Kildare County Council grants permission for 61-home scheme at Oldtown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 61 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 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 1 July 2025. 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 the construction of 61 residential units, (comprising a mix of one-bedroom duplex/ apartment units, two-bedroom houses and three-bedroom houses), a crèche, and all associate ancillary site development works, including vehicular access, drainage, services, footpaths, cycle path, lighting, landscaping and amenity areas, bicycle and car parking. One existing entrance into the Oldtown Woods estate from Oldtown Road (as permitted under ABP -303295-18) is to be removed and a new entrance from Oldtown Road provided. Revised by Significant further Information which consists of: The amendment of the application boundary to include lands to the west of the site, which are to be reserved for the development of a school, with vehicle access from Oldtown Road. The proposed development also includes potential pedestrian connections to the future school site from within the proposed residential development. The Significant Further Information includes additional ancillary amendments to the previously submitted Site Layout Plan, which include the extension westwards of the proposed cyclepath/footpath along the Oldtown Road and the provision of a toucan crossing at Oldtown Road to connect to a future cyclepath / footpath on the eastern carriageway of Oldtown Road.