Dlessington Demesne, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Planning application 2360021
DecisionConditional grant
Decided15 September 2023
Application typePERMISSION
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Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 2211751) A single-storey structure to contain (a) 2 no. changing rooms with adjoining toilet and shower facilities. (b) a referee's room with changing facilities. (c) public toilets with separate disabled access toilet. (d) internal store, corridor, cleaners store and stairway to storage facility within the attic space. (e) a small tuck shop facility for the sale of tea/coffee and sandwiches which wil be made off site. 2) All ancillary ground works in association with the above-described project / 0.1 km away / 05 January 2023Granted
- 213586 no 18 high columns to the perimeter of their main pitch and to use these columns to mount floodlights to illuminate the pitch / 0.1 km away / 20 May 2021Granted
- 17172Clubhouse building (1952 sqm) incorporating multi purpose sports hall, dressing rooms, showers, toilet facilities, office, tea rooms, medical room, storage at ground floor level & meeting room at first floor level together with ancillary site development works including site services, car parking facilities with access through existing entrance / 0.1 km away / 10 April 2017Granted
- 2560548Large-scale residential development at this site c. 9.98 ha. The application provides for amendments to the decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála (Ref.319657-24 and Wicklow County Council Ref. 23/689) which permitted a Town Park of 10.65 ha. and c.700m of the Blessington Inner Relief Road (BIRR). The proposed development provides for revisions to the previously proposed residential development comprising 329 units and will consist of: • 325 residential units including: o 278 two storey houses (28 no. 2-bed, 218 no. 3-bed, 32 no. 4 bed.) comprising of semi-detached and terraced units. o 47. No. apartments (22 no. 1 bed, 25 no. 2 bed) provided within 1 no. four-storey block. • Car and bicycle parking spaces to include: o 534 no. car parking spaces for the houses, 53 no. spaces for the apartments. o 72 bicycle spaces for the apartments & 46 Visitor spaces across the scheme. • 1.04 ha public open space including pocket parks and playgrounds; • 1,290 sqm of communal open space • Two new vehicular access off Oak Drive and one new vehicular access off the Blessington Inner Relief Road. • Infrastructure works to serve the housing development to include the internal road network; • ESB substations/switch rooms, lighting, site drainage works and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground; and • Temporary permission for up to 3 years is also sought for the erection of three marketing signs (4.55 m high and 13.73 sqm each) and a marketing suite. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and is submitted with the application / 0.2 km away / 11 September 2025Granted
- 20264All weather pitch/play area with ancillary lighting, perimeter fencing and all associated site works / 0.3 km away / 21 August 2020Granted
- 23689LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT consisting of 329 residential units and associated site works, the development will also include: the extension of the Blessington Inner Relief Road (approx. 700m long) from the existing 4-arm roundabout at Blessington Demesne Lands, running north west of Blessington Business Park, and north of the Woodleigh residential area to a new four-arm roundabout junction on the N81 Dublin Road. The new roundabout will consolidate existing junctions with Holyvalley, Doran's Pit and the Roadstone quarry site. A new junction will be provided to the Roadstone Quarry Access Road north of the road's alignment. The scheme will comprise a two-lane single carriageway road with cycle lanes and foothpaths, landscaping and drainage works (including attenuation ponds & Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)); road signage and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and are submitted with the application / 0.6 km away / 12 April 2024Granted
- 221191Development will consist of amendments to the granted permission PA.Reg.Ref.20/1146. Amendments are to include: repositioning of the creche, increase in size from 304sqm to 538sqm, and an increase in the permitted number of associated car parking spaces from 7 to 20; the inclusion of an area of active open space within the Town Park and of a new pedestrian link from Oak Drive toward the future phases of the Town Park; Alteration to the site boundaries to include a change in the original site area from 9.56ha to 11.86ha / 0.6 km away / 12 January 2023Granted
- 201146• 91 houses in a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced houses to include 20 no. 4-bed and 71 no. 3-bed with associated public open space. • One access off the Blessington Inner Relief Road and one off the School Link Road. • A 2.66 ha town park to include: play areas, a wetland and meadow, a woodland, the enhancement of an existing pond and of a stream, a fitness trail and a car park (22 no. spaces), • A 1,082.27 m greenway with possible future connection to Glen Ding Woods to the north; • Boundary treatment, public lighting, site drainage works, an ESB substation (c.8.3sqm) and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground. • Infrastructure works to include the internal road network and part of the Blessington Inner Relief Road connecting to the Oak Drive Roundabout Temporary permission is also sought for the erection of two marketing signs (4.55 m high and 13.73 sqm each). Site C 9.56 Ha / 0.6 km away / 15 June 2021Granted