Wicklow County Campus, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
Development of an enterprise hub including office conversions, a new two-storey office building, and conference centre.
191378 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 27 November 2019
- Reference
- 191378
- Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 27 November 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves converting a courtyard cottage, school block, and chapel into offices and a conference centre. It also includes the demolition of redundant outbuildings to construct a new two-storey office building with a roof-mounted solar array and a new wastewater pumping station.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
Enterprise hub which will consist of alteration and refurbishment of the courtyard cottage and conversion to office use. Alterations include formation of additional window openings and enclosing the carriage arch to create a new stairwell, upgrading of the courtyard storage outbuildings including reslating and improvements to the roof structure, demolition of redundant farm outbuildings to the north of the courtyard to facilitate construction of new 2 storey office building with main entrance to the enterprise hub, roof mounted pv solar array and link element to the refurbished courtyard office, associated services, set down bay, accessible car parking, e car parking posts, hard and soft landscaping, refurbishment of section of former dormitory 2nd floor level of the school block and conversion to office use, alterations and refurbishment of former school chapel and conversion to conference centre, new foul effluent pumping station to serve wicklow county campus with rising main to the public sewer
Built & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown North, Rathnew, Co Wicklow | Mar 2026 | €645,000 | 352 m |
| 6 Woodside, Rathnew, Wicklow | Mar 2025 | €372,500 | 452 m |
| 14 Charvey Court, Rathnew, Wicklow | Dec 2025 | €360,000 | 472 m |
| 14 Charvey Court, Rathnew, Wicklow | Dec 2025 | €600,000 | 472 m |
| 15 Charvey Court, Rathnew, Wicklow | Mar 2025 | €373,000 | 475 m |
| 28 St Ernan, Ballybeg, Rathnewprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €290,749 | 475 m |
| 2 Woodside, Rathnew, Wicklow | May 2026 | €350,000 | 488 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received27 November 2019
- Decision due30 January 2020
- Decision issued3 February 2020
- Grant issued5 March 2020
- Permission expiry4 March 2025
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