A proposed development comprising 71 No. residential units
Newtown Centre/Newtown Square, Blessington Demesne, Blessington
up to 4 storeys · 0.75 ha · Appeal decided, July 2026
Planning application 2560074 to Wicklow County Council: A proposed development comprising 71 No. residential units, at Newtown Centre/Newtown Square, Blessington Demesne, Blessington. Granted by the council on 10 February 2026; An Coimisiún Pleanála decided the appeal on 8 July 2026.
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Further information requested
- Further information received
- Council granted
- Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála
- Appeal decided
Key facts
Homes and mix
| 1-bed | 5 |
| 2-bed | 48 |
| 3-bed | 18 |
| Total homes | 71 |
Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.
Proposed development
a 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
Planning status
An Coimisiún Pleanála concluded the appeal on 8 Jul 2026. The official file has the outcome.
Appeal PL-500906-WW-26 on the An Coimisiún Pleanála website ↗
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