Downshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
268 is a planning application for extension of duration at Downshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington, received by Wicklow County Council on 9 Jan 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: section 42 - extension of appropriate period - (ABP-306425-20) 19/1020 - housing development to include (a) apartment block A (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartment, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 5 no 1 bed apartments (b) apartment block B (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 1 no 1 bed apartment (c) apartment block C (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 4 no 2 bedroom apartments and 8 no 1 bed room apartments. The total number of apartments is 58 (d) connection to main services and all associated site development works including attenuation, foul drains, surface water drains, water main roads, car parking bicycle parking, footpaths, bin storage, boundaries, and boundary treatment, public lighting, mini pillars, open space and landscaping (e) 2 no new site entrances. The council granted permission on 28 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 13 Feb 2026. Within 500 m there are 61 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
section 42 - extension of appropriate period - (ABP-306425-20) 19/1020 - housing development to include (a) apartment block A (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartment, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 5 no 1 bed apartments (b) apartment block B (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 14 no 2 bedroom apartments and 1 no 1 bed apartment (c) apartment block C (three - four storeys in height) consisting of 3 no 3 bedroom apartments, 4 no 2 bedroom apartments and 8 no 1 bed room apartments. The total number of apartments is 58 (d) connection to main services and all associated site development works including attenuation, foul drains, surface water drains, water main roads, car parking bicycle parking, footpaths, bin storage, boundaries, and boundary treatment, public lighting, mini pillars, open space and landscaping (e) 2 no new site entrances
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- Unconditional on 28 Jan 2026
- Permission expires
- 1 Apr 2028
- Site (from polygon)
- 5,610 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 9 Jan 2026New applicationObservation window closed 13 Feb 2026
- 28 Jan 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 25 Feb 2026

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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 19
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 17
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 164637). 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/268/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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