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20184

CONDITIONAL

Wicklow - Wicklow County Council

Proposed Development

nursing care home and residential development comprising (a) nursing care home (4 no storeys of 120 no bedspaces (c7428 sqm) along with 60 no car parking spaces (at undercroft and basement level c2477 sqm), open space and all associated residential care facilities (b) construction of 77 no dwellings comprising 29 no 2 storey houses (10 no 2 bedroom houses (house type E) and 19 no 3 bedroom houses (house types C, D & F), and 48 no apartments / duplex apartments as follows: Block A & D, 3 storeys comprising 30 no apartments (15 no 2 bedroom apartments in each building), blocks B & C, 3 storeys comprising 12 no apartments (2 no 2 bedroom apartments and 4 no 3 bedroom apartments in each building), blocks E & F, 3 storeys comprising 6 apartments (3 no 2 bedroom apartments in each building), all apartment units to have balcony or terrace, (c) hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting) and open space (boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments, regarding / reprofiling of site where required along with bicycle / bin stores and 100 no car parking spaces for dwellings (d) vehicular access from the west (from Blessington Inner Relief Road (BIRR) and south west along link road between the BIRR and Main Street with pedestrian accesses as well as works to roundabout and provision of road crossings (e) surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems as well as connection to water supply, drainage, (f) all ancillary site development / construction works

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    25 Feb 2020

  2. Further information requested

    11 Jun 2020

  3. Further information received

    15 Sept 2020

  4. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    8 Oct 2020

  5. Decision due

    12 Oct 2020

  6. Appeal submitted

    3 Nov 2020

  7. Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL

    27 Jan 2022

Application Details

Location
Blessington Demesne , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Wicklow County Council
Floor Area
7428 sq m
Residential Units
1

Timeline

Registration Date
25 February 2020
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
8 October 2020
Permission Expires
26 January 2027

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ABP-308578-20
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Submitted
3 November 2020
Decided
27 January 2022

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