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Planning application · Co. Kildare

Tomard, Athy, Co. Kildare

Granted 6 Dec 2024

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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 11 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Planning application

Development will consist of 50 no. houses, on a site measuring circa 1.85 hectares, located in the townland of Tomard, south of the Cluain Bhearu residential development, east of the Monasterevin Road / Rathstewart Road (R417). The proposed development is comprised of 19. no. 4 bedroom and 31 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey, detached, semi-detached and terraced houses. Access to the proposed development will be from the adjoining Cois Bhearu to the North. The proposed development includes for all associated site development works, car parking, open spaces, hard and soft landscaping etc, ESB substation, and demolition of all structures on site. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of 38 no. houses, on a site measuring circa 1.58 hectares. The proposed development is comprised of 31 no. 3 bedroom and 6 no. 1 bedroom, 1 & 2 storey, detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, and 1 no. 2 bedroom masionette. The existing ‘‘Miller’s House’’ is to be retained and renovated into the proposed 2 bedroom dwelling. Access to the proposed development will be from the adjoining Cois Bhearú to the north. The proposed development includes for all included site development works, car parking, open spaces, hard & soft landscaping etc., ESB substation, demolition of the mill structure on site, and extension and upgrade of footpath to cycle path to the north-west at Corráin Bhearú to connect to path on Monasterevin Road / Rathstewart Road (R417). The applicant has also submitted a concurrent application to the Planning Authority for a residential development of 91 no. dwellings and a creche on the adjoining lands to the immediate north under planning Ref. 24/112

Location
Athy, Co. Kildare Map
Planning reference
24111
Applicant
Bettystown Developments Ltd

Key facts

Floor area
4,184 m²
Received
2 Apr 2024
Granted
6 Dec 2024

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 6 Dec 2024 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Crèche or childcare facilityNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 24111 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Kildare County Council planning register, as last seen on 11 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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