GrantedCommercialDecided 6 March 2018

Tesco Stores, Whitegates, Wickow Town

Demolition of the existing Tesco supermarket and construction of a new two-storey commercial development with a public plaza.

1822 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 11 January 2018

Reference: 1822
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Received: 11 January 2018

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of all existing structures on site, including the 2,656 sqm Tesco supermarket. In its place, a new two-storey commercial development of approximately 6,874 sqm will be built, featuring a retail unit, a cafe, a public plaza, and 405 ground-floor car parking spaces.

Commercialsupermarketretaildemolitionplaza

Storeys: 2
Floor area: 6,874 m²

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Development description

Demolition of all existing structures on site (including the tesco supermarket of 2,656sqm gross) and construction of a commercial development having a gross floor area of c. 6,874sqm. The development comprises: (i) a separate high quality public plaza of 2,369sqm linked into recently upgraded pedestrian routes/facilities located to the north west of the proposed store (ii) construction of a two storey structure incorporating an atrium and car parking at grade and a retail area at first floor level. The retail unit will have a gross retail area of c. 4,994sqm (c. 3,498sqm net retail area) including alcohol sales area at first floor level with staff facilities at mezzanine level (c. 374sqm) (iii) a service yard at first floor level with marshalling area (c. 558sqm) (iv) a cafe (c. 134sqm) at first floor level (v) circulation space to include an atrium at grade (vi) 405 no. Car parking spaces to be provided at ground floor level (vii) the provision of a new 'service only' access from church hill road to access the service yard (viii) the development necessitates a revised road layout at the junction of dublin road and church hill road including the provision of a new roundabout that will link church hill road to the dublin road (ix) provision of customer access by way of a signalised junction onto the dublin road (to replace the existing priority controlled access) and alterations to the road layout on dublin road, church hill road and station road to improve vehicular and pedestrian safety (x) an ancillary sub-station, signage (including 1 no. Double sided internally illuminated totem sign), chp unit and ancillary plant

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
28 Bromley Court, Glebemount, Wicklow Town	Oct 2025	€495,000	184 m
30 Bromley Court, Glebemount, Wicklow Town	May 2026	€600,000	189 m
1 Westmount Court, Wicklow, Wicklow	Feb 2025	€485,000	190 m
3 Wentworth Grove, Wicklow Grove, Wicklow	Nov 2025	€635,000	253 m
20 Bromley Court, Glebemount, Wicklow Town	Dec 2025	€527,500	256 m
1 Fernhill Court, Wicklow, Wicklow	Feb 2025	€370,000	264 m
18 Glebemount, Wicklow, Wicklow	Dec 2025	€425,000	273 m
15 Glebemount, Wicklow, Wicklow	Jan 2025	€475,000	294 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

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Application received11 January 2018
Decision due7 March 2018
Decision issued6 March 2018
Permission expiry15 April 2023

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