Kildare County Council refuses permission for 74-home scheme at Kilcullen, 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 17 November 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 1. Construction of a residential development comprising of 74 no. units in total, consisting of 16 no. three storey duplex units (8 no. two bed units and 8 no. three bed units), 16 no. four storey duplex units (8 no. three bed units and 8 no. three bed units), 29 no. three bed two storey houses and 13 no. four bed units in a mix of two and three storey houses; 2. Individual vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access from a number of points from existing estate road at Riverside Crescent to the east of the application site. 3. Provision of public open spaces totalling 2,347 sq.m. 4. The inclusion of a total of 115 no. car parking spaces to serve the development, in addition to 126 no. bicycle spaces, and bin store areas located at various points around the development. 5. Infrastructure works to serve the proposed development to include the internal road and footpath network, ESB substations/switchrooms, lighting, site drainage works, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground