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Kildare County Council · 2560164 · PERMISSION

The former Guilfoyle’s Garden Centre site , Grey Abbey Road , Kildare Town Co. Kildare

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Council received 20 Feb 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (569 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2560164 is a planning application for permission at The former Guilfoyle’s Garden Centre site , Grey Abbey Road , Kildare Town Co. Kildare, received by Kildare County Council on 20 Feb 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: for the demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage and the provision of twenty homes comprising two no. two-storey terrace blocks of housing containing five no. three-bedroom dwellings in each block; one two-storey terrace block of housing containing four no. three-bedroom dwellings; and a two-storey detached building containing six no. two-bedroom own-door apartments. The application includes modified site access and internal access roads with turning hammerheads, the creation of twenty five parking bays, the provision of passive and active communal open spaces and all water, sewage and stormwater connections to the local networks. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The number of residential units proposed has been reduced from twenty to eighteen. Two storey own-door apartment block type ‘A’ containing six no. two bed apartments is replaced with new terrace block 4 containing two no. three bed houses and two no. two bed houses. Terrace blocks 1 & 2 each now have four no. three bed houses and one no. two bed house. This mix replaces the former mix of five no. three bed houses in each block. Engineering design for the foul, surface water and water infrastructure has been updated. A new connection into the existing foul sewer on the Grey Abbey Road is now proposed. Amendments to the site layout have also resulted in updated car and bicycle parking provisions. The design for the access at the site frontage and the frontage to the north of the site has been updated to include for a priority junction and continuation of the existing cycle track and footpath along the Grey Abbey Road. This will tie into the existing cycle track and footpath further north at Grey Abbey View. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the following (with these amendments carried out in response to a Clarification of Further Information request): (a) Terrace block type 4 has been amended as follows: o Previously proposed 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘B1’ has been replaced with 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘D1’ to eliminate any overlooking from habitable rooms to the rear at first floor level. o Previously proposed 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘C1’ has been replaced with 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘A1’. o The total no. of units in terrace block type 4 is still 4 and has the same mix (2 no. 2 beds and 2 no. 3 beds with house types as follows: 1 no. house type ‘A1’, 1 no. house type ‘C1’, a. The council granted permission on 6 Oct 2025, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 27 Mar 2025. The register records an appeal (PL-500167-KE). The scheme is for 15 units. Within 500 m there are 19 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 3 Nov 2025 closed 314 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (6 Oct 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

for the demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage and the provision of twenty homes comprising two no. two-storey terrace blocks of housing containing five no. three-bedroom dwellings in each block; one two-storey terrace block of housing containing four no. three-bedroom dwellings; and a two-storey detached building containing six no. two-bedroom own-door apartments. The application includes modified site access and internal access roads with turning hammerheads, the creation of twenty five parking bays, the provision of passive and active communal open spaces and all water, sewage and stormwater connections to the local networks. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The number of residential units proposed has been reduced from twenty to eighteen. Two storey own-door apartment block type ‘A’ containing six no. two bed apartments is replaced with new terrace block 4 containing two no. three bed houses and two no. two bed houses. Terrace blocks 1 & 2 each now have four no. three bed houses and one no. two bed house. This mix replaces the former mix of five no. three bed houses in each block. Engineering design for the foul, surface water and water infrastructure has been updated. A new connection into the existing foul sewer on the Grey Abbey Road is now proposed. Amendments to the site layout have also resulted in updated car and bicycle parking provisions. The design for the access at the site frontage and the frontage to the north of the site has been updated to include for a priority junction and continuation of the existing cycle track and footpath along the Grey Abbey Road. This will tie into the existing cycle track and footpath further north at Grey Abbey View. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the following (with these amendments carried out in response to a Clarification of Further Information request): (a) Terrace block type 4 has been amended as follows: o Previously proposed 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘B1’ has been replaced with 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘D1’ to eliminate any overlooking from habitable rooms to the rear at first floor level. o Previously proposed 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘C1’ has been replaced with 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘A1’. o The total no. of units in terrace block type 4 is still 4 and has the same mix (2 no. 2 beds and 2 no. 3 beds with house types as follows: 1 no. house type ‘A1’, 1 no. house type ‘C1’, a

Status
APPEALED
Decision
Conditional on 6 Oct 2025
Units
15
Floor area
1,611 m²
Site (from polygon)
6,570 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 20 Feb 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 27 Mar 2025
  • 15 Apr 2025
    Further information requested
  • 24 Jun 2025
    Further information received
  • 6 Oct 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 3 Nov 2025
  • 24 Oct 2025
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

The register records appeal PL-500167-KE (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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    Zoning at the site

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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 136657). 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/2560164/0.

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