This project consists of an application for a Strategic Housing Development by Westar Investments Limited (the applicant) for a new residential development on lands measuring approximately 10.36 hectares at Capdoo & Abbeylands, Celbridge Road, Clane, Co. Kildare. The application is for a development that includes 333 dwellings consisting of: 121 no. 2, 3 & 4 bedroom housing units, 144 no. 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments, 68 no. 1, 2 & 3 bedroom duplex & maisonette type units, a crèche and a public park adjacent to the River Liffey with 3 no. vehicular/pedestrian accesses, 1 no. pedestrian only access, site landscaping and associated infrastructural works. The subject site is situated on the eastern side of Regional Road R403 in the eastern environs of Clane Town, c. 650m from the Town Centre.