Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedCommercialDecided 14 November 2023

Conways field Naas Road Baltinglass Road and the Old Ballymore Road, Blessington, Co Wicklow

Construction of a supermarket, a public park, a café, and a retail unit in Blessington.

2360307 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 25 September 2023

Reference
2360307
Authority
Wicklow County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
25 September 2023

Summary

AI-generated

The development comprises a single-storey supermarket with first-floor staff facilities, surface parking, EV charging, and signage. It also includes a public park, a café building with an additional retail unit below, and a new linking footpath.

Commercialsupermarketcafeparkretail
Storeys
2

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

The construction of supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales area, primarily in a single storey structure with a first-floor area for staff facilities. Provision of surface level car parking spaces, including electrical vehicle (ev) charging spaces and pre-wiring other spaces to accommodate future ev parking; cycle stands; trolley shelter; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments including retaining structures throughout the development; esb substation building; site lighting; external mechanical plant area; bin store; roof mounted photovoltaic panels; all advertising signage including a “flagpole” style advertising sign at the proposed vehicle entrance on the naas road. Construction of a public park and café building with a further retail unit (two storey structure) below the café facing on to the proposed car park. The public park area extends north across the proposed entrance to the development to take in a treed, green area along boundary with the naas road the development includes all site engineering works, drainage, water supply and suds works. Construction of a new footpath linking the baltinglass road and the old ballymore road and works to existing footpaths to tie into the proposed development the application is accompanied by a natura impact statement.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
7 Rockypool Villas, Blessington, WicklowJul 2025€242,00081 m
6a - Rockypool Villas, Blessington, WicklowDec 2025€262,50085 m
6b - Rockypool Villas, Blessington, WicklowDec 2025€265,00085 m
6b - Rockypool Villas, Blessington, WicklowApr 2026€275,00085 m
7b Rockypool Villas, Blessington, WicklowNov 2025€280,00091 m
10 Beechdale Way, Blessington, WicklowDec 2025€412,000117 m
1 Rockypool Gardens, Blessington, WicklowMar 2025€397,000130 m
12 Beechdale Close, Blessington, Co WicklowSept 2025€485,000159 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

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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  1. Application received25 September 2023
  2. Decision due19 November 2023
  3. Decision issued14 November 2023

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