KILDARE: Green light for over 130 homes in €31m development

Planning permission has been granted for a large scale residential development at a site of circa 4.21 hectares in South Kildare.

The site in Athy is located to the north of the Athy Distributor Road, east of Branswood residential estate and south of Tonlegee Lawns and Holm Court residential estates and west of Fortbarrington Road.

The development comprises 132 residential units along with a two-storey crèche (circa 188.5 square metres floor area).

The residential units would comprise of: 102 two storey, semi detached and terraced houses (two two-beds, 77 three-beds, 23 four-beds); 30 three-storey duplexes/apartments (15 one-bed, 15 two-bed) within two blocks.

All residential units would be provided with associated private gardens, balconies and terraces facing to the north, south, east and west.

Also in the designs is a new vehicular (and pedestrian/cyclist) accesses via Fortbarrington Road and Tonlegee Lawns, with additional pedestrian access via Tonlegee Lawns, Branswood and the Athy Distributor Road and including associated upgrade works.

The application includes an amendment to the Athy Distributor Road permission to facilitate the new pedestrian accesses.

In addition, permission is was sought for all associated site development works, including cycle and car parking spaces, open spaces, landscaping, Sustainable Drainage (SuDs) features, boundary treatments, waste management areas/bin stores, and services provision (including ESB substations).

The developer is Dublin-based ESJ Blackparts Ltd and the architects are McCrossan, O'Rourke and Manning.

The estimated construction value of the project is €31m, according to Construction Information Services database.