Permission for the erection of five detached single storey pods each of which would accommodate a studio style holiday…

Application details

Planning reference

2460585

Council

Wicklow County Council

Proposal description

Permission for the erection of five detached single storey pods each of which would accommodate a studio style holiday dwelling containing a bedroom, kitchenette and toilet with shower and wash-hand basin, to be clad in timber and metallic sheeting and covered with a mono-pitch roof. A single metallic sheeting and covered with a mono-pitch roof sauna. These units would be served by individual soakpits and a gully, a communal wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, a new well for potable water purposes, a vehicular driveway with five car parking bays therein and all site works including landscaping and the formation of clay banks. This development is to be accessed via and entrance and driveway which was permitted by the Council under reg. 2225 and which has already been constructed. This development contravenes condition 6 of permission reg. 2225 (which states that ‘Existing shrub and tree vegetation…shall be retained, particularly along the entire roadside boundary’ to the degree that many trees were lost during violent storms in the year 2023 and the present application seeks to provide replenishment planting through a wholly new landscaping scheme, which forms part of this current submission and associate works

Location / address

Ballinastoe, Roundwood, Bray

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

25 Sept 2024

Council status

APPLICATION FINALISED

Council decision

REFUSED

Council decision date

18 Nov 2024

Appeal lodged

9 Dec 2024

Appeal decision

Refuse Permission

Appeal decision date

7 Apr 2025