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Kildare County Council · 1726 · PERMISSION

The Island , Skirteen , Portlaoise Road

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Council received 17 Jan 2017We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (3525 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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1726 is a planning application for permission at The Island , Skirteen , Portlaoise Road, received by Kildare County Council on 17 Jan 2017 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Construction of a mixed development consisting of: 1. The Hulk (Charter School) and adjacent buildings. Renovations to the Hulk (RPS No: B21-29 / NIAH Ref: 11816103) and adjacent buildings RPS No: B26-03 / NIAH Ref. 11816104) protected structures comprise of: (a Craft retail / café space on ground floor, (b) craft exhibition / historic exhibition space on first floor, (c) craft development studios on second floor, (d) glazed connecting corridor to 60 bed nursing home, (e) renovations of adjacent dwellings of the Hulk into shard living accommodation to be associated to the nursing home, (f) refurbishment of existing out building to storage rooms, (g) required car parking and associated landscaping. 2: Nursing Home. The construction of a two storey 60 bedroom nursing home connected to the hulk and all associated facilities including car parking, set sown area and associated landscaping. 3. Creche. The construction of a two storey crèche and all associated facilities including car parking, set down area, play area and associated landscaping. 4: 115 no unit residential development. The construction of residential development comprising of single storey, semi-detached 2 bed dwellings, two storey 2, 3 & 4 bed room dwellings semi-detached and terraced and two storey 5 bedroom detached dwellings. This development consists of 29 no. two bed dwellings, 64 no. three bed dwellings, 14 no. four bed dwellings and 8 no. five bed dwellings and all associated site works including proposed entrance, proposed landscaping and proposed surface and foul water sewer connections transversing a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) to the north east of site. The council refused permission on 13 Mar 2017. The five-week observation window closed on 21 Feb 2017. The scheme is for 115 units. Within 500 m there are 31 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 10 Apr 2017 closed 3443 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (13 Mar 2017) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

Construction of a mixed development consisting of: 1. The Hulk (Charter School) and adjacent buildings. Renovations to the Hulk (RPS No: B21-29 / NIAH Ref: 11816103) and adjacent buildings RPS No: B26-03 / NIAH Ref. 11816104) protected structures comprise of: (a Craft retail / café space on ground floor, (b) craft exhibition / historic exhibition space on first floor, (c) craft development studios on second floor, (d) glazed connecting corridor to 60 bed nursing home, (e) renovations of adjacent dwellings of the Hulk into shard living accommodation to be associated to the nursing home, (f) refurbishment of existing out building to storage rooms, (g) required car parking and associated landscaping. 2: Nursing Home. The construction of a two storey 60 bedroom nursing home connected to the hulk and all associated facilities including car parking, set sown area and associated landscaping. 3. Creche. The construction of a two storey crèche and all associated facilities including car parking, set down area, play area and associated landscaping. 4: 115 no unit residential development. The construction of residential development comprising of single storey, semi-detached 2 bed dwellings, two storey 2, 3 & 4 bed room dwellings semi-detached and terraced and two storey 5 bedroom detached dwellings. This development consists of 29 no. two bed dwellings, 64 no. three bed dwellings, 14 no. four bed dwellings and 8 no. five bed dwellings and all associated site works including proposed entrance, proposed landscaping and proposed surface and foul water sewer connections transversing a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) to the north east of site

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Refused on 13 Mar 2017
Units
115
Floor area
1.33 ha
Site (from polygon)
6.16 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 17 Jan 2017
    New application
    Observation window closed 21 Feb 2017
  • 13 Mar 2017
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 10 Apr 2017

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 122821). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1726/0.

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