Residential development proposed on the Curragh Road in Athgarvan, County Kildare

Ciaran Mather, 16 Aug

The construction of 42 residential units has been proposed for a site

on the Curragh Road in Athgarvan.

A planning permission application currently with Kildare County Council

(KCC) shows that Voussoir Developments Limited intends to construct the

units at 'a site of approx. 1.69 hectares at Curragh Road, Athgarvan,

Newbridge, County Kildare.'

The application notes that this site is 'generally bounded by the

Curragh Road to the north, agricultural lands to the south and west and

existing residential development to the east.'

Voussoir Devlopments Ltd is seeking permission for the construction of

42 residential units in the form of:

* Eight (Type B) two-bedroom mid-terrace houses (two storeys)

* 22 (Types C1 and C2) three-bedroom semi-detached houses (two

storeys)

* 12 (Type D) four-bedroom semi-detached houses (three storeys); all

with associated private amenity garden areas.

The company is also seeking permission for:

* Approx. 2,376 square meters of public open space

* Approx. 737 sqm of communal open space

* The provision of 81 car parking spaces (80 standard spaces and one

accessible space) and 12 secure visitor bicycle parking spaces

* One new vehicular access / egress point via the Curragh Road

* Two ESB substation kiosks

* The diversion of 38kv ESB overhead lines underground

* The erection of one new mast (approx 12m);

* Site development and infrastructural works providing for water,

foul and surface water drainage and all associated connections

* All landscaping and boundary treatment works, relating to the

installation of public lighting PV/solar panels, internal roads and

footpaths

* All associated site clearance, excavation and site development

works

The date received is listed as August 8 last.

The submission-by and due dates are listed as September 11 and October

2 respectively.

According to the business information website SoloCheck.ie, Voussoir

Developments Ltd was established back in May of 2024.

The company's principal activity is listed as '[the] development of

building projects.'

It has an address listed as 76 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2, County

Dublin (D02 NY76).