Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Southgreen Road , Kildare Town , Co. Kildare

for constructing 38 no. dwellings. The dwellings will consist of 9 no. ground floor apartments and 9 no. duplex apartments in 2 no. 3-storey blocks, 16 no. 2-storey houses in 3 no. terrace blocks, and 4 no. semi-detached 2-storey houses. The development also consists of individual bin/bike stores for each mid-terrace and ground floor apartment unit, new vehicular access off Southgreen Road (L7015-1), new pedestrian permeability off Green Road (L7014), connection to foul water sewer, and all associated ancillary site-works at Southgreen Road (L7015-1), Kildare, Co. Kildare.

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661047 · full record
Authority: Kildare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.23 ha
Received: 21 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 15 Nov 2026
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/2661047/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661047 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 27 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
R1 New residential	New Residential - Phase 2: To protect future development lands from inappropriate forms of development which would impede the sequential expansion and consolidation of the town in terms of providing for new residential development for future plans.	kildare town local area plan 2023 2029	6 Dec 2023 → 19 Dec 2029
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential / Infill: To protect and enhance the amenity of established residential communities and promote sustainable intensification	kildare town local area plan 2023 2029	6 Dec 2023 → 19 Dec 2029

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.

Source: Kildare County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Kildare County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 3
bridge · Kilcumney House · bridge
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
2660455	Conditional	9 Sept 2026	0	424 m	a modification to the front elevation of the dwelling, changing a window opening to a door opening with adjacent side windows
2660287	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	1	394 m	for existing rising walls as constructed and planning permission for the construction of a part 1 storey part 1.5 storey, 4 bedroom house to replace demolished house, vehicular entrance, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site works
2660630	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	0	469 m	will consist of modifications to the previously permitted creche permitted under planning reference 18/1026, 18/1028 and 25/21. Permission is sought for minor amendments to the floor plans, elevations and car parking associated with the building.
2660248	Conditional	24 Jul 2026	136	139 m	construction of a new residential scheme of 146 no. residential units (5 no. 1 beds, 10 no. 2 beds, 104 no. 3 beds and 27 no. 4 beds) in a mix of houses, apartments and duplex units ranging in height from 1-3 storeys as follows: o 136 no. houses (7 no. 2 bed units; 102 no. 3 bed units; and 27 no. 4 bed units) in a mixture of bungalow, detached, semi-detached, and terrace style units ranging in height from 1 – 2 storeys. o 8 no. own door apartment units and 2 no. own door duplex units (5 no. 1 beds, 3 no. 2 beds, and 2 no. 3 beds) in new Block A ranging in height from 2-3 storeys. Each residential unit will be afforded with private open space in the form of a front/rear/side garden for houses or terrace / balconies for apartment and duplex style units. • The provision of a new creche facility (approx. 161 sq m GFA) and associated areas of external open space (approx. 60 sq m) located at ground floor level in new Block A. • Public open space (approx. 7,018 sq m) is proposed in the form of 2 no. new large public open space areas within the site (approx. 3,072 sq m and 3,946 sq m respectively). • Communal open space (approx. 82 sq m) is proposed adjacent to Block A. • A total of 321 no. car parking spaces (305 no. for residential units and 16 no. for the creche facility) are proposed. This provision includes 2 no. accessible spaces and 17 no. visitor spaces. • A total of 527 no. cycle parking spaces (517 no. for residential units and 10 no. for the creche facility) are provided. This provision includes 75 no. visitor spaces. Resident cycle parking is proposed in the form of secure bicycle store enclosures to the front of terraced units; on curtilage spaces to the rear of units with side access; and a bicycle store for apartment units located within Block A. Visitor parking is proposed in the form of Sheffield stands. • The development shall be served via 2 no. new vehicular access points from Southgreen Road. An additional private vehicular access point is proposed via Old Road to service 1 no. new bungalow (4 no. bed residential unit). Provision is also made for vehicular access via Southgreen Road to serve the future open space and amenity zoned lands to the north of the main development site. • Pedestrian and cyclist access is also proposed via Southgreen Road; via a new secondary access point from the Southern Internal Link Road to the south of the site; and via Old Road to the east of the site. • Upgrades/widening to Southgreen Road including provision o
2660380	Refused	3 Jun 2026	0	423 m	of the cottages and associated works as completed on site, including the retention of the existing windows, doors, rainwater goods and chimney finishes to the front elevations, in place of the replacement works required under Condition No. 3 (a–e) of the previously granted planning permission. The application seeks to retain the development as constructed, as the replacement of the existing installed materials with alternative materials as required by Condition No. 3 (a–e) would involve significant and unnecessary removal of completed works, would not materially improve the visual appearance of the terrace, and is not considered feasible or proportionate having regard to the extent of works already completed on site. The development relates to the previously permitted retention and completion of cottages Nos. 02–13 and 15–18, together with associated extensions and site works, forming part of the terrace of cottages adjoining Protected Structure No. 19 Fairview Cottages (RPS Ref. B22-21).
2560782	Refused	27 May 2026	2	394 m	for the construction of 2 no. 4 bedroom storey and a half dwellings, new access lane off entrance previously granted under planning ref: 2460190 (currently under construction) diversion and connection to existing foul sewer traversing site, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Alterations to proposed house types, alterations to proposed vehicular entrance including priority junction, alterations to proposed boundary treatments/landscaping and all associated site works
2561055	Conditional	30 Mar 2026	0	418 m	for change of use of the existing building from its most recent use as office space to proposed use as a GP surgery/consultation rooms together with all associated internal alterations and incidental ancillary works
2561208	Conditional	9 Mar 2026	1	216 m	subdivision of existing site and six-bedroom dwelling into two separate dwellings, consisting of 1no single storey three-bedroom bungalow to include conversion of garage to a bedroom & 1no two-bedroom 2storey dwelling with internal alterations, and associated site works including removal of existing septic tank and installation of 2no new waste water treatment systems. Both dwellings to be accessed via existing entrance from local road L7016

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501621	—	open	29 Jun 2026	423 m
501546	—	open	16 Jun 2026	423 m
323514	—	Other	17 Feb 2026	452 m
319002	—	Granted with conditions	16 May 2025	132 m
319792	—	Refused	12 Feb 2025	204 m
316274	—	Refused	1 Aug 2024	440 m
318152	—	Granted with conditions	26 Jul 2024	449 m
318401	—	Granted with conditions	26 Feb 2024	0 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

21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
21 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kildare County Council before relying on it.