Every five years the council publishes a Local Area Plan (LAP) for towns and villages which sets out a roadmap for how they will be developed over the coming years. In particular these LAPs set out where future building development can take place, the density of such development, and the type Continue Reading →
The proposals from Applegreen to develop a new facility at the old Cemex/ Concrete Pipes site at Naas are very welcome, to include a garage forecourt, central corporate office block and a research and training facility. I have been seeking progress on this site for some time and I’ve repeatedly raised the matter at Council Continue Reading →
At yesterday’s full meeting of Kildare County Council, the Fianna Fáil group pushed through a motion calling for a minimum setback distance on wind turbines of 10 times tip height, to be incorporated into the county development plan and applied to future developments including the Maighne wind farm, application for Continue Reading →
A series of consultations are ongoing regarding draft flood maps that have been prepared by the Eastern CFRAM Study for Naas. These maps model flooding propensity in different regions and specific studies have been ran for Naas, Clane, Allenwood, Maynooth, Celbridge, Kilcock, Edenderry, Leixlip and other areas. The public are invited Continue Reading →
There is good news for the Waterways development in Sallins. NAMA, who own most of the vacant units in the estate, have reached an agreement with an adjacent landowner to resolve the outstanding drainage issues in the estate. This was a necessary step to satisfy the original planning conditions so Continue Reading →