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Planning application · Co. Kildare

The former Guilfoyle’s Garden Centre site, Grey Abbey Road, Kildare Town Co. Kildare

Granted 6 Oct 2025

Key facts

  • Planning application 2560164 at The Former Guilfoyle’s Garden Centre Site, Grey Abbey Road, Kildare Town Co. Kildare: Demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage…
  • The applicant is Glengolden Builders Ltd. The agent is O'Flynn Architects.
  • It was received by Kildare County Council on 20 Feb 2025.
  • Status: Granted 6 Oct 2025.
  • Permission was granted on 6 Oct 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.

Source: the Kildare County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage and the…

for the demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage and the provision of twenty homes comprising two no. two-storey terrace blocks of housing containing five no. three-bedroom dwellings in each block; one two-storey terrace block of housing containing four no. three-bedroom dwellings; and a two-storey detached building containing six no. two-bedroom own-door apartments. The application includes modified site access and internal access roads with turning hammerheads, the creation of twenty five parking bays, the provision of passive and active communal open spaces and all water, sewage and stormwater connections to the local networks. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The number of residential units proposed has been reduced from twenty to eighteen. Two storey own-door apartment block type ‘A’ containing six no. two bed apartments is replaced with new terrace block 4 containing two no. three bed houses and two no. two bed houses. Terrace blocks 1 & 2 each now have four no. three bed houses and one no. two bed house. This mix replaces the former mix of five no. three bed houses in each block. Engineering design for the foul, surface water and water infrastructure has been updated. A new connection into the existing foul sewer on the Grey Abbey Road is now proposed. Amendments to the site layout have also resulted in updated car and bicycle parking provisions. The design for the access at the site frontage and the frontage to the north of the site has been updated to include for a priority junction and continuation of the existing cycle track and footpath along the Grey Abbey Road. This will tie into the existing cycle track and footpath further north at Grey Abbey View. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the following (with these amendments carried out in response to a Clarification of Further Information request): (a) Terrace block type 4 has been amended as follows: o Previously proposed 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘B1’ has been replaced with 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘D1’ to eliminate any overlooking from habitable rooms to the rear at first floor level. o Previously proposed 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘C1’ has been replaced with 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘A1’. o The total no. of units in terrace block type 4 is still 4 and has the same mix (2 no. 2 beds and 2 no. 3 beds with house types as follows: 1 no. house type ‘A1’, 1 no. house type ‘C1’, a

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location
Grey Abbey Road, Co. Kildare Map
Planning reference
2560164
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Numbers and dates

Floor area
1,611 m²
Estimated construction value
€2.4m to €4.4mOur estimate from floor area and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Received
20 Feb 2025
Granted
6 Oct 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted
  3. Appeal lodged

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 6 Oct 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

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

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How we know this

From the Kildare 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.

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