Application to An Bord Pleanala for a ten year permission for a Strategic Housing Development for the construction of…

Application details

Planning reference

SH201801

Council

Wicklow County Council

Proposal description

Application to An Bord Pleanala for a ten year permission for a Strategic Housing Development for the construction of 267 no residential units, 5 no retail units, 4 no office units, a childcare facility, an innovation hub facility including adjacent civic space, internal roads, car parking, pedestrian and cycle paths, public open space and all associated site and infrastructural works to facilitate connection to all public services. The 267 res units will contain 30 4 bed semi detached houses (type A), 7 no 4 bed detached houses (type B), 66 no 3 bed end terraced houses (type C), 38 no 3 bed mid terraced houses (type D & D1), 29 3 bed townhouses (type E), 18 3 bed semi detached houses (type F) 5 no 2 bed bungalows (type G), 42 2 bed duplex apartments (type H1), 42 no 3 bed duplex houses (type H2). The housing units will be 2 to 3 storeys in height and the duplex / apartment buildings will be 3 storeys in height. The 4 no office and 5 no retail units are proposed in 2 no 2 storey buildings fronting onto Main Street, Kilcoole with a GFA of 905 sqm and 785 sqm respectively. The associated site and infrastructural works include foul and surface water drainage, attenuation tanks 602 no car parking spaces consisting of 501 no spaces for residential units and 101 no spaces to serve the proposed retail and office units, the childcare facility, innovation hub facility and to replace an existing car park on site, public open space, bicycle parking and bin storage, landscaping, street lighting, walls, railings and fences. The proposal includes upgrades / improvements to Main Street to facilitate the 2 main vehicular access points and upgrades / improvements to Ferm Lane to tie in with the permitted development to the south which requires the carrying out of works on local authority lands and which will be carried out through agreement with the local authority. The app contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consisting with the objectives of the WCDP 16 - 22 & Greystones & Kilcoole LAP 13 - 19

Location / address

Bullford, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

11 Sept 2018

Council decision

REFUSED

Council decision date

14 Dec 2018