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for the construction of the following; (i) single storey creche (467sq.m.) to include 4no. classrooms, W.C.’s, sleep room, staff room, central kitchen, reception, office, store, an associated outdoor play area (2,724sq.m.), building mounted signage (1.8sq.m.), boundary treatments, 67 no. car parking spaces (inclusive of 6 no. accessible parking spaces) and set down area, covered bicycle stands and outdoor bin storage, (ii) 1 no. 140m x 80m all weather GAA pitch, 6 no. 18m high training lights and poles, all fencing and ball stop netting, 2m wide hard standing looped walkway around the perimeter of pitch and covered bicycle stands (iii) 1no. single storey male and female changing room building (108sq.m.), (iv) bespoke park (9,766sq.m.) to include soft and hard landscaping area, outdoor seating area (179sq.m), playground area (775sq.m), ecology garden (477sq.m), butterfly garden (479sq.m), sensory garden (718sq.m), sensory play area (335sq.m.), (v) coach car park (763sq.m.) to facilitate 2no. 52 seater coaches and 2no. mini coaches and all associated drainage connection works and site development works including ESB substation and switch room, foul and surface water drainage, landscaping, path lighting and boundary treatments, all at
Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development is situated in a remote rural location disconnected from the community it serves, lacks essential sustainable transport infrastructure such as footpaths and cycle tracks, and would consequently create a traffic hazard while failing to meet national and local planning policies for compact growth.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The remote location of the site from Kildare town is inappropriate for community facilities as it is at a remove from the population it is intended to serve, contravening policies that seek to locate such services in well-connected, built-up areas.
- The development is entirely dependent on private car usage and fails to provide any infrastructure to facilitate a modal shift toward sustainable transport modes like walking or cycling.
- The lack of adequate measures to segregate vulnerable road users and the absence of pedestrian and cycle path infrastructure along the R415 would endanger public safety by reason of a traffic hazard.