Awaiting decisionRetention

Hempstown, Blessington, Co. Wicklow

Retention of a house and a commercial yard with offices, storage, and truck parking in Blessington.

18107 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 5 February 2018

Reference: 18107
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: RETENTION
Received: 5 February 2018
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 247.8 m²

Summary

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Retention is sought for a single-storey private dwelling and a commercial yard. The commercial elements include a prefab office building, a general store/maintenance building, truck parking, and a 2.4-metre-high steel perimeter fence. Permission is also sought to relocate a septic tank and complete an entrance to the N81.

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Storey: 1

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Development description

Single storey private dwelling with on site treatment system and all ancillary works. Retention permission of existing yard for commercial purposes that includes (a) prefab building '1' used as office in conjunction with applicants work base that includes the installation and maintenance of wastewater treatment systems - trading as bluestream waste water services (b) retention of existing septic tank serving existing office (c) existing building '2' which is used as a general store and also for the maintenance of trucks / vans and general farm machinery (d) yard for parking of trucks owned by the father of applicant required for his haulage business - which is not connected to existing yard (e) 2,400 m high steel fence around perimeter of existing yard. (3) permission sought to relocate septic tank servicing family home of applicant from its present location to adjoining land within the boundaries of the family home landholding (4) permission sought to complete existing entrance to n81 serving family home and yard of applicant in accordance with that granted under planning reg ref 17/123 together with all ancillary works

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Address	Date	Price	Distance
Edens Arch, Tinode, Blessington	Oct 2025	€676,000	269 m

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Application received5 February 2018

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