2560074
CONDITIONALWicklow - Wicklow County Council
Proposed Development
a proposed development comprising 71 No. residential units and a retail/commercial space of approx. 96sq.m on a site of approx. 0.75 hectares adjoining generally the public road at Newtown Centre to the north, Newtown Square and apartments to the East and ‘Downshire Park’ residential development to the west and south. The residential development will consist of 35 No. 1 & 2 bedroom apartment units within a four storey building (Block 1), and 36 No. 2 & 3 bedroom duplex apartments within 3 No. three storey buildings (Blocks 2,3 & 4) comprising 5 No. 1 Bed Units, 48 No. 2 Bed Units and 18 No. 3 Bed Units together with all site development works and proposed access roads, car parking, bicycle parking, footpaths, bin storage, boundary treatments, public lighting, open space, soft and hard landscaping, electricity sub-station/switch room and new vehicular entrance onto the existing public road bounding the site to the north (Opposite Dunnes Stores) together with vehicular services access and provision for a future access to adjoining lands to the east from existing access road alongside the eastern site boundary and proposed connections to main services including surface water attenuation, foul sewers, surface water sewers and watermains
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Application received
13 Feb 2025
Further information requested
8 Apr 2025
Further information received
15 Jan 2026
Decision: CONDITIONAL
10 Feb 2026
Decision due
11 Feb 2026
Appeal submitted
5 Mar 2026
Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL
8 Jul 2026
Application Details
- Location
- Newtown Centre/Newtown Square , Blessington Demesne , Blessington
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Site Area
- 0.75 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 13 February 2025
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 10 February 2026
- Permission Expires
- 7 July 2031
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- PL-500906-WW-26
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Submitted
- 5 March 2026
- Decided
- 8 July 2026
Location
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