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Planning application · Co. Kildare

New Abbey Road, Nicholastown, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare

Granted 20 May 2025

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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

Large-scale Residential Development

A Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) consisting of 180 no. dwellings (152 no. houses, 20 no. duplexes and 8 no. apartments) a creche (261sq.m), 2 no. medical/healthcare units (265sq.m) and offices (921sq.m) along with a wastewater pumping station and all ancillary development and associated site works all on lands measuring 6.6 hectares. The proposed residential units include: • 152 no. two and three storey, semi-detached/ terraced houses (85 no. 3-beds – C1, C2, C3 &E- and 67 no. 4-beds – B, B1 & F) • 20 no. duplex over single units (10 no. 1-bed ground floor units – H1 - with 10 no. 2 bed units over – H2) • 8 no. apartments (2-bed units - G), above a commercial ground floor, over 2 blocks. The commercial element will be located at the north end of the site and will consist of 3 no. blocks (A, B & C). Blocks A & B are three storeys high and will have commercial uses at ground floor and apartments over (Type G). Block C will be a 4 storey office block. The ancillary development will consist of including 369 no. car parking spaces (including EV charging spaces and disabled parking spaces), 106 no. cycle parking spaces (including covered spaces), public and communal open spaces, hard and soft landscaping, play area, SuDs features, boundary treatments, waste management areas/bin stores, internal roads, footpaths, cycle lanes and services provision (including pumping station) and all associated site works. The proposed vehicular and pedestrian access will be via 2 no. access points off New Abbey Road, one to the north and one to the east. A pedestrian and cyclist access is proposed to Sunbury Close. The proposed development also involves works on lands owned by Kildare County Council (New Abbey Road, R413) relating to traffic calming (0.33 ha) and new footpath. The proposed development will involve the demolition of the existing agricultural buildings to the north-west of the site (513.5sq.m). The Planning Application may be inspected online at the following website: www.newabbeyroadlrd.ie. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: •Adjustment to site layout to allow for the design of two new access/exit points as potential connection points for the proposed Kilcullen Relief Road, which connects the development at the south and south-east boundaries; • Removal of six number 4-bedroom houses (Type B) and replace with six number 3-bedroom houses (four x Type C2 and two x Type E); • Two new height options for reduction in height of

Location
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare Map
Planning reference
2461327
Applicant
Oakway Homes

Key facts

Floor area
19,130 m²
Received
11 Dec 2024
Granted
20 May 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 20 May 2025 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
  • Services and drainageNamed 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 2461327 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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