Kildare County Council refuses permission for 121-home scheme at Curryhills, Prosperous, 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 13 December 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 seven-year planning permission for constructing 93 dwellings consisting of 12 No. apartments and 12 No. duplex apartments in 2 No. 3-storey blocks, 4 No. apartments in 1 No. 2-storey block, 56 No. semi-detached 2-storey houses, and 9 No. detached houses. The development also consists of a new single storey creche unit, individual bin/bike stores for each apartment and duplex apartment units, natural playscape play area, new recessed vehicular entrance, connection to existing foul water sewer, new footpath connecting to existing footpath, provision of part transport objective as defined under ST P18 in the KCC Development Plan 2023-2029, provision of landscaped linear park as defined under map ref. V2-1.4b in the KCC Development Plan 2023-2029, 2 No. permeable connections to The Downings housing scheme and a permeable connection to lands to the east as defined under TM 021 in the KCC Development Plan 2023-2029, and all associated ancillary site-works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application