Wicklow County Council refuses permission for 69-home scheme at Santryhill, Blessington, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 107 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 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 7 April 2025. 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.

69no. residential dwellings (total), in a mix of 35no. 2-3 storey terraced houses (28no. 3-bed, 4no. 4-bed & 3no. 5-bed) and 3no. 3- storey duplex blocks containing 17no. 2-bed apartments and 17no. 3-bed duplex units. All associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and boundary treatment works, including: PV solar panels on roof of all houses and duplex blocks, public, communal and private open space; surface water drainage detention basin; public lighting; 132no. surface car parking spaces; 92no. bicycle parking spaces (including 72no. spaces in 3no. bike stores); bin stores; new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian site access via the Blessington Inner Relief Road (BIRR) permitted under Wicklow County Council Reg. Ref. 23689, and pedestrian and cycle path facilitating potential future connection to Woodleigh Avenue. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application