ABP-308578-20Submitted 03 November 2020 / decided 27 January 2022
Status not recordedCONDITIONAL
- Open event sourceAppeal submittedAppeal reference ABP-308578-2003 November 2020
- Open event sourceAppeal decisionCONDITIONAL27 January 2022
Blessington Demesne, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Planning application 20184
DecisionConditional grant
Decided08 October 2020
Application typePERMISSION
Source documents6
Site
What is on file
0refusal reasons21conditions8nearby records
Proposed development
Application description published by Wicklow County Council.Application and appeal history
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Conditions
- 1Permission refers to documents lodged, revised by plans submitted 31 July 2020 and 15 Sept 2020.Compliance
- 2No development commences until contributions/agreements per conditions 3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,15,16 & 18 submitted and agreed in writing as a single compliance package.Compliance
- 3Pay €908,931 development contribution for public infrastructure/facilities, index-linked.Development Contribution
- 4Provide €630,000 security for completion of roads, footpaths, surface water sewers, drains, car parks, open spaces, and services. Returned subject to independent chartered engineer report.Compliance
- 5Enter into Section 95 agreement with Planning Authority for social housing.Compliance
- 6Submit and agree Construction Management Plan (programme, hours, traffic management, noise/dust mitigation, truck wheel wash, lighting) and appoint Construction Manager.Construction Management
- 7Working hours: 0800-1800 Mon-Fri, 0800-1400 Sat, none Sun/public holidays.Compliance
- 8(a) No development on site until Road Authority confirms northern section of BIRR to N81 at Santryhill has commenced. (b) No occupation until fully constructed.Traffic Access
- 9Roads/footpaths per 'Recommendations for Site Development Works for Housing Areas' (1998). Trees clean stemmed to 2.1m (mountain ash/whitebeam/hornbeam) at 10m centres. Roads kerbed. CBR tests and road specification agreed before commencement. Materials tested.Traffic Access
- 10Road markings and signage details submitted and agreed before commencement.Traffic Access
- 11Public lighting per submitted details. Roundabout lighting upgraded per Road Authority requirements, agreed before commencement.Traffic Access
- 12(a) Obtain written agreement of Irish Water for water services before commencement. (b) Permission does not commit Council to water provision.Water Services
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Extracts from the council's own decision documents for this application — 42 pages of searchable text on file.Chief Executives Order1 page indexed
WI IINTY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (as amended) Planning Dev. & Env. Order No: 1355t2020 Reference Number: 20n84 y! nl Name of Applicant Glenveagh Homes Ltd Address: O c/o John Spain Associates 39 Fitzwilliam Place s Dublin 2 se Nature of Application: PERMISSION for nursing care home and residential development...
Planners Report9 pages indexed
Planning Report Register Reference 201184. Date : znd October 2O2O. See previous report dated the 20th August 2020, clarification of further information issued on the 25th August 2020, and a reply was received on the 15th September 2O2O y! nl Additional Reports: O lnternal Reports es Ex Eng Baltinglass MD : os Lackof...
Planners Report5 pages indexed
Planning Report Register Reference 201184. Date : 20th August 2020. See previous report dated the gth June 2020, further information issued on the 11th June 2020, and a reply was received on the 31't July 2020. y! nl Additional Reports: O Ex Eno (Blessinoton) es Roads os Submitted Road Safety Audit would indicate that...
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Chief Executives OrderSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 5e0d111d-3d1d-4604-a8f5-b69f3a6e7f02.pdf / Document 358027Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 28789ed0-0671-4bea-9091-855825a97554.pdf / Document 358031Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / D74a5805-95af-44d6-9b5d-10823f931522.pdf / Document 358032Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / B9b7b8e5-54c1-4c70-b9fa-b6671303b969.pdf / Document 358033Source PDF
- F I Request LetterSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 0b22862a-5679-4e30-a530-6b287a73cbc0.pdf / Document 341670Source PDF
Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 2460694Construction of a mixed-use development with a gross floor area of 23,219.1 square metres and ranging in height from 1 No. to 5 No. storeys that includes: a total of 269 No. residential dwellings (36 No. 1-bed, 127 No. 2-bed, 94 No. 3-bed and 12 No. 4-bed) as houses and apartments/duplexes, with 233 No. of these as ‘standard’ units and 36 No. as ‘later living’ units; a medical centre (224 sq m); a pharmacy (115 sq m); and a café (60 sq m). The development also comprises: 2 No. multi-modal entrances/exits with junctions at Blessington Inner Relief Road to the north-west and the local street to the south-west; a new pedestrian/cycle crossing to the south-east at the local street; upgrades to the Blessington Inner Relief Road roundabout to the west, including pedestrian/cycle crossings; new pedestrian/cycle crossing at Blessington Inner Relief Road to the north-west; 341 No. car parking spaces; cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping including public open space, communal amenity space and private amenity space (as gardens, balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; 3 No. sub-stations; bin stores; public lighting; PV arrays atop all dwellings; PV array, lift overrun and plant atop the 5-storey mixed-use building; and all associated works above and below ground / 0.1 km away / 27 February 2025Granted
