GrantedApartmentsDecided 13 January 2021

St. Helena Cottage & No. 1 Bow Lane, Church Road, Greystones

Demolition of a cottage to build three apartments, and conversion of an adjacent cottage to retail and residential use.

20593 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 23 June 2020

Reference: 20593
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 23 June 2020
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 1 m²

Summary

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The project involves demolishing a single-storey dwelling to build a three-storey building with three apartments. It also includes modifying St. Helena Cottage to change its ground floor to retail, adding a first-floor apartment, and constructing extensions within an Architectural Conservation Area.

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Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of existing single storey dwelling of 44.28sqm gfa at no. 1 bow lane and construction of a 3-storey building comprising of 3 no. 1 bedroom apartments each of circa 48.25sqm gfa. And modifications to st. Helena cottage comprising of demolition of existing entrance porch, change of use from residential to retail (ground floor only), provision of a new entrance and internal stairway to access new 2 bedroom first floor apartment 86.5sqm gfa, construction of a glazed lean-to entrance area to nw face of buildings; provision of ground floor extension with balcony over to side of existing rear extension, provision of accessible entrance door in lieu of rear ground floor window, provision of rooflight to rear roof and other fenestration, provision of new first floor rooms to front of building with provision of 2 no. Dormer windows to front roof, various substantial internal alterations throughout and all associated site works including a new vehicular entrance and new pedestrian entrance off bow lane and provision of cycle/storage building to rear and removal /relocation of portions of front boundary wall to provide forecourt area (the site is located in an architectural conservation area)

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Burnaby Mews, Church Rd, Greystones	Sept 2025	€925,000	111 m
Arranmore, Killincarrick Rd, Greystones	Feb 2025	€1,145,000	130 m
Dunboy, Burnaby Rd, Greystones	Apr 2025	€2,175,000	171 m
33 Burnaby Mews, Burnaby Lane, Greystones	Jun 2025	€510,000	191 m
Apt 2, La Touche Place, Eden Rd	Feb 2026	€470,000	199 m
Apt 3, La Touche Place, Greystones	Mar 2026	€395,000	205 m
Site At Cashel, Hillside Road, Greystonesprice excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€1,360,000	246 m
Winton House, Trafalgar Rd, Greystones	Sept 2025	€650,000	257 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 received23 June 2020
Further information requested14 August 2020
Further information received15 December 2020
Decision due20 January 2021
Decision issued13 January 2021
Grant issued16 February 2021
Permission expiry15 February 2026

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