Kildare developer amends plans to get permission for 24 homes
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A €6M development comprising of 24 new homes in Kildangan finally got permission recently to build after a 10-month wait, but still conditional on 39 improvement clauses imposed by the planners on Clane-based developer Fortwilliam Development Ltd.
The application, which was initially submitted last August, sought permission to build 18 semi-Ds, four apartments, and two four-bed detached residences on a 1.1Ha (2.75ac) site to the east of the Monasterevin Road (R417), just after the crossroads in the village.
However, the drawings and details put together by Demesne Architects from Maynooth and Furey Consultant Engineers from Naas did not immediately satisfy the council’s planners after initial perusal.
Before the first planners report was published in February this year, they had asked the development team to re-design the layout of four of the homes, upgrade the materials used in construction, and improve the visuals of facades within the projected estate.
But that was not all. They also asked for more information concerning the removal of the wall at the Kilbeg Road for the new entrance, and to improve the internal roads, paths and open spaces as initially laid out.
They also had issues with the apartment’s bike storage, the drainage of the site, the planned boundary path alongside the R417, as well as seeking an improved road safety audit, and an arborist’s tree survey of the site.
All of these concerns were made known to the developers in the 17 February report, but Furey Consulting Engineers put their professional nose to the grindstone.
They were able to provide enough improved revisions across all these concerns to persuade the particular mandarins at Áras Cill Dara to grant a final permission recently.
Although with 39 conditions across all of the concerns listed, the developers can expect quite the number of site inspections over the life of the build to ensure compliance.
