Kildare County Council refuses permission for 569-home scheme at Great Connell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 61 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 30 March 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ABP DECISION) - demolition of existing site structures (2,622.3 sqm) and the construction of 569 no. residential units, a neighbourhood centre with 11 no. units (gross floor area 2,141 sqm) and a childcare facility (886 sqm), a circa 350 metre section of distributor road, and all ancillary and associated works on a site of 27.64 ha surrounding and including the dwellings of "Greatconnell" and "Valencia Lodge"