- 20362Development at a site (c.3.43 hectares) at Blessington Demesne, Blessington, Co. Wicklow bounded generally by Oak Drive and Blessington Inner Relief Road to the north and east, and Cocoon Crèche to the south, and Glenveagh Homes Ltd., Phase 1 lands (under Planning reg. ref. 20/184 for a proposed 120 bedroom Nursing Home and 77 no. dwellings) to the west. The proposal is for the second phase of development on the overall Glenveagh lands and will consist of: A) The construction of 96 no. dwellings providing 39 no. 2 storey 2 bedroom houses [House Types E1, G], 54 no. 2 storey 3 bedroom houses [House Types C, D, F], along with 3 no. 2 bedroom duplex/apartments in a 3 storey block (Block G) all apartment units to have balcony or terrace; B) Hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting) and open space (boundary treatment); communal open space for duplex apartments; well as regrading/re-profiling of site where required [including import and export of soil, if required] as well as bicycle/bin stores and 178 no. car parking spaces; C) Vehicular access from the west (from Blessington Inner Relief Road [BIRR]) and south west along link road between the BIRR and Main Street, with provision for pedestrian connection to Oak Park to the east; D) Surface water attenuation measures (including underground attenuation systems) as well as connection to water supply, drainage; E) All ancillary site development/construction works / 0.1 km away / 09 October 2020Granted
- 2560074A proposed development comprising 71 No. residential units and a retail/commercial space of approx. 96sq.m on a site of approx. 0.75 hectares adjoining generally the public road at Newtown Centre to the north, Newtown Square and apartments to the East and ‘Downshire Park’ residential development to the west and south. The residential development will consist of 35 No. 1 & 2 bedroom apartment units within a four storey building (Block 1), and 36 No. 2 & 3 bedroom duplex apartments within 3 No. three storey buildings (Blocks 2,3 & 4) comprising 5 No. 1 Bed Units, 48 No. 2 Bed Units and 18 No. 3 Bed Units together with all site development works and proposed access roads, car parking, bicycle parking, footpaths, bin storage, boundary treatments, public lighting, open space, soft and hard landscaping, electricity sub-station/switch room and new vehicular entrance onto the existing public road bounding the site to the north (Opposite Dunnes Stores) together with vehicular services access and provision for a future access to adjoining lands to the east from existing access road alongside the eastern site boundary and proposed connections to main services including surface water attenuation, foul sewers, surface water sewers and watermains / 0.2 km away / 10 February 2026Granted
- 23593Single storey as built front porch extension and completion of partial built bay window to existing living room and retention of existing polycarbonate roof structure to the side passage and all associate site works / 0.2 km away / 31 August 2023Granted
- 18344Change of use to retail unit number 3 from commercial / retail to restaurant use along with internal modifications to the party wall to connect with unit number 4 an existing coffee shop and all associated site works / 0.2 km away / 10 May 2018Granted
- 268Section 42 - extension of appropriate period - (ABP-306425-20) 19/1020 - housing development to include (a) apartment block A (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartment, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 5 no 1 bed apartments (b) apartment block B (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 1 no 1 bed apartment (c) apartment block C (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 4 no 2 bedroom apartments and 8 no 1 bed room apartments. The total number of apartments is 58 (d) connection to main services and all associated site development works including attenuation, foul drains, surface water drains, water main roads, car parking bicycle parking, footpaths, bin storage, boundaries, and boundary treatment, public lighting, mini pillars, open space and landscaping (e) 2 no new site entrances / 0.2 km away / 28 January 2026Granted
- 191020Housing development to include (a) apartment block A (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartment, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 5 no 1 bed apartments (b) apartment block B (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 1 no 1 bed apartment (c) apartment block C (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 4 no 2 bedroom apartments and 8 no 1 bed room apartments. The total number of apartments is 58 (d) connection to main services and all associated site development works including attenuation, foul drains, surface water drains, water main roads, car parking bicycle parking, footpaths, bin storage, boundaries, and boundary treatment, public lighting, mini pillars, open space and landscaping (e) 2 no new site entrances / 0.2 km away / 20 December 2019Granted
- 2560521Amendment application. Permission sought for amendments to permitted development under Ref. ABP-306425-20 & Ref: 19/1020 to provide for 6 additional apartments resulting in an increase in the number of units from 58 to 64 (with 3 additional units in Block A and 3 additional units in Block B).Internal and external reconfigurations and modifications to development previously granted planning permission under Ref. ABP-306425-20 & Ref: 19/1020 to provide for: the floor areas of units permitted in Block A and Block B to be amended such for both Block A and Block B, resulting in revisions to 7 No. apartments in each block to provide for 6 No. 1 Bed & 14 No. 2 Bed apartments in lieu of 8 No. 2 Bed & 6 No. 3 Bed apartments. This will result in Block A consisting of 2,256.95 sq. metres (an increase of 181.55 sq. metres from that permitted) and Block B consisting of 2,013.12 sq. metres (an increase of 165.32 sq. metres from that permitted). The amendment proposes to omit the public open space required by under Condition 4 of the Appeal Decision ABP-306425-20 (PRR 19/1020) and replacement with parking spaces together with associated changes to elevations and minor amendments to the site layout, and ancillary site development works / 0.2 km away / 04 November 2025Granted