Kildare County Council grants permission for 243-home scheme at “Harpur Lane” (Leixlip Gate), Kilmacredock Upper and Castletown, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 100 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 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 19 March 2024. 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.

for a Large-Scale Residential Development at a site is located to the east of the R449, north of the M4, and west of Leixlip Gate Road. It is in the southeast area of the permitted Strategic Housing Development “Harpur Lane”, Leixlip Gate, Kilmacredock, Leixlip currently under construction (Reg. Ref. ABP-307223-20). The development will consist of amendments to the permitted development Reg. Ref. ABP-307223-20 as follows: - Alterations to duplex block B to amalgamate the two permitted blocks into one single block to provide 12 no. units (6 no. 2-beds and 6 no. 3-beds). No change to the number of units. - Alteration to block C to provide 4 additional units resulting in 12 no. units (6 no. 2-beds and 6 no. 3-beds). Alteration to open space areas to provide c. 488sqm of communal open space and c.820sqm of public open space. Provision of 2 no. additional car parking spaces and 4 no. additional cycle parking spaces. Alteration to the external elevations and relocation of the bicycle and bin stores. The proposed amendment will increase the number of units to 24 (from 20 no. duplex units) with associated private balconies/terraces to the north/south/east/west elevations. The application includes for all site services required to facilitate the amendment to Blocks B & C. The proposed alterations will result in an increase of the total number of residential units in the Harpur Lane development to 243 no. residential units, 395 car parking spaces and 212 cycle parking spaces. The remainder of the site, as permitted by Reg. Ref. ABP-307223-20, will remain unchanged