Kildare County Council grants permission for 139-home scheme at Naas West, 'Finlay Park', 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 applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 5 December 2023. 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.

a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) consisting of modifications to the LRD permitted under Kildare County Council Reg. Ref. 22/221502. The modifications to the previously approved development are proposed to achieve a second means of escape from upper floor units in compliance with Part B of the Building Regulations and will consist of: A) The replacement of the permitted duplex units at 2nd and 3rd floor levels with apartments in Blocks A, B and C resulting in an overall increase of 5no units from 134 to 139 no. units across the same original building footprints as approved under KCC Reg. Ref. 22/221502. B) Minor amendments to previously approved apartment units and provision of new apartment types to facilitate changes to corridor lengths and widths. C) Amendments to staircases in ground floor stair cores to include straight flights. D) Minor amendments to the fenestration arrangements on all elevations to accommodate new apartment layouts. E) Amendment to ground to first floor building height decreasing from 3.65m to 3.60m. F) Provision of Automatic Opening Vents (AOV) in apartment Blocks A, B and C. G) Provision of additional escape routes at ground floor and first floor podium level and protected lobbies between the parking area and circulation areas of apartment Blocks A, B and C. H) Provision of 14 no. natural vents at podium level. The overall permitted building footprints and wider layout remains as per the parent permission including road layout and services. The elevations, scale and massing will be similar to the permitted scheme.