Kildare County Council grants permission for 62-home scheme at Mullen Park Road, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 61 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 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 14 February 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 62 no. Apartments of which there are 31 no. 2-Bed Apartments, 30 no. 1-Bed Apartments and 1 no. 1-bed studio apartment in 5 no. 3-storey blocks. An existing site entrance providing access for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. 124 no. bicycle parking spaces and 64 no. surface car parking spaces. 5 No. ancillary out-buildings housing bin and bicycle storage. All landscaping, infrastructure works, and associated site works and services on lands. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the construction of 40 units of which there are 1 no. 2storey 4-Bed House, 15 no. 2storey 3-Bed Houses, and 12 no. 2-Bed Apartments and 12 no. 1-Bed Apartments in 3 No. 3storey duplex blocks. 1 No. relocated site entrance to the south along Mullen Park Road providing access for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians, 1 No. new pedestrian site entrance to the south along Mullen Park Road and 1 No. new pedestrian site entrance to the north along Carton Court Road. New driveways to Carton Court Road. 58 No. bicycle parking spaces and 40 No. surface car parking spaces. 3 No. ancillary out-buildings housing bin and bicycle storage. All landscaping, infrastructure works, and associated site works and services