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Kildare County Council · 18300606 · PERMISSION

Barnhall , Leixlip , Co. Kildare

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Council received 5 Jan 2018We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (3172 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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18300606 is a planning application for permission at Barnhall , Leixlip , Co. Kildare, received by Kildare County Council on 5 Jan 2018 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ABP Decision) consisting of 450 no. new residential units; a childcare facility (538sqm); a new roundabout on the Celbridge Road (R404) and associated road realignment to facilitate vehicular access to the application site with revised entrance arrangement to the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure), and incorporating landscape features and signage to the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure); associated internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths and linkages; open space; and, all associated site and development works. The residential development consists of the following: 16 no. one-bed, two-storey, own door apartments, 54sqm and 56 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA) each (Type 1B1 & 1B2); 42 no. two-bed apartments, 83.7sqm GFA each (Type 2B1), with 42 no. three bed duplex units above, ranging in size from 119.2 to 120.4sqm GFA (Type 3B1 & 3B2), in three-storey terraces; 48 no. two-bed, two-storey terraced houses, 86.6sqm each (Type F1 & F2); 187 no. three-bed, two-storey terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, ranging in size from 110.7sqm to 126.4sqm GFA (Types D1-7, E1-5 & H1-4); 2 no. three-bed, single storey, detached houses, 113.7sqm each (Type J); 97 no. four-bed, two-storey, semi-detached and detached houses ranging in size from 130.2sqm to 206sqm (Types A, B1, B4, C1, C2 & G1-3); 16 no. four-bed, three-storey semi-detached houses ranging in size from 216.5sqm to 219.7sqm (Types C3 & C4). A total of 929 no. car parking spaces, including 875 no. spaces serving the residential units and 54 no. visitor spaces dispersed throughout the scheme (of which 13 no. spaces are designated for use by the childcare facility), are proposed. The associated site and infrastructural works include foul and surface water drainage, attenuation areas, open space, landscaping buffer with the Wonderful Barn parkland, boundary walls and fences, internal roads, cycle paths and footpaths including linkages towards the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure) and to established residential areas to the north of the site. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The council granted permission on 9 Mar 2018, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 9 Feb 2018. The scheme is for 349 units. Within 500 m there are 47 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 6 Apr 2018 closed 3082 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (9 Mar 2018) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ABP Decision) consisting of 450 no. new residential units; a childcare facility (538sqm); a new roundabout on the Celbridge Road (R404) and associated road realignment to facilitate vehicular access to the application site with revised entrance arrangement to the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure), and incorporating landscape features and signage to the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure); associated internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths and linkages; open space; and, all associated site and development works. The residential development consists of the following: 16 no. one-bed, two-storey, own door apartments, 54sqm and 56 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA) each (Type 1B1 & 1B2); 42 no. two-bed apartments, 83.7sqm GFA each (Type 2B1), with 42 no. three bed duplex units above, ranging in size from 119.2 to 120.4sqm GFA (Type 3B1 & 3B2), in three-storey terraces; 48 no. two-bed, two-storey terraced houses, 86.6sqm each (Type F1 & F2); 187 no. three-bed, two-storey terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, ranging in size from 110.7sqm to 126.4sqm GFA (Types D1-7, E1-5 & H1-4); 2 no. three-bed, single storey, detached houses, 113.7sqm each (Type J); 97 no. four-bed, two-storey, semi-detached and detached houses ranging in size from 130.2sqm to 206sqm (Types A, B1, B4, C1, C2 & G1-3); 16 no. four-bed, three-storey semi-detached houses ranging in size from 216.5sqm to 219.7sqm (Types C3 & C4). A total of 929 no. car parking spaces, including 875 no. spaces serving the residential units and 54 no. visitor spaces dispersed throughout the scheme (of which 13 no. spaces are designated for use by the childcare facility), are proposed. The associated site and infrastructural works include foul and surface water drainage, attenuation areas, open space, landscaping buffer with the Wonderful Barn parkland, boundary walls and fences, internal roads, cycle paths and footpaths including linkages towards the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure) and to established residential areas to the north of the site. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Conditional on 9 Mar 2018
Final grant
13 Apr 2018
Permission expires
9 Mar 2023
Units
349
Floor area
4.34 ha
Site (from polygon)
16.58 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 5 Jan 2018
    New application
    Observation window closed 9 Feb 2018
  • 9 Mar 2018
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 6 Apr 2018

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    Zoning at the site

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    • EPA-licensed facility · 2
      Hewlett Packard (Manufacturing) Limited; P1222
    • NIAH-recorded building · 1
      Wonderful Barn
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 123860). 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/18300606/0.

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