GrantedCommercialDecided 4 August 2021

Site Adjacent Esplanade Hotel, Strand Road, Bray

Construction of a new four-storey, 32-bedroom hotel with three apartments in Bray.

201159 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 17 November 2020

Reference: 201159
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 November 2020

Summary

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The development consists of a new four-storey building containing a 32-bedroom hotel, three apartments on the third floor, and a ground-floor restaurant/café. It includes semi-basement parking and the demolition of a single-storey commercial building and a two-storey residential building adjacent to the protected Esplanade Hotel.

Commercialhotelapartmentsdemolitionprotected structure

Residential units: 3
Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

New 4 storey, 32 bedroom hotel, including three number apartments at third floor level, restaurant/café at ground floor level, semi-basement parking for 8 number vehicles and associated siteworks, together with permission for demolition of single storey commercial building to the front of the site and two storey residential building at the rear of site (esplanade hotel - protected structure)

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Chez Nous, Convent Ave, Bray	Aug 2025	€725,000	82 m
Apt 1 - Martello Manor, Strand Road, Bray	Feb 2025	€342,000	129 m
Apartment 27, Strand View Apartments, Strand Road	Apr 2026	€520,000	179 m
Apt.8 - Strand View, Strand Road, Bray	Mar 2026	€515,000	179 m
Apt 26 Strand View, Strand Road, Bray	Sept 2025	€525,000	179 m
12 Goldsmith Terrace, Quinsborough Rd, Bray	May 2026	€710,000	179 m
72b Realt Na Mara, Meath Road, Bray	Jun 2026	€565,000	192 m
Montebello, Strand Rd, Bray Wicklow	Jul 2025	€1,295,000	212 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

Timeline

Application received17 November 2020
Further information requested18 January 2021
Further information received16 July 2021
Decision due12 August 2021
Decision issued4 August 2021
Grant issued23 September 2021
Permission expiry22 September 2026

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