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Large residential · Co. Kildare

Kilwoghan Woods, Crodaun, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

Granted 23 Oct 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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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

Large Scale Residential Development - to amend a previously permitted Strategic Housing Development (SHD) (ABP Case Reference 307100-20) on a site of approx. 12.93 ha located on lands at Kilwoghan Woods. The proposed amendments relate to phase 2 (c.3.94ha) of the overall permitted development and, will include amendments to 239 no. residential units. (The overall total number of permitted 467 no. units in phase 1 and 2 remain unchanged). The proposed development comprises a redesign of phase 2 to include: a) The construction of 2 no. 4-storey apartment blocks at the north of the site (81 no. units in total) to include a creche (351 m² – 94 no. children) with outdoor play area (93 m²) at ground floor; i. Block A - 38 no. units consisting of 17 no.1 bed and 22 no. 2 bed units ii. Block B - 43 no. units consisting of 20 no. 1 bed and 23 no. 2 bed units b) 5 no. 3-storey apartment and duplex units to be located on the eastern boundary of the site; i. Duplex C - 08 no. units consisting of 4 no. 2 beds and 4 no. 3 beds ii. Duplex D - 18 no. units consisting of 4 no. 1 beds, 8 no. 2beds, and 6 no. 3 beds iii. Duplex E – 18 no. units consisting of 4 no. 1 beds, 8 no. 2beds, and 6 no. 3 beds iv. Duplex F – 20 no. units consisting of 10 no. 2beds, and 10 no. 3 beds v. Duplex G – 18 no. units consisting of 4 no. 1 beds, 8 no. 2beds, and 6 no. 3 beds c) 76 no. terraced houses consisting of; i. 48 no. 2 bed mid terrace units ii. 12 no. 3 bed end terrace units iii. 16 no. 3 bed end terrace dual frontage units d) 252 no. of car parking spaces which includes 2 no. car sharing spaces, 14 no. motorcycle spaces and 540 no. bicycle parking spaces will be provided for in phase 2. e) Amendments to the previously permitted open space in phase 2 to now provide 5,379 m² Public Open Space, 1,159 m² Communal Open Space and 3,313 Amenity Space. Each of the units are afforded their own private open space in the form of private gardens, balconies or terraces. f) Amendments to internal residential access roads and cyclist/pedestrian paths to allow for the 4 arm entrance junction and a new shared pedestrian / cycle path through the site running north to south. g) All associated site development works, services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, internal access roads, home zones, cycle and pedestrian infrastructure, bin stores, car and bicycle parking, public lighting, communal open spaces, private open space in the form of gardens, terraces and/or balconies, landscaping an

Location
Celbridge, Co. Kildare Map
Planning reference
2560988
Applicant
Seattle Construction Ltd
Agent
Brock McClure Planning & Dev Consultants

Key facts

Floor area
6,994 m²
Project type
Large residential
Received
29 Aug 2025
Granted
23 Oct 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 23 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
  • 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

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 2560988 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
  • From the planning documentsRead from Planning report and SOC in the council's file.
    Unit mix
    37 1-bed apartment, 44 2-bed apartment, 12 1-bed duplex, 38 2-bed duplex, 32 3-bed duplex, 48 2-bed unit, 28 3-bed unit
    Site area
    3.943 ha
    Applicant
    Seattle Construction Limited
    Phasing
    Amendments to Phase 2 of a previously permitted SHD
    Scope
    The proposal is for 239 residential units (apartments and duplexes) with a childcare facility, open spaces, and parking on a 3.943 ha site in Celbridge, Co. Kildare.

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. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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