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180 new homes have been proposed for New Abbey Road, Nicholastown, Kilcullen, Co Kildare.
According to Construction Information Services (CIS), Oakway Homes has applied to Kildare County Council for planning permission for 180 homes at New Abbey Road, Nicholastown, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.
The plans - for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) were submitted on Thursday, December 12, 2024.
The plans consist of 152 houses, 20 duplexes and eight apartments.
Also included is a créche (261sqm), two medical/healthcare units (265sqm), offices (921sqm), along with a wastewater pumping station and all ancillary development and associated site works on lands measuring 6.6 hectares.
The proposed residential units include: 152 two and three storey, semi-detached/ terraced houses (85 three-beds and 67 four-beds); 20 duplex over single units (10 one-bed ground floor units with 10 two-bed units over); eight apartments (two-bed units), above a commercial ground floor, over two blocks.
The commercial element will be located at the north end of the site and will consist of three 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 four-storey office block.
The ancillary development will consist of including 369 car parking spaces (including EV charging spaces and disabled parking spaces); 106 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 two 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 (513.5sqm).
The planning application may be inspected online at the following website: www.newabbeyroadlrd.ie
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