Demolition of existing derelict buildings at Upper Main Street, Arklow
Upper Main Street, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
up to 7 storeys · 2.7 ha · Granted · permission to Dec 2029
Planning application 2484 to Wicklow County Council: Demolition of existing derelict buildings; construction of 99 residential units comprising 59 no. apartments with four blocks, at Upper Main Street, Arklow. Granted by the council on 29 October 2024. The register gives the permission's end as 3 December 2029.
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Further information requested
- Further information received
- Council granted
- Permission ends (date on the register)
The end date is the one the council register states. An extension or a commencement changes it.
Key facts
Homes and mix
| Houses | 40 |
| Apartments and duplexes | 59 |
| Total homes | 99 |
- Creche
- Public open space
- 169 car parking spaces
- 196 cycle parking spaces
- 2 ESB substations
Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.
Proposed development
demolition of existing derelict buildings (1292 sqm); construction of 99 residential units comprising 59 no. apartments with four blocks, ranging in height from 4 to 7 storeys (7 no. 1 bed units, 42 no. 2 bed units and 10 no. 3 bed units) and 40 no. 3 storey houses (20 no. 4 bed units); construction of a 350 sqm mixed use building of four storeys containing 350 sqm of retail space at ground floor and residential units above; refurbishment, extension and change of use from a derelict two storey house to a 146.3 sqm creche; refurbishment of the former Ormonde Cinema (Record of Protected Structure Ref. A39) for commercial use comprising 322.5 sqm office at first floor and 32 sqm office, 181 sqm lounge/café and 59 sqm café uses at ground floor; relocation of a Victorian letterbox (Record of Protected Structure Ref. A40) within the scheme; provision of public open space including a new amphitheatre, a new plaza, communal and private open space; provision of internal access roads with vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access and new vehicular access onto Upper Main Street; 169 no. car parking spaces and 196 no. bicycle parking spaces provided at basement and surface level; realignment of Coomie Lane to create a new pedestrian links between Vale Road, Upper Main Street and the River Avoca walkway; all associated and ancillary site development works above and below ground, including signage, 2 no. ESB substations, alteration to existing landscape features, play area, sculpture, retaining walls, clearance works, landscaping, excavation, bin stores, boundary treatments and services provision
Planning status
Permission was granted on 29 Oct 2024. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 3 Dec 2029.
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