Decision has been made for the building of over 70 new homes in County Carlow

Carlow County Council have made a decision on a planning application which seeks to build 72 new homes in Carlow Town.

The Carlow County Council have provided conditional approval for the planning works.

The planning application was received by the Carlow County Council on the 17th of May 2024.

The decision is set to be made by the Council on the 17th of January 2025.

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Nesselside Builders UC's original application sought permission to develop a residential scheme consisting of 72 homes at a site on the Hacketstown Road, in the Townland of Kearnstown.

Development at a site of 1.52 Ha. The development will consist of: the construction of 72 No. Residential units and all ancillary works, consisting of:

18 No. 2 storey houses (4 No. 2 bed terraced units (c. 81.8 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA));

4 No. 3 bed terraced units (c. 97.5 sqm GFA);

10 No. 3 bed semi-detached units (c.106.7 sqm GFA); 

54 No. duplex apartment units within 7 No. 2 storey blocks consisting of:

27 No. 1 bed units (ranging in size from c. 52.2 sqm GFA to c. 77.0 sqm GFA); and 27 No. 2 bed units (ranging in size from c. 82.2 sqm GFA to 94.1 sqm GFA); 

1 No. duplex block (Block A type) comprising 3 No. 1 bed units; 3 No. 2 bed units; with balconies on the northern elevation at 1st floor level;

2 No. duplex blocks (Block B type), comprising 12 No. 1 bed units; with balconies on the northern and southern elevations at 1st floor level; 1 No. duplex block (Block C type) comprising 12 No. 1 bed units; with balconies on the eastern, western and southern elevations at 1st floor level;

3 No. duplex blocks (Block types D, E and J) comprising 24 No. 2 bed units, with balconies on the eastern elevation at 1st floor level. The development will also consist of: modifications to the existing vehicular access from Hacketstown Road (Pollerton Road) (R726); the provision of 2 No. new pedestrian accesses from Hacketstown Road (Pollerton Road) (R726),

107 No. grade level car parking spaces, 18 No. visitor bicycle parking spaces and 2 No. bin storage areas. The development includes all associated landscaping works (including the provision of public and private open space areas), boundary treatments, site development works, site services (foul, surface water drainage, water supply and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground

The planning decision comes with conditions that need to be followed during the construction of the homes, Carlow Council have been contacted for the conditions, responding that the conditions will be made public on the planning website at a later date HERE.

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