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Kildare County Council · 23656 · PERMISSION

Blackparks , Athy , Co. Kildare

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Council received 15 Jun 2023We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1185 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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23656 is a planning application for permission at Blackparks , Athy , Co. Kildare, received by Kildare County Council on 15 Jun 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: a Large Scale Residential Development at a site of c.4.21ha. The development lands are located to the north of the Athy Distributor Road (under construction), east of Branswood residential estate and south of Tonlegee Lawns and Holm Croft residential estates and west of Fortbarrington Road. The proposed development will comprise of 132 no. residential units along with a two storey creche (c.188.5 sq.m floor area). The residential units will comprise: 102 no. two storey, semi-detached/terraced houses (2 no. 2-beds, 77 no. 3 beds, 23 no. 4-beds). 30 no. three storey duplexes/apartments (15 no. 1-bed, 15 no. 2-bed) within 2 no. blocks. All residential units will be provided with associated private gardens/balconies/terraces facing to the north/south/east/west. New vehicular (and pedestrian/cyclist) accesses via Fortbarrington Road and Tonlegee Lawns, with additional pedestrian access via Tonlegee Lawns, Branswood and the Athy Distributor Road (under construction) and including associated upgrade works. The application includes an amendment to the Athy Distributor Road permission (Reg. Ref. HA09.HA0050) as a result, to facilitate the new pedestrian accesses. All associated site development works, including cycle and car parking spaces, open spaces, landscaping, SuDs features, boundary treatments, waste management areas/bin stores, and services provision (including ESB substations) are also proposed. The council granted permission on 12 Oct 2023, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 20 Jul 2023. The register records an appeal (ABP-318365-23), decided: conditional. The scheme is for 102 units. Within 500 m there are 14 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 9 Nov 2023 closed 1039 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (12 Oct 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

a Large Scale Residential Development at a site of c.4.21ha. The development lands are located to the north of the Athy Distributor Road (under construction), east of Branswood residential estate and south of Tonlegee Lawns and Holm Croft residential estates and west of Fortbarrington Road. The proposed development will comprise of 132 no. residential units along with a two storey creche (c.188.5 sq.m floor area). The residential units will comprise: 102 no. two storey, semi-detached/terraced houses (2 no. 2-beds, 77 no. 3 beds, 23 no. 4-beds). 30 no. three storey duplexes/apartments (15 no. 1-bed, 15 no. 2-bed) within 2 no. blocks. All residential units will be provided with associated private gardens/balconies/terraces facing to the north/south/east/west. New vehicular (and pedestrian/cyclist) accesses via Fortbarrington Road and Tonlegee Lawns, with additional pedestrian access via Tonlegee Lawns, Branswood and the Athy Distributor Road (under construction) and including associated upgrade works. The application includes an amendment to the Athy Distributor Road permission (Reg. Ref. HA09.HA0050) as a result, to facilitate the new pedestrian accesses. All associated site development works, including cycle and car parking spaces, open spaces, landscaping, SuDs features, boundary treatments, waste management areas/bin stores, and services provision (including ESB substations) are also proposed

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Conditional on 12 Oct 2023
Final grant
9 Feb 2024
Permission expires
8 Feb 2029
Units
102
Floor area
1.20 ha
Site (from polygon)
4.60 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 15 Jun 2023
    New application
    Observation window closed 20 Jul 2023
  • 8 Aug 2023
    Further information requested
  • 15 Sept 2023
    Further information received
  • 12 Oct 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 9 Nov 2023
  • 1 Nov 2023
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

The register records appeal ABP-318365-23 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 131867). 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/23656/0.

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