Planning application · Wicklow County Council

a proposed development comprising 71 No. residential units and a retail/commercial space…

Newtown Centre/Newtown Square , Blessington Demesne , Blessington

2560074 · WicklowIn AssessmentAppealed
Reference
2560074
Planning authority
Wicklow County Council
Received
13 Feb 2025
Decided
10 Feb 2026
Status
In Assessment
Site area
0.75 ha
Further information requested
8 Apr 2025
Further information received
1 Oct 2025

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

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The decision has been appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála. The appeal outcome replaces the council decision.

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