Wicklow County Council

Site Notice

We, Cairn Homes Properties Limited, intend to apply for permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development at this site c. 25.14 ha on lands within the townlands of Blessington Demesne, Newpaddocks and Santryhill, Blessington, Co. Wicklow.

The proposed development will consist of:

• 329 residential units including:

➢ 270 two storey houses (28 no. 2-bed, 218 no. 3-bed, 24 no. 4 bed.) comprising of semi-detached and terraced units

➢ 47 no. apartments (22 no. 1 bed, 25 no. 2 bed) provided within 1 no. four-storey block.

➢ 12 no. duplex units within 1 no. three-storey blocks (6 no. 2 bed and 6 no. 3 bed units).

• Car and bicycle parking spaces to include:

➢ 518 no. car parking spaces for the houses, 54 no. spaces for the apartments and 22 no. spaces for the duplex units.

➢ 167 bicycle spaces for the duplex units and for the apartments.

• 10.65 ha Town Park;

• 1.041 ha public open space including pocket parks and playgrounds;

• 1,514 sqm of communal open space (1,290 sqm at apartments, 224 sqm at duplex units);

• Two new vehicular access off Oak Drive and one new vehicular access off the Blessington Inner Relief Road

• infrastructure works to serve the housing development to include the internal road network;

• ESB substations/switchrooms, lighting, site drainage works and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground; and

• temporary permission for up to 3 years is also sought for the erection of three marketing signs (4.55 m high and 13.73 sqm each) and a marketing suite.

The development will also include:

• The extension of the Blessington Inner Relief Road (approx. 700m long) from the existing 4-arm roundabout at Blessington Demesne Lands, running north west of Blessington Business Park, and north of the Woodleigh residential area to a new four-arm roundabout junction on the N81 Dublin Road. The new roundabout will consolidate existing junctions with Holyvalley, Doran’s Pit and the Roadstone quarry site.

• A new junction will be provided to the Roadstone Quarry Access Road north of the road’s alignment.

• The scheme will comprise a two-lane single carriageway road with cycle lanes and footpaths, landscaping and drainage works (including attenuation ponds & Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)); road signage and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground.

An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and are submitted with the application.

The Planning Application is available for public viewing at the following website: www.blessingtondemesnelrd.com

The planning application, Natura Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Assessment Report may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Wicklow County Council during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.