Stephen Street , Dunlavin , Co. Wicklow

What’s proposed

change of use at ground floor level from original townhouse to commercial use, currently operating as a takeaway including new access door within traditional shopfront and all associated works, retention is sought to retain the subdivision of first floor area for use as 2 no apartments. Full PERMISSION is sought to carry out alterations to accommodate same, all ancillary site works and services. RETENTION is sought to retain 2 no ground floor apartments to the rear of premises and full PERMISSION is sought to carry out alterations to accommodate same, all ancillary site works and services

181154 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for change of use at ground floor level from original townhouse to commercial use, currently, received on 17 Oct 2018; permission was refused on 6 Dec 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 181154
Local authority: Wicklow County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 17 Oct 2018
Observations close: 21 Nov 2018 (closed 2867 days ago)
Decision due: 11 Dec 2018 · decided 6 Dec 2018
Decision: Refused on 6 Dec 2018
Proposed development: change of use at ground floor level from original townhouse to commercial use, currently operating as a takeaway including new access door within traditional shopfront and all associated works, retention is sought to retain the subdivision of first floor area for use as 2 no apartments. Full PERMISSION is sought to carry out alterations to accommodate same, all ancillary site works and services. RETENTION is sought to retain 2 no ground floor apartments to the rear of premises and full PERMISSION is sought to carry out alterations to accommodate same, all ancillary site works and services
As published by the register.
Site area: 702 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 156350). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181154/0.

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