# Scaling Up Housing Delivery in Kildare

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Podcast: [IPI Planners Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ipi-planners-podcast-7283718)
Published: 2025-11-17T04:00:00+00:00
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Kildare County Council manages nearly 50 settlements whilst doing some of Ireland's "heavy lifting" on housing delivery—but how do you scale that up when planning legislation transforms around you? Amy Granville, Senior Planner leading forward planning and heritage, reveals how a 100-person team including Kildare County Council’s first ecologist and urban designer, tackles revised NPF targets through 290-hectare master plans, joint local area plans with neighbouring counties, and heritage-led regeneration. From navigating the Planning and Development Act 2024's transition to winning IPI Planning Authority of the Year, discover what makes Kildare "best in class" and why planners are quietly working across every corner of housing development and infrastructure delivery. THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT How Kildare County Council expanded from traditional planning roles to 100-person team Why the revised NPF targets require creative measures including a 290-hectare master plan area in Naas How the joint Maynooth and Environs Local Area Plan with Meath County Council navigated two different planning teams and Council Chambers. Why the Planning and Development Act 2024's 10-year development plan horizon provides genuine opportunity for delivery How Kildare's graduate planner programme captures local talent GUEST DETAILS Amy Granville is Senior Planner at Kildare County Council, leading forward planning and heritage for a county with nearly 50 settlements. A proud 2005 graduate from DIT's (now TU Dublin) first undergraduate spatial planning and environmental management class, Amy always knew she wanted public service—beginning in Kilkenny County Council before moving to South Tipperary where she experienced the 2014 local authority merger. Joining Kildare in 2016, Amy has been one of t…

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