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Large residential · Co. Kildare

Shanrath (Townparks TD), Athy, Co. Kildare

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2661092 at Shanrath (Townparks TD), Athy, Co. Kildare: ~56 homes.
  • The applicant is David Walsh Homes Ltd. The agent is Vivian Cummins.
  • It was received by Kildare County Council on 2 Oct 2026.
  • Status: Not yet validated by the council.
  • The council has not yet validated this application (checked that it is complete). Its decision date can change once it does.

Source: the Kildare County Council planning register, checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

~56 homes

for the provision of a total of 56no. dwellings, which shall comprise 6no. two-storey semi-detached 4-bed dwellings, 34no. two-storey semi-detached 3-bed dwellings, 4no. two-storey semi-detached 2-bed dwellings, 12no. apartments contained in 2no. 6-unit two/three storey apartment buildings comprising of 2no. 1-bed units, 6no. 2-bed units and 4no. 3-bed duplex units. Provision of new internal roadways and footpaths by extension of the existing residential road network serving the existing Shanrath Housing Estate, with associated works to facilitate vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access and car parking. Realignment of existing estate vehicle entrance and main access road including provision of passive traffic calming measures, reduction in length of straights, raised speed tables, reduction in carriageway width and junction radii, and provision of pedestrian crossing points. Provision of a shared footpath and cycle lane connecting to existing segregated shared cycle pedestrian path; (e) Provision of open space areas to include all hard and soft landscape works, planting and boundary treatments. All other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including; surface water drainage system, foul sewerage network including connection to previously approved foul pumping station (Planning Reference 24/61174), public lighting and all ancillary site development works.

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

Location
Athy, Co. Kildare Map
Planning reference
2661092
Application type
Permission
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Numbers and dates

Homes
~56estimated from the application
Estimated construction value
€8.2m to €16mOur estimate from stated homes and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Project type
Large residential
Received
2 Oct 2026

Site history

This site's history

  1. Application 2660534 at the same address: received 20 May 2026, no decision recorded yet.

    The development will consist of the following variations to a previous Grant of Permission (Pl. Ref: 25/60179): (i) alterations to comply… Same address
  2. Application 2660479 at the same address: received 1 May 2026, no decision recorded yet.

    (a) The provision of 12no. three-bedroom two-storey semi-detached dwellings utilising new internal roadways and footpaths by extension of… Same address
  3. Application 2660478 at the same address: received 1 May 2026, no decision recorded yet.

    (a) to amend Condition No. 2(c) from “In the interest of clarity and to ensure the cohesive development of the subject lands, prior to the… Same address

Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.

Outlook

What happens next

The council has not yet validated this application (checked that it is complete). Its decision date can change once it does.

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.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2661092 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Kildare County Council planning register, checked 6 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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