384-home scheme proposed at Mariavilla, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 100 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,579 nationally. Of the 3,034 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 construction of 384 no. residential units (190 no. houses, 112 no. apartments, 46 no. mews terrace units and 36 no. duplex units), a creche, c. 1.2 km greenway, open space and all associated site development works on a site of approximately 17.34 hectares as follows: A) 190 no. terraced, semi-detached houses comprising 160 no. 3-bedroom and 30 no. 4-bedroom houses (all 2-storey dwellings); B) 112 no. apartments, in 2 no. 5-storey apartment buildings consisting of 55 no. 1-bedroom and 57 no. 2-bedroom units (Block 1 – 29 no. 1 bed & 30 no. 2 bed; Block 2 – 26 no. 1 bed & 27 no. 2 bed) all with private open space in the form of balconies or terrace; C) 46 no. ‘back-to-back’ 2-storey, mews terrace units consisting of 30 no. 2-bedroom and 16 no. 3-bedroom units; D) 36 no. duplex units in 3 no. 3-storey blocks providing for 18 no. 2-bedroom and 18 no. 3-bedroom units; E) Provision of a creche of c.430 sq.m at ground floor level of apartment building no. 2 and associated outdoor open space of c.310 sq.m; F) Provision of c.8.44 hectares of public open space including c.6.76 hectares to provide for a c. 1.2km Greenway between Moyglare Hall Estate to Lyreen Close to the south along the Rye Water River and Lyreen River along with c.1.68 hectares of Public Open Space and c.0.41 hectares of Communal Open Space to provide for residents of the apartment, duplex and mews terrace units; G) Vehicular and pedestrian access will be from Lyreen Close, Lyreen Drive and Moyglare Ridge, (with pedestrian access only from Moyglare Green) to incorporate associated upgrades including along Lyreen Close, the provision of 586 no. car parking spaces, 477 no. bicycle parking space, 12 no. motorcycle parking spaces and all internal roads, footpaths, bin and bicycle stores and 4 no. single-storey ESB sub-stations; H) Provision of surface water attenuation measures, connection to water supply, provision of foul drainage infrastructure including (wastewater pumping station) to Uisce Eireann specifications and all ancillary site development, construction, and landscaping works including reprofiling of the site where required; all associated utilities (including undergrounding/rerouting of existing electrical lines, ESB kiosks, culvert, and public lighting; and, I) Primary construction access will be from Moyglare Hall Estate to include temporary haul road (and construction compound). An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepar