, Kildare | Sept 2025 | €310,000 | 169 m |
| 94 Coill Dubh, Naas, Kildare | Jun 2026 | €292,000 | 186 m |
| 1916 Coill Dubh, Naas, Co Kildare | Feb 2025 | €250,000 | 210 m |
| 10 Ri Na Mona, Cooleragh, Coill Dubhprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €431,718 | 225 m |
| No. 4 Ri na Mona, Cooleragh, Coill Dubhprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €383,260 | 225 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 received12 October 2025
- Further information requested5 December 2025
- Application withdrawn31 March 2026
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