Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Townparks , Dublin Road , Athy

7 no. dwellings, split into a block of 3 no. terraced dwellings and a block of 4 no. terraced dwellings consisting of; • 2 no. 4 bedroom three storey end terrace dwellings; • 3 no. 3 bedroom two storey mid terrace dwellings; • 2 no. 3 bedroom two storey end terrace dwellings; As well as site development works, site landscaping, and connection to public services and all associated site works

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2661024 · full record
Authority: Kildare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,673 m²
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: —
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661024/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661024 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Kildare County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 19 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Kildare County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
G4 Open space	Open Space and Amenity: To protect and provide for open space, amenity and recreation provision.	KI-001:LAP:athy-local-area-plan-2021-2027	13 Sept 2021 → 6 Nov 2027
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential / Infill: To protect and enhance the amenity of established residential communities and promote sustainable intensification.	KI-001:LAP:athy-local-area-plan-2021-2027	13 Sept 2021 → 6 Nov 2027

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Sources: KILDARE KI-001:LAP:athy-local-area-plan-2021-2027, KILDARE KI-001:LAP:athy-local-area-plan-2021-2027 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
KILDARE KI-001:LAP:athy-local-area-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
KILDARE KI-001:LAP:athy-local-area-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 7
Athy District Model National School · Athy District Model National School · Athy District Model National School
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2561247	Conditional	23 Jun 2026	0	80 m	the change of use to educational use of the Athy Model School stable buildings formerly in use as residential accommodation, ancillary to the adjoining Tir na nÓg Early Years Care & Educational Centre and associated internal alterations (Protected Structure AY 129)
2560558	Conditional	18 May 2026	0	442 m	for the demolition of the existing warehouse premises and the construction of a two-storey terraced building with nine residential units comprising 3no. one-bedroom apartments, 3no. two-bedroom apartments and 3no. three-bedroom apartments (with first floor roof terraces to the three-bedroom units), provision of a public footpath, a new car parking layout and public realm improvements, bike storage and individual bin areas and all ancillary site development works above and below ground
2561131	Conditional	9 Mar 2026	0	374 m	for an amendment to a previously granted creche and apartment building as permitted under Kildare County Council planning permission ref: 19/233, as extended by P25/85. The proposed amendment consists of the change of use from common rooms to a new three bedroom ground floor apartment (occupancy of creche provision unaffected). Planning permission is also sought for a new single storey detached communal bin store. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Alterations to site layout, site boundary and relocation of proposed bin store
2561431	Refused	17 Feb 2026	0	294 m	for 1.) the construction of 32no. dwelling units comprising of 6 no. 1 bed units, 14 no. 2 bed units & 12 no. 3 bed units all of 2 storey construction, 2.) the provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian access to the site from the Geraldine Road, 3.) the provision of a foul pumping station and 4.) all ancillary site and landscaping works necessary to complete the development. An NIS will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
2561322	Conditional	26 Jan 2026	0	374 m	to amend the wording of condition 38 of planning permission ref: 19/233 (as extended by application ref: 25/85) in respect of the timing of the completion and terms of occupation of the permitted creche within Phase 3, Meadow Mill, Athy
2560564	Conditional	26 Jan 2026	0	433 m	for 2 no. 2 bedroom ground floor apartments, subdivision of the rear garden to provide private open space for each apartment, dishing of the existing verge / footpath to allow vehicular access for the provision of 4 new off street car park spaces to include provision for the 2 existing first floor apartments, provision for an enclosed bin store to the front and modifications to the front facade with all ancillary works ( to include change of use from permission previously granted for a Creche but never completed )
2561302	Refused	19 Jan 2026	8	0 m	to construct 8 no. 3 bedroom two storey dwellings, connection to public services and all associated site works
2560179	Conditional	13 Oct 2025	74	404 m	for (a) The provision of a total of 96no. two-storey semi-detached dwellings which will consist of the following unit mix: 8no. 4-bed dwellings, 74no. 3-bed dwellings, and 14no. 2-bed dwellings, (b) Provision for a single story creche with associated external play areas, car parking area and new vehicle entrance onto the existing cul-de-sac local road, (c) Provision of new internal roadways and footpaths by extension of the existing residential access road from within the existing Shanrath Housing Estate, with associated works to facilitate vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access and car parking; (d) Provision of a shared footpath and cycle lane connection with the existing shared footpath and cycle lane along the Athy Distributor Route (N78) and previously approved adjacent housing development (Planning Reference 24/60683); (e) Provision of open space areas to include all hard and soft landscape works, planting and boundary treatments; (f) All other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including; surface water drainage system, foul sewerage network including connection to previously approved foul pumping station (Planning Reference 24/61174), public lighting and all ancillary site development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a reduction of the site size, a redesign of the road and housing layouts of the development, an increase in the number of residential units from 96 to 98, changes to residential unit types to incorporate five three-storey elements with 10 no. two-bedroom ground floor apartments with 10 no. three-bedroom duplex units over, changes to boundary treatments, an additional access point to the Athy Distributor Road and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315646	—	Granted with conditions	24 Jan 2024	220 m
316741	—	Other	9 Oct 2023	294 m
316747	—	Other	9 Oct 2023	294 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.