53-home scheme proposed at Mount Usher View, Main Street, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 107 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

modifications to substitute consent permission An Bord Pleanala Ref ABP-312283-21 including: Demolition of the existing partly constructed built structures(indicated as Block A and B in as-granted); Construction of new block A(4 storey):Consisting of 1no. commercial retail unit on the lower ground floor accessed from the street level, 1no.commercial retail unit and 1no.community library on the Upper Ground Floor accessed from public stairs, podium lift and 8 no.1 bed residential units over the first, second floors over podium accessed by private staircases. Construction of new block B(4 storey): Consisting of 24 residential units(8no. 1beds, 8no. 2bed Apartments, 8no. 3bed duplex apartments) at the upper ground level, first, second and third floors over podium accessed by private staircases. Construction of new Block B1(4 Storey) consisting of 6no. residential units(2no. 1beds, 2no. 2bed Apartments, 2no. 3bed duplex apartments) on the upper ground level, first, second and third floors over podium accessed by private staircases. No Modifications to be carried out on Blocks C and D consisting of 11no. 3-storey terraced houses with ground-floor offices as permitted by reference to ABP-312283-21 No Modifications to Block E consisting of 2no. 2.5-storey semi-detached houses as permitted by reference to ABP-312283-21 Vehicular access to the site is from two points on the northern and southern corners of the site from Mount Alto Road(L1096), With associated under croft car parking at lower ground level. Pedestrian access at street level and at podium level through a set of Public stairs, podium lift leading to Podium level Public open space/Communal amenities; Changes to site layouts including surface car parking, off streetcar parking, loading bay for deliveries to front of the commercial unit; Associated ancillary site works with services including landscaping, water features and boundary treatments at Mount Usher View, Main Street, Ashford, Co.Wicklow. The overall final mix-use development on the site (1.19ha), including the modifications the subject of this application, will provide for 2 no. retail units and 1 community library and 53 no. residential units in total at Mount Usher View, Main Street, Ashford, Co. Wicklow This application is accompanied by the remedial Natura Impact Statement (rNIS) and remedial Appropriate Assessment Screening(rAA) as submitted under ABP-312283-21