Fassaroe and Monastery , Bray , County Wicklow
A large-scale residential development (LRD) which will consist of 650 no. residential units comprising 254 no. houses and 396 no. apartments; road link (2.4km) connecting N11 to Ballyman road (with westerly connection to Ballyman road already in place); pedestrian / cycle route including bridge across the N11 to Dargle Road Upper; 13.5 ha of district park / active open space; 6 no. pocket park areas comprising a total of 0.43ha.; 0.25 ha communal open space; 775sq.m approx. crèche with capacity for approx. 143 no. childcare spaces; retail unit / café kiosk (118.6sq.m.) in district park; neighbourhood centre phase 1 comprising 934.3 sq.m. retail / commercial and 143.3 sq.m. café; demolition of an existing dwelling at Berryfield lane; undergrounding, diversion and associated site development works of 2 No. 38kV overhead lines (the Fassaroe-Little Bray 38kV single circuit from a point on the southern side of Ballyman Glen to the ESB Fassaroe substation, and the Fassaroe-Bray 38kV single circuit from the start of Berryfield Lane (eastern end) to the ESB Fassaroe substation); undergrounding, diversion and associated site development works of 2 No. 110 kV overhead lines (the Fassaroe – Carrickmines East 110kV and Fassaroe –Carrickmines West 110kV from a point to the south of Ballyman Glen to the existing Fassaroe ESB substation); water supply, foul and surface water drainage proposals including connection to existing Uisce Éireann water mains at Thornhill Road roundabout, connection to the existing Uisce Éireann foul sewerage network at the eastern side of Fassaroe and provision of a new foul sewer on Berryfield Lane; remediation of 5 no. historic landfill sites; and temporary marketing signage for the proposed development, an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Nutura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed…
The application
- Reference
- 2660979 · full record
- Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Units
- 248
- Floor area
- 17,052 m²
- Received
- 4 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 7 Jan 2027
The council’s feed cuts this description short. The full text and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660979/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660979at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Wicklow County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 9 Dec 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Wicklow County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 New residential | New Residential - R-HD: To provide for new residential development and supporting facilities during the lifetime of the plan - Residential High Density | bray municipal district local area plan 2018 | 10 Jun 2018 → 23 Oct 2028 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Wicklow County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wicklow County Council development plan zoning | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site within 100 m
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660815 | Refused | 29 Oct 2026 | 1 | 420 m | new dwelling , Garage, a new well, a proposed new secondary treatment system and percolation area to current EPA guidelines, a new vehicular entrance , connection to services where possible and all associated site works. |
| 2460053 | Conditional | 26 Mar 2024 | 402 m | the refurbishment, extension and alteration to the dwelling house and the provision of a new wastewater treatment system and associated site works | |
| D21A/0103 | Refuse permission | 3 Mar 2022 | 376 m | Permission for development. The development will consist of |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324300 | Withdrawn | 27 May 2026 | 0 m | |
| 313314 | Other | 15 Jul 2025 | 0 m | |
| 316711 | Other | 1 Nov 2023 | 0 m |
If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.
What has happened on this file
- 4 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 9 Dec 2026
- 4 Nov 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.