336-home scheme proposed at Ballymany, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 100 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

for modification (under Section 34(3C) of the Planning & Development Act, 2000, as amended) to previously permitted development, planning Ref. ABP-312704-22 for 336 no. dwellings and creche. Modifications comprise a reduction in overall site area, with a reduction in residential units from 336 to 316, with all remaining units as permitted