Blessington Demesne, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Approved in Feb 2023. Built and signed off.
- 11 Nov 2022Received
- 12 Jan 2023Conditional
- 16 Feb 2023Final approval
- 9 May 2023Building started
- 31 May 2024Signed off
- Status
- Building started
- Decision
- Conditional · 12 Jan 2023
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Units
- 1
- Site
- 11.51 ha
What’s proposed
development 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
Planning details
- Reference
- 221191
- Local authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 11 Nov 2022
- Decision due
- 14 Jan 2023 · decided 12 Jan 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 12 Jan 2023
- Site area
- 11.51 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 2 · 500 m · 12 months
- Granted34 Deerpark Walk , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- GrantedDownshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington
- CommencedBlessington Demesne , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- GrantedDownshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington Co. Wicklow
- WithdrawnDownshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington
- Appeal decidedNewtown Centre/Newtown Square , Blessington Demesne , Blessington
- CommencedA Site of 6.05 hectares at Blessington Demesne Blessington Co. Wicklow. , The site is generally bound: to the north-east by undeveloped land and Oak Drive; to the south-east by Saint Mary's Senior National School Cocoon Childcare and Newtown Centre (
- WithdrawnA Site of 6.05 hectares at Blessington Demesne Blessington Co. Wicklow. , The site is generally bound: to the north-east by undeveloped land and Oak Drive; to the south-east by Saint Mary's Senior National School Cocoon Childcare and Newtown Centre (
- GrantedBlessington Community College Naas Rd , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- Appeal decidedSite c. 25.14 ha on lands within the townlands of , Blessington Demesne Newpaddocks and Santryhill , Blessington
- Granted7 The Grove , Downshire Park , Blessington
- CommencedDlessington Demesne , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- Commenced42 Deerpark Walk , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- Granted17 Deerpark Walk , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- GrantedBlessington Demesne , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- Granted10 The Dale , Downshire Park , Blessington
- WithdrawnBlessington Demesne , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- Granted46 Deerpark Walk , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
Homes nearby
- For saleTorcaill Wood, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
- For saleBallycomyn, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
- For sale3 The Dale, Downshire Park, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, W91 T996
- For sale13 Woodleigh Way, Woodleigh, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, W91 AE42
- For sale38 Woodleigh Way, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, W91 DY76
- For sale22 Woodleigh Park, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, W91 C520
Building started
- 20 Nov 2025 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0013407WW
- 9 May 2023 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0008436WW
Zoning
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.
Protections nearby 250 m
Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗
- EPA-licensed facility · 1
- Recorded monument · 12
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 | open |
Summary
221191 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for development will consist of amendments to the granted permission PA.Reg.Ref.20/1146., received on 11 Nov 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 12 Jan 2023.