Massive €27m Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) planned for this Kildare town

A massive €27m, 133 unit Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) is planned for a site at Branganstown East, Kilcock, Co Kildare.

According to Construction Information Services (CIS), a planning application was submitted to Kildare County Council on 06/01/2025 by Dunform Properties Limited t/a Westin Homes for the site at Branganstown East, east of the Ledwill Park residential estate, Kilcock, Co Kildare.

The proposed development comprises the construction of:

133 residential dwellings, consisting of 20 one-bedroom maisonettes; four one-bedroom duplex units; two two-bedroom duplex units; six three-bedroom duplex units; five two-bedroom bungalows; 37 two-bedroom houses; 57 three-bedroom houses; and two four-bedroom houses.

Also included in the proposed development is provision for 142 car parking spaces and 68 bicycle parking spaces.

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The plans also make provision for:

• Public open space extending to 4,700 sq.m in three landscape areas, including an extension of the existing open space to the east of the lawn ledwill park by 800 sq.m.

• A communal open space of 400 sq.m centrally located on the site.

• An extension of Ledwill Avenue from the Ledwill Park estate to the eastern boundary of the site over a distance of 58m to facilitate access to the site and to provide a future connection to lands to the east.

• Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from Ledwill estate from the Court Ledwill Park, the Lawn Ledwill Park, the Avenue Ledwill Park and the Way Ledwill Park.

• Pedestrian and cycle access, and access to in-curtilage car parking spaces for six dwellings from the Court Ledwill Park.

• All associated and ancillary infrastructure.

The proposed development will be constructed in three phases.

The architect for the proposed development is Doran Cray Architecture.