70-home scheme proposed at Kilcullen, 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 12 November 2026, 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.

1. Construction of a residential development comprising of 70 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. four bed units), 26 no. three bed two storey houses and 12 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 2,996.5 sq.m (excluding location of underground tank and public open space with SUDs measures) and communal open space of 753 sq.m. 4. The inclusion of a total of 106 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. Revised by Significant Further Information consist of changes to the surface water management where the underground infrastructure is to be replaced with nature-based solutions above ground, and a realignment of the proposed street to the southwest corner of the site.