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amendments to a previously permitted residential development as granted under An Coimisiún Pleanála Ref. No. PL-500013-KE (Planning Ref. 25/60274), comprising the construction of an additional duplex block adjoining a previously permitted duplex block, containing 1 no. 2-bedroom apartment at ground floor level and 1 no. 3-bedroom duplex unit at first and second floor level, along with amendments to parking spaces within the development, together with all associated site development works, connections to services, and ancillary works
Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development was refused due to its failure to accommodate a designated Surface Water Pathway and its significant encroachment into the 'Curragh Buffer Zone', both of which contravene specific environmental and landscape objectives of the Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023-2029.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposal would build dwellings over a designated Surface Water Pathway (SWP), blocking a natural drainage route and materially contravening Objective IO 2.4 of the Kildare Town Local Area Plan.
- The development would remove 127 sqm of the 'Curragh Buffer Zone', a protected 10-20m wide tree-planted buffer intended to protect the ecological and amenity value of the Curragh Plains, contravening Objectives NHO 3.1 and HCO 2.2.
- The loss of these landscape features and the obstruction of the surface water corridor are considered contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.