Carlow County Council grants permission for 72-home scheme at Kernanstown, Co. Carlow

In context

It is one of 28 housing scheme applications Carlow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 17 January 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Carlow County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

development at a site of 1.52 Ha. The development will consist of: the construction of 72 No. Residential units and all ancillary works, consisting of: 18 No. 2 storey houses (4 No. 2 bed terraced units (c. 81.8 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA)); 4 No. 3 bed terraced units (c. 97.5 sqm GFA); and 10 No. 3 bed semi-detached units (c.106.7 sqm GFA); and 54 No. duplex apartment units within 7 No. 2 storey blocks consisting of: 27 No. 1 bed units (ranging in size from c. 52.2 sqm GFA to c. 77.0 sqm GFA); and 27 No. 2 bed units (ranging in size from c. 82.2 sqm GFA to 94.1 sqm GFA); as follows: 1 No. duplex block (Block A type) comprising 3 No. 1 bed units; 3 No. 2 bed units; with balconies on the northern elevation at 1st floor level; 2 No. duplex blocks (Block B type), comprising 12 No. 1 bed units; with balconies on the northern and southern elevations at 1st floor level; 1 No. duplex block (Block C type) comprising 12 No. 1 bed units; with balconies on the eastern, western and southern elevations at 1st floor level; and 3 No. duplex blocks (Block types D, E and J) comprising 24 No. 2 bed units, with balconies on the eastern elevation at 1st floor level. The development will also consist of: modifications to the existing vehicular access from Hacketstown Road (Pollerton Road) (R726); the provision of 2 No. new pedestrian accesses from Hacketstown Road (Pollerton Road) (R726), 107 No. grade level car parking spaces, 18 No. visitor bicycle parking spaces and 2 No. bin storage areas. The development includes all associated landscaping works (including the provision of public and private open space areas), boundary treatments, site development works, site services (foul, surface water drainage, water supply and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground