Blessington Demesne, Blessington, Co. Wicklow

Nursing care home and residential development comprising (a) nursing care home (4 no storeys of 120 no bedspaces (c7428 sqm) along with 60 no car parking spaces (at undercroft and basement level c2477 sqm), open space and all associated residential care facilities (b) construction of 77 no dwellings comprising 29 no 2 storey houses (10 no 2 bedroom houses (house type e) and 19 no 3 bedroom houses (house types c, d & f), and 48 no apartments / duplex apartments as follows: block a & d, 3 storeys comprising 30 no apartments (15 no 2 bedroom apartments in each building), blocks b & c, 3 storeys comprising 12 no apartments (2 no 2 bedroom apartments and 4 no 3 bedroom apartments in each building), blocks e & f, 3 storeys comprising 6 apartments (3 no 2 bedroom apartments in each building), all apartment units to have balcony or terrace, (c) hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting) and open space (boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments, regarding / reprofiling of site where required along with bicycle / bin stores and 100 no car parking spaces for dwellings (d) vehicular access from the west (from blessington inner relief road (birr) and south west along link road between the birr and main street with pedestrian accesses as well as works to roundabout and provision of road crossings (e) surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems as well as connection to water supply, drainage, (f) all ancillary site development / construction works

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.

1. Application received25 February 2020
2. Further information requested11 June 2020
3. Further information received31 July 2020
4. Decision due12 October 2020
5. Decision issued8 October 2020
6. Appeal submitted3 November 2020
7. Appeal decided27 January 2022
8. Permission expiry26 January 2027

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