Kildare Co Council to build new social and affordable housing scheme


An Bord Pleanala approves plans
Kildare County Council has been given the green light by An Bord Pleanála for 39 new homes in a social and affordable housing development in Newtown, Celbridge.
The plans for the site on the Ardclough Road include a widening of Pausdeen Bridge to build a pedestrian footpath.
An existing single storey uninhabitable dwelling will be demolished before construction.
The 39 residential units will comprise:
- a four-bedroom two-storey house,
- 13 three-bedroom two-storey houses
- 8 one-bedroom single storey houses
- 4 three-bedroom duplex apartments
- 6 two-bedroom duplex apartments
- 3 two-bedroom single storey apartments
- 4 one-bedroom single storey apartments.
The works also includes car parking, bicycle parking, landscaping, tree surgery, a new internal road and footway network, public lighting and signage.