Kildare County Council grants permission for 192-home scheme at Oak Church, 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 April 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 a residential development comprising 192 houses, 16 maisonettes and a childcare facility and all ancillary site development works. Note the original planning permission for this development was divided into 3 different applications, and also included permission for 88 apartments in 2 no. apartment blocks to the south-east of the site. The lands on which the apartment blocks are permitted are not under the control or ownership of the applicant, Elmendorf Ltd, and are not included within this application