98-home scheme proposed at Sallins, 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Kildare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

The Phase 2 residential development will comprise 98 no. residential units as follows:- • 73 no. houses comprising 23 no. 2-storey 2 bedroom semi-detached/terraced houses, 42 no. 2-storey 3-bedroom semi-detached/terraced houses, 4 no. 2-storey 3-bedroom detached houses and 4 no. 3-storey 4-bedroom semi-detached houses; • 2 no. apartment and duplex blocks (Blocks 1 and 6) containing 25 no. units (10 no. 1-bedroom and 15 no. 2-bedroom units), all with associated terraces or balconies; o Block 1 at 3-4 storeys containing 4 no. 1-bedroom and 4 no. 2-bedroom duplex units, 4 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 8 no. 2-bedroom apartments; o Block 6 at 3-storeys containing 2 no. 1-bedroom and 3 no. 2-bedroom apartments (Block 6 is also included in the concurrent Phase 1 application). The development will also include: • Creche located at ground floor in Block 6; • Vehicular and pedestrian access from Sallins Link Road and pedestrian access from Clane Road; • Internal access roads and surface level car parking serving Phase 1 and Phase 2 (196 spaces in total), bicycle parking and bin storage; • Public open spaces including multi-use games area (MUGA), communal open space, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site development works and services.