Wicklow County Council

SITE NOTICE

NOTICE OF LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

We, Cairn Homes Properties Limited, intend to apply for permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development at this site c. 9.98 ha on lands within the townlands of Blessington Demesne, Blessington, Co. Wicklow.

The application provides for amendments to the decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála (Ref .319657- 24 and Wicklow County Council Ref. 23/689) which permitted a Town Park of 10.65 ha. and c.700m of the Blessington Inner Relief Road (BIRR). The proposed development provides for revisions to the previously proposed residential development comprising 329 units and will consist of:

• 325 residential units including: o 278 two storey houses (28 no. 2-bed, 218 no. 3-bed, 32 no. 4 bed.) comprising of semidetached and terraced units o 47. No. apartments (22 no. 1 bed, 25 no. 2 bed) provided within 1 no. four-storey block.

• Car and bicycle parking spaces to include: o 534 no. car parking spaces for the houses, 53 no. spaces for the apartments. o 72 bicycle spaces for the apartments & 46 Visitor spaces across the scheme.

• 1.04 ha public open space including pocket parks and playgrounds;

• 1,290 sqm of communal open space

• Two new vehicular access off Oak Drive and one new vehicular access off the Blessington Inner Relief Road • Infrastructure works to serve the housing development to include the internal road network;

• ESB substations/switchrooms, lighting, site drainage works and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground; and

• Temporary permission for up to 3 years is also sought for the erection of three marketing signs (4.55 m high and 13.73 sqm each) and a marketing suite.

A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and is submitted with the application.

The Planning Application is available for public viewing at the following website: www.blessingtondemesnelrd2.com

The planning application and Natura Impact Statement may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Wicklow County Council during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Signed: Sybil Berne, MacCabe Durney Barