GrantedChange of useDecided 25 September 2018

The Happy Pear, Westview, Church Road

Paving, extensions, retention of structures, and change of use to seating areas at The Happy Pear in Greystones.

18895 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 3 August 2018

Reference: 18895
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 3 August 2018

Summary

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The application seeks permission for paving, a rear extension, and various changes of use from office and residential spaces to customer seating areas. It also seeks retention for roof lights, a cold room, boundary fencing, and modified entrance gates.

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Development description

Brick paving band to front footpath to delineate the happy pear exterior seating area and the extended 3m public footpath, permission to retain the following: two roof lights to the existing pitched roofs to the rear block, single storey prefabricated cold room, (5 sqm), reinstatement of 2m high painted timber perimeter fence to the southwest site boundary, pedestrian and vehicular entrance gates to the side of the building, as modified, change of use of private exterior yard to exterior seating area for customer use (149 sqm), change of use from office to auxiliary seating area (41 sqm), change of use from residential to auxiliary seating area (22 sqm), signage to shop front, provision of external seating area and movable vegetable display units to the front of the building, single storey rear extension for fruit and vegetable store (15 sqm), amalgamation of the two original shop units located to the front of the building at ground floor

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 2, La Touche Place, Eden Rd	Feb 2026	€470,000	76 m
Apt 3, La Touche Place, Greystones	Mar 2026	€395,000	77 m
Winton House, Trafalgar Rd, Greystones	Sept 2025	€650,000	160 m
Rinneroon, Church Rd, Greystones	Sept 2025	€865,000	181 m
Site At Cashel, Hillside Road, Greystonesprice excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€1,360,000	192 m
Kinvara, Church Rd, Greystones	Nov 2025	€1,500,000	195 m
1 Burnaby Mews, Church Rd, Greystones	Sept 2025	€925,000	205 m
33 Burnaby Mews, Burnaby Lane, Greystones	Jun 2025	€510,000	213 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 received3 August 2018
Decision due27 September 2018
Decision issued25 September 2018
Grant issued7 November 2018
Permission expiry6 November 2023

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