Site of c.16.8ha , at Tinakilly , Rathnew
CONDITIONALPlanning application 2360219
Wicklow - Wicklow County Council
Proposed Development
LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT -
- (a)Construction of 352 no. residential units
- (b)The proposed development will connect to the Tinakilly Park residential development and Rathnew Village via a new section of the Rathnew Inner Relief Road. The proposed road will join the constructed/under construction elements permitted under WCC Ref. 17/219/ ABP Ref. PL27.301261 and amended under WCC Ref. 22/837 to the south with a section of the link road to the northwest of the site at the R761 roundabout in Rathnew granted under WCC Ref. 21/1333. This includes all associated vehicular and pedestrian access, carriageways, paths and junctions.
- (c)No proposed works to Tinakilly Country House Hotel (a protected structure Reference No. 25-15) save for works to close the western portion of Tinakilly avenue to vehicular traffic and the provision of a new vehicular entrance and gates along the eastern portion of Tinakilly Avenue off the Rathnew Inner Relief Road to facilitate access to Tinakilly House and other properties to the east of the site accessed from Tinakilly Avenue.
- (d)All associated site development works, service provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of esb substations, bin stores, bicycle stores, car parking, public lighting, landscaping, open space, and boundary treatment works.
- (e)The planning application is accompanies by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement. The application site is generally bounded to the north by greenfield lands, to the east by Tinakilly Country House Hotel (which is a Protected Structure RPS No. 25-15), to the west/southwest by commercial development, the R750 Wicklow – Rathnew Road and Rathnew Village; and to the south by the Tinakilly Park residential development currently under construction.
Application Timeline
Application received
14 Aug 2023
Further information requested
6 Oct 2023
Further information received
30 Nov 2023
Decision due
2 Feb 2024
Decision: CONDITIONAL
2 Feb 2024
Appeal submitted
13 Jun 2025
Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL
22 Aug 2025
Application Details
- Location
- Site of c.16.8ha , at Tinakilly , Rathnew
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Site Area
- 16.8 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 14 August 2023
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 2 February 2024
- Permission Expires
- 21 August 2030
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- ABP -332476-25
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Submitted
- 13 June 2025
- Decided
- 22 August 2025
Location
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