Wicklow County Council refuses permission for 74-home scheme at Mount Alto, Ashford, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 107 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,549 nationally. Of the 3,022 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 29 July 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Wicklow County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

the demolition of the derelict/abandoned dwelling and outbuildings, and the construction of 74 No. dwellings consisting of the following: 20 × four bedroom two storey with attic level accommodation dwellings (Type A: 147 sq.m. each), 39 × three bedroom two storey dwellings (Type B: 111 sq.m. each), 11 × two bedroom two storey dwellings (Type C: 82.5 sq.m. each), 4 No. bungalows (1 No. 2 bed at 75 sq.m., 2 No. 3 bed at 101 sq.m., and 1 No. 3 bed at 130 sq.m.), with connections to existing public utilities including a pumping station and a new gravity sewer in the L-5095 road to the proposed outfall at the junction of the R772 and the Ashford Downs road L-5070, and a surface water attenuation system; A new development entrance, roads, footpaths, public lighting, landscaping, boundaries and boundary treatments, and all associated site development works, A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application