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A design image of some of the homes
180 new homes have been approved for New Abbey Road, Nicholastown, Kilcullen, Co Kildare.
According to Construction Information Services (CIS), Oakway Homes applied to Kildare County Council for planning permission for the development.
The plans consist of 152 houses, 20 duplexes and eight apartments.
Also included is a créche (261sqm), two medical/healthcare units (265sqm), offices (921sqm), along with a wastewater pumping station on a site spanning 6.6 hectares.
In addition, there will be 369 car parking spaces (including EV charging spaces and disabled parking spaces); 106 cycle parking spaces (including covered spaces) and public and communal open spaces.
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The designs include hard and soft landscaping, a play area, internal roads, footpaths and cycle lanes.
The proposed vehicular and pedestrian access will be via two access points off New Abbey Road, one to the north and one to the east.
Pedestrian and cyclist access is proposed to nearby Sunbury Close.
The proposed development also involves works on lands owned by Kildare County Council (New Abbey Road, R413) relating to traffic calming and new footpath.
The development will involve the demolition of the existing agricultural buildings to the north-west of the site.
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