RefusedCommercialDecided 1 October 2019

Bogall Road & Southern Cross Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

Development of an enterprise and employment park with three main buildings and a new estate road in Bray.

19872 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 9 August 2019

Reference: 19872
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 9 August 2019

Summary

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This project involves removing disused carparks at the former Schering Plough site to build an enterprise and employment park. It will feature a three-storey landmark office building, a single-storey enterprise building with 10 units, and a logistics building with 5 units. Infrastructure works include a new estate through road connecting Boghall Road and Southern Cross Road with upgraded signalised junctions.

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Storeys: 3

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Development description

Removal of existing disused carparks and hard surfaced areas associated with the former schering plough site, realignment / upgrading of existing access road to provide a new estate through road, with shared foot / cycle path, and connect boghall road and southern cross road; provision of a new signalised junction on southern cross road and upgrading works, inclusive of a new signalised junction and new pedestrian crossing facilities at the existing junction with boghall road, construction of an enterprise and employment park consisting of the following elements: 1 no 3 storey contemporary landmark office building (block k: 3509 sqm) comprising 3 no individual office suites varying in size from 875-1250 sqm and shared ground floor lobby (134 sqm) fronting on the southern cross road to the south and the proposed estate through road to the east, 1 no single storey enterprise building (block h; 2684 sqm) consisting of 10 no enterprise / incubator units varying in size from 260-324.6 sqm, 1 no single storey logistics / distribution building (block g 4373 sqm) consisting of 5 no individual units varying in size from 544.1
1042.7 sqm with additional office space (58.3 sqm) at mezzanine level, 1 no single storey storage / logistics / distribution building (block f: 1064 sqm), with ancillary office spaces (58.3 sqm) at ground floor and mezzanine level and 1 no singe storey service station (block j 467 sqm) inclusive of forecourt convenience shop (99.5 sqm retail area), carwash facility, 2 no café / restaurant concession areas, toilets and ancillary staff area. The employment park will be serviced by 295 no vehicular parking spaces and 100 no bicycle parking spaces and associated site dev works include construction of 1 no single storey esb substation (25 sqm), provision of signage posts including 6 no wayfinding signposts (2.1m x 1.8m) to be located within the employment park, 1 no totem sign post at boghall road (2m x 7.5m) and 2 no totem sign posts at southern cross road (1 no 2m x 7.5m & 1 no 1.6m x 9m), tree planting, hard / soft landscaping and all associated boundary works, provision of street lighting, suds drainage infrastructure and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
233 Belmont, Southern Cross Rd, Bray	Feb 2025	€525,000	86 m
203 Belmont, Bray, Wicklow	Oct 2025	€440,000	101 m
15 Oak Glen Park, Southern Cross Rd, Bray	Jul 2025	€663,000	114 m
27 New Bentley Park, Bray, Wicklow	Feb 2025	€471,000	193 m
70 Mountain View Dr, Boghall Rd, Bray	Jan 2026	€532,500	196 m
3 Hollybrook Park, Southern Cross Route, Bray	Feb 2025	€520,000	223 m
111 Mountain View Dr, Bray, Wicklow	Jan 2025	€550,000	258 m
2 New Bentley Park, Bray, Wicklow	Jun 2025	€523,000	292 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 received9 August 2019
Decision due3 October 2019
Decision issued1 October 2019
Appeal submitted29 October 2019
Appeal decided15 June 2020
Permission expiry14 June 2025

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