Appeal lodged against permission for 115-home scheme at Celbridge Lodge, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 98 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,597 nationally. Of the 3,043 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 September 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.

of 115 no. residential units (a Large-scale Residential Development – LRD) at Celbridge Lodge, Tea Lane / Church Road, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, a site of circa 2.73 hectares. The proposed development at Celbridge Lodge (a Protected Structure - RPS Ref: B11-35) incorporates the continued residential use of Celbridge Lodge (4 no. bed) and the Gate Lodge (1 no. bed) and comprises; the construction of 37 no. residential units at single and 2 storey levels in 2, 3 & 4 bed (terrace, semi-detached, detached & mews) formats, comprising:6 no. 4 bed (room in roofspace), 23 no. 3-bed & 8 no. 2 bed units of which incorporates the conversion of the stable building to form a new single storey (2 no. bed) residential unit; 78 no. apartment units (19 no. 1-bed, 45 no. 2-bed & 14 no. 3-bed) presented in 2 no. interlocking blocks over 3, 4 and 5 floors, incorporating a ‘green roof’, a ground floor crèche facility of 167.5 sqm, associated external play area and parking zone, basement and undercroft parking arrangement for 40 no. cars. The development includes the incorporation of Celbridge Lodge ‘curtilage elements’ as includes inter alia the stable building, a walled garden and main entrance gates; the formation of communal open space areas totalling 7,378 sqm, the retention of important tree groupings, comprehensive tree replacement, supplementary and additional landscaping; a total of 100 no. dedicated car parking spaces 22 no. in curtilage, 78 no. out of curtilage of which 11 no. provide creche / visitor parking spaces of which 5 no. accessible/service vehicle); 274 no. spaces for cycle parking provision, a new primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided at the midpoint of the development with Tea Lane / Church Road; 3 no. pedestrian/cycle access only points will also be provided 2 no. from Tea Lane / Church Road and 1 no. from St. Patricks Park. . The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths, an ESB Sub-Station, and all other ancillary works above and below ground. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The number of apartment units has been reduced by 6 across the top floor of the apartment blocks and as results in a scheme consisting of 37 no. housing units and 72 no. apartment units in 2 no. interlocking blocks over 3 and 4 floors, a development of 109 no residential units (a Large-scale Residential Development – LRD), associated revised drawings and