Site start · Co. Kildare
Athy, Kildare
Site start 4 Feb 2025
Archived record
This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 10 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
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What and where
Large Scale Residential Development
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
- Location
- Athy, Co. Kildare Map
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Planning reference
- 23656
- Applicant
- Cairn Homes Properties Ltd
- Agent
- Cairn Homes Construction Ltd
- Builder
- Cairn Homes Construction Ltd
Key facts
- Floor area
- 12,013 m²
- Project type
- Infrastructure
- Site start
- 4 Feb 2025
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 23656 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
- 15 1 bed, 17 2 bed, 77 3 bed, 23 4 bed
- Site area
- 4.21 ha
- Applicant
- ESJ Blackparks Limited
- Scope
- Proposed large-scale residential development of 132 units (102 houses and 30 duplexes) with creche, parking, open spaces, landscaping, and associated site works.
- Roofing
- “Pitched roof finished in slate or concrete roof tiles”
- Cladding
- “Selected brickwork, painted sand/cement render or self-coloured render”
- Windows/doors
- “uPVC or painted timber or aluminium powder-coated windows and doors, obscure glazing where indicated”
- Solar PV
- “Indicative solar panel position to satisfy renewable energy requirements of Building Regs Part L”
How we know this
From the Kildare County Council planning register, as last seen on 10 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.
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