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Kildare Property Watch: Ten acres with development potential in Brannockstown for €750,000
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A development site of around 10 acres, on which sits a house, at Brannockstown, near Naas, has gone on the market with JP&M Doyle, priced in the region of €750,000.
The propery on the site is a detached bungalow of around 165 sq m, which has a hall, conservatory, kitchen/dining room, sitting room bathroom, three bedrooms and an attached garage.
It stands on an extensive site, which is laid out in three paddocks and gardens.
According to the selling agent, the property offers development potential, with approximately 3.5 of its acres shown as a Zoned Settlement Expansion/Existing Settlement, as per the Brannockstown Settlement Plan on the current Kildare County Development Plan. Lands beside the site were recently developed for the new housing scheme of Grangemore Manor.
Concerns raised over removal of Newbridge hedgerow for housing development
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The removal of a hedgerow along the Athgarvan Road in Newbridge was discussed at the recent local municipal district meeting.
The issue was raised in a motion by Councillor Peggy O’Dwyer who had asked if the council could confirm what mitigation measures could be taken to prevent the same issue happening in other developments.
Cllr O’Dwyer said that the construction manager of the project contacted her personally and set out the reasons to her for removing the hedgerow, including to accommodate drainage infrastructure and the installation of a cycle lane.
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Kildare wind farm fears over Bono’s Monasterevin distillery project
Objections: Locals fear wind farm will impact tourism projects
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“Bono and Paddy McKillen are trusting us with €65m of their money in developing the Ballykelly Mills Distillery and people won’t want to visit the area if those turbine monstrosities get approval,” says Mary Fanning McCormack, Monasterevin resident, veteran journalist and farmer.
“I was rocked to the core when I saw photomontages of the turbines (see above). They are the height of Liberty Hall and the Spire put together.”
Ummeras Wind Farm Ltd (Statkraft) wants to build five 169m turbines between Rathangan and Monasterevin in the townlands of Ummeras Beg, Coolatogher, Mullaghroe Lower, Ummeras More and Coolsickin/Quinsborough.