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Dublin Road & Church Hill Road , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow

REFUSED

Planning application 191094

Wicklow - Wicklow County Council

Proposed Development

demolition (1,300 sqm) of all existing structures including the boundary wall with the adjoining Tesco site and the construction of a café building (232 sqm gross floor area) to be used for the preparation and sale of food and beverages for consumption on and off the premises. The proposal also includes 2 no elevational signs (measuring 3.34m x 0.6m on the western and southern elevations), hard and soft landscaping proposals, external seating area, 111 no car parking spaces integrated with the existing Tesco car park and the reconfiguration of existing spaces to provide for Universal Access Spaces, bicycle parking spaces and all ancillary site services and site development works

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    8 Oct 2019

  2. Decision: REFUSED

    29 Nov 2019

  3. Decision due

    2 Dec 2019

  4. Appeal submitted

    6 Jan 2020

  5. Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL

    18 Jun 2020

Application Details

Location
Dublin Road & Church Hill Road , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Wicklow County Council
Site Area
0.525 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
8 October 2019
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
REFUSED
Decision Date
29 November 2019
Permission Expires
17 June 2025

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ABP-306321-20
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Submitted
6 January 2020
Decided
18 June 2020

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