site Adjacent to the Bundle of Sticks Roundabout, Newhall, Naas

For a motor sales and vehicle service facility located on a greenfield site of c.1.2 ha. The site is bounded by: the Bundle of Sticks Roundabout in the northeast; the R445 to the northwest; developed land in the southwest; and Local Road L6066 in the southeast. The development will consist of the provision of a building comprising a 1 and 2 storey motor sales showroom and a vehicle service garage / workshop (all with parts store, ancillary offices, staff and customer facilities and ancillary spaces) (and associated ancillary spaces) (c. 2,707 sq m) with a single storey web display and valet bay building (c. 170 sq m), all with a total gross floor area of c. 2,877 sq m.The development also includes the following signage: Northeast elevation: 2 no. illuminated suspended fascia signs (c. 4.14 sq m each), and 1 no. illuminated logo sign (c. 3.24 sq m); Northwest elevation: 2 no. illuminated logo signs (c. 3.24 sq m each), 1 no. illuminated location sign (c. 0.61 sq m), 1 no. logo and dealer sign (c. 1.56 sq m) and 1 no. glazed entrance manifestation sign (c. 2.07 sq m); Southeast Elevation: 1 no. illuminated dealer sign and with 1 no. illuminated logo sign (c. 0.94 sqm and 2.19 sq m, respectively); 4 no. free standing signs, comprising 1 no. single-sided partially illuminated façade screen sign (30.66 sq m), 1 no. double-sided partially illuminated totem sign (c. 31.42 sq m), 2 no. double-sided illuminated totem signs (c. 10.44 sq m and c. 1.62 sq m, respectively).The development will also comprise: a canopied car wash; a gated compound with bin storage, display podiums, staff and customer vehicular parking (including EV charging); Photovoltaic (PV) panels; service bays; new and used vehicle display and demonstration areas, vehicle storage, cycle parking, and landscaping; new vehicular and pedestrian entry / egress point on Local Road L6066; public footpath and bus stop to the R445; plant and pumping station; associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply) and service connections, which includes the provision of surface water run-off discharge connection to the existing surface water sewer in the south and provision of a wastewater rising main to existing public sewer in the northeast; SUDs measures; lighting; hard and soft landscaping provision: boundary treatments: and all other site excavation and development works above and below ground

Applicant

Not published

Authority

Kildare County Council

Decision due

1 Apr 2026

1. Application received

   10 Dec 2025

2. Council asked for further information

   12 Feb 2026

3. Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)

   5 Mar 2026

4. Decision due

   1 Apr 2026

5. Decision: conditional

   30 Mar 2026

6. Grant issued

   5 May 2026