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BREAKING: Kildare people will be delighted with major development on 'eyesore' site
Kildare Co Council approves plans
An image of the proposed development (All images by Scott Tallon Walker Architects)
Reporter:
Kildare Reporter
12 Mar 2025 9:40 AM
A major project has been approved for the site of a long-time eyesore in Naas, Co Kildare.
Service station network Applegreen sought to build a service station and electric vehicle hub in a €17m development spanning 10,000 square metres.
Applegreen's parent company, Petrogas Group Limited, wanted to demolish all buildings on the Cemex site near the Naas Ball.
The industrial area has been derelict since building materials firm Cemex closed after over 50 years in the area with the loss of 50 jobs in 2007.
Being planned is a new electric vehicle charging hub for 36 vehicles along with eight electric bus/HGV charging spaces.
The designs include the construction of eight buildings comprising a distribution centre, offices and 13 loading bays.
Also planned is a service station with retail area, seating area, drive-thru hatch and toilets.
The entrance off Johnstown Road will be replaced with a new slip lane, according to the plans.
There will be car parking for 169 vehicles, cycle parking for 46 bicycles as well as 16 spaces for buses and HGVs.
The designs include internal roads, footpaths and cycle lanes, outdoor exercise areas, outdoor eating/picnic areas, a covered smoking area, roof-mounted solar panels and a new internal roundabout junction.
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