GrantedHousing estateDecided 5 July 2022

Cookstown, Cookstown Road, Enniskerry

Construction of 74 houses and 10 sheltered housing units with a new vehicular access and open space.

211533 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 20 December 2021

Reference: 211533
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 20 December 2021
Residential units: 84
Floor area: 11557.7 m²

Summary

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The development consists of 74 two-storey houses ranging from two to five bedrooms, alongside 10 single-storey sheltered housing units. The project includes a new vehicular access from Cookstown Road, 159 parking spaces, a pumping station, and a large open space area.

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Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of the construction of 74 no. Dwellings and 10 no. Voluntary/sheltered housing dwellings as follows: (a) 74 dwellings comprising 4 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses (semi-detached), 26 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses (semi-detached), 30 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey houses (semi-detached & detached) & 14 no. 5 bedroom houses (semi-detached & detached); (b) 10 no. Single storey 2 bedroom sheltered housing dwellings (semi-detached); (c) open space along southern boundary of c. 0.93 hectares [with pedestrian connections to boundary to ‘lover’s leap lane’ to the south and to boundary to the east and west], hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting) and open space (including boundary treatment); (d) vehicular access (including construction access) from the cookstown road from a new junction; (e) all ancillary development works including footpaths landscaping boundary treatments, lighting, public, private open space areas, car parking (159 no spaces) and bicycle parking, single storey esb substations, regrading/re-profiling of site where required and all ancillary site development/construction works and provision of underground local pumping station to irish water specifications; (f) surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems as well as connection to water supply and provision of foul drainage infrastructure. (g) 3 no. Temporary (for 3 years) marketing signage structures [2 no. At the proposed entrance and 1 no. At the junction of the r760 and the cookstown road] and a single storey temporary (for 3 years) marketing suite (c. 81 sq. M) within site; (h) provision of footpath/public lighting to powerscourt national school pedestrian entrance and lighting from powerscourt national school entrance to the junction of the r7630 along southern side of cookstown road

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
9 Silver Vale, Cookstown Road, Enniskerryprice excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€1,138,211	92 m
3 The Magnolia, Silver Vale, Cookstown Roadprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€837,005	128 m
12 The Wisteria, Silver Vale Cookstown Road, Enniskerryprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€854,626	137 m
14 Dargle Demesne, Enniskerryprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€1,563,877	159 m
15 Dargle Demesne, Cookstown, Enniskerryprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€1,229,075	179 m
16 Dargle Demesne, Enniskerryprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€1,365,638	182 m
14 Enniskerry Demesne, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow	Dec 2025	€1,775,000	186 m
21 Dargle Demesne, Enniskerryprice excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€1,140,969	187 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 received20 December 2021
Further information requested21 February 2022
Further information received9 June 2022
Decision due6 July 2022
Decision issued5 July 2022
Grant issued2 January 2024
Appeal submitted2 August 2022
Permission expiry1 January 2029

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