Kildare County Council refuses permission for 58-home scheme at Sallins Road, Oldtown Demesne, 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 29 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 development comprising a new vehicular access to support 58 no. residential units previously granted under KCC Reg. Ref: 23/202. The proposed development will consist of the formation of a new vehicular access to service the residential development from the Sallins Road (R407) through the existing ‘demesne curtilage’ wall, including the respective partial demolition of this structure; Oldtown House and its curtilage wall is a Protected Structure (RPS no. NS19-072). The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths, and all other above and below ground ancillary works to provide the proposed access