LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT - (a)Construction of 352 no. residential units (b) The proposed development will…

Application details

Planning reference

2360219

Council

Wicklow County Council

Proposal description

LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT - (a)Construction of 352 no. residential units (b) The proposed development will connect to the Tinakilly Park residential development and Rathnew Village via a new section of the Rathnew Inner Relief Road. The proposed road will join the constructed/under construction elements permitted under WCC Ref. 17/219/ ABP Ref. PL27.301261 and amended under WCC Ref. 22/837 to the south with a section of the link road to the northwest of the site at the R761 roundabout in Rathnew granted under WCC Ref. 21/1333. This includes all associated vehicular and pedestrian access, carriageways, paths and junctions. (c) No proposed works to Tinakilly Country House Hotel (a protected structure Reference No. 25-15) save for works to close the western portion of Tinakilly avenue to vehicular traffic and the provision of a new vehicular entrance and gates along the eastern portion of Tinakilly Avenue off the Rathnew Inner Relief Road to facilitate access to Tinakilly House and other properties to the east of the site accessed from Tinakilly Avenue. (d) All associated site development works, service provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of esb substations, bin stores, bicycle stores, car parking, public lighting, landscaping, open space, and boundary treatment works. (e) The planning application is accompanies by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement. The application site is generally bounded to the north by greenfield lands, to the east by Tinakilly Country House Hotel (which is a Protected Structure RPS No. 25-15), to the west/southwest by commercial development, the R750 Wicklow – Rathnew Road and Rathnew Village; and to the south by the Tinakilly Park residential development currently under construction.

Location / address

Site of c.16.8ha , at Tinakilly , Rathnew

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

14 Aug 2023

Council status

APPLICATION FINALISED

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

2 Feb 2024

Appeal lodged

8 May 2025

Appeal decision

Grant permission with revised conditions

Appeal decision date

22 Aug 2025

Planning timeline

Key dated milestones from the council planning record and An Coimisiún Pleanála appeal records.

1. Application received

   14 Aug 2023

2. Decision: CONDITIONAL

   2 Feb 2024

3. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   26 Feb 2024Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

4. Appeal decision: Refuse Permission

   2 Aug 2024Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

5. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   8 May 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

6. Appeal decision: Grant permission with revised conditions

   22 Aug 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case