Large residential · Co. Carlow
Browneshill Road Lower & Link Road, Chapelstown, Carlow
Granted 1 Dec 2025 (final grant issued 12 Jan 2026)
Key facts
- Planning application 2560063 at Browneshill Road Lower & Link Road, Chapelstown, Carlow: 83 homes.
- The applicant is Nesselside Builders Uc. The agent is Tom Phillips + Associates.
- It was received by Carlow County Council on 20 Mar 2025.
- Status: Granted 1 Dec 2025 (final grant issued 12 Jan 2026).
- Work started on site on 14 Apr 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.
Source: the Carlow County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
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What and where
83 homes
development at this site of c. 2.7 Ha. The development will comprise of the construction of 83 No. residential units and all ancillary works consisting of: 66 No. 2 storey houses (18 No. 3 bed terraced units (c. 98.16 m² Gross Floor Area (GFA)) 12 No. 2 bed terraced units (c. 82.32 m² GFA); and 36 No. 3 bed semi-detached units (6 No. c. 113.66 m² GFA and 30 No. c.114.37 m² GFA); and 5 No. Single storey houses (5 No. 2 bed bungalow units (c. 85.4 m² GFA)); and 12 No. duplex apartment units within 2 No. 2 storey blocks, consisting of: 6 No. 2 bed units (c. 83.1 m² GFA); and 6 No. 2 bed units (c. 90.57 m² GFA) with balconies on the eastern elevation at 1st floor level. The development will also consist of: a new vehicular access from Browneshill Road Lower; the provision of 2 No. new pedestrian accesses at the Link Road and Browneshill Road Lower; 166 No. grade level car parking spaces; 1 No. bicycle storage shelter (18 no. spaces); and 11 No. bin storage areas. The development includes all associated landscaping works (including the provision of public and private open space areas), boundary treatments, site development works, site services (foul, surface water drainage, water supply) and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works
- Location
- Chapelstown, Co. Carlow Map
- Council
- Carlow County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560063
- Applicant
- Nesselside Builders Uc
Numbers and dates
- Homes
- 83
- Floor area
- 8,305 m²
- Estimated construction value
- €12m to €23mOur estimate from floor area and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
- Project type
- Large residential
- Received
- 20 Mar 2025
- Decision to grant
- 1 Dec 2025
- Final grant
- 12 Jan 2026
- Site start
- 14 Apr 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Decision to grant
- Final grant issued
- Site start
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560063 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
- From the planning documentsRead from Planning Report in the council's file.
- Unit mix
- 36 3 bed semi-detached, 30 2 bed and 3 bed terraced, 5 2 bed bungalow, 12 2 and 3 bed duplex apartment
- Site area
- 2.7 ha
- Scope
- The development consists of 83 residential units, including semi-detached, terraced, bungalow, and duplex apartment units, with associated parking, landscaping, and site services.
- Windows/doors
- “All windows to be uPVC to selected colour”
- Rainwater
- “uPVC rainwater goods”
- Roofing
- “Roof tiles/slates”
- Windows/doors
- “External door to be hardwood”
- Cladding
- “Selected stone finish”
- Wastewater
- “To foul sewer”
- Drawings
- HQA
House Type D
Streetscapes
How we know this
From the Carlow County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 14 Apr 2026Work started · construction of 83 No. residential units and all ancillary works consisting of: 66 No. 2...
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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