Kildare County Council refuses permission for 99-home scheme at Sallins Link Road, Osberstown, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 61 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 6 March 2026. 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 a mixed-use development comprising 99 no. residential units and a creche facility to be accessed from Sallins Link Road. The residential units shall comprise of 75 no. houses and 24 no. own-door duplex apartments. The houses shall consist of a mix of 2 and 3-storey semi-detached and terraced dwellings comprising 63 no. 3-bedroom and 12 no. 4-bedroom units. The duplex apartments shall be located in 4 no. 3-storey buildings and shall comprise 10 no. 1-bedroom, 12 no. 2-bedroom and 2 no. 3-bedroom units with associated balconies/terraces. The single storey creche will extend to c.207m2 with associated outdoor play area. The development shall also include: Vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Sallins Link Road; Pedestrian link to Grand Canal Greenway; Internal access roads, homezones, footpaths and cycle lanes; Car parking (131 no. spaces), bicycle parking, bin storage and substations; Landscaped public open spaces, boundary treatments and entrance signage; Temporary construction access from Sallins Link Road; Demolition of agricultural shed; Drainage infrastructure and all associated site works and services. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of revised application site boundary, revised site layout, revised composition of development to include 62 no. houses and 37 no. own-door duplex apartments (The houses shall consist of a mix of 2 and 3-storey semi-detached and terraced dwellings comprising 47 no. 3-bedroom and 15 no. 4-bedroom units. The duplex apartments shall be located in 4 no. 3-storey buildings and shall comprise 13 no. 1-bedroom, 16 no. 2-bedroom and 8 no.3-bedroom units with associated balconies/terraces), revised creche, revised public open space, revised foul and surface water drainage provision, updated reports and assessments