GrantedChange of useDecided 25 June 2024

No. 2 Main Street, Bray, Wicklow

Conversion of a vacant retail and office building in Bray into a 17-bedroom guest house.

2360453 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 27 November 2023

Reference: 2360453
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 27 November 2023

Summary

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The application seeks a change of use for a vacant 458 sqm building on Main Street to establish a tourism guest house with 17 guest bedrooms. The works will include ground and first-floor rear extensions, interior renovations, altered windows, and an amended external fire escape stairs.

Change of usetourismguest housetown centre

Storeys: 3
Floor area: 512 m²

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Development description

Change of use for the conversion of an existing vacant building of 458 sqm comprising of a ground floor retail unit, and a first & second floor office / commercial unit to a proposed tourism guest house accommodation of 17 guest bedrooms over the ground, first and second floors; with an entrance area and guest lounge at ground floor, interior renovations and revised layout to the existing building, new window opes and altered fenestration to existing elevations, with a new first floor rear extension of 27 sqm, a new second floor rear extension of 27 sqm, an altered and amended external fire escape stairs to the rear, and associated landscape and drainage works

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 1, 4 Quinsborough Road, Bray	Jun 2025	€230,000	42 m
3 Church Terrace, Bray, Wicklow	Mar 2025	€333,250	86 m
3 Fatima Terrace, Bray, Wicklow	May 2025	€600,000	139 m
4 Florence Rd, Bray, Wicklow	Apr 2025	€500,000	142 m
8 Eglinton Road, Bray, Co Wicklow	Jun 2026	€1,400,000	169 m
Apt 1, The Mill, The Maltings	Dec 2025	€386,000	191 m
1a Novara Avenue, Bray	Jan 2026	€235,000	196 m
Columcille, Novara Ave, Bray	Aug 2025	€65,000	202 m

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Application received27 November 2023
Further information requested25 January 2024
Further information received6 June 2024
Decision due3 July 2024
Decision issued25 June 2024
Grant issued30 July 2024
Permission expiry29 July 2029

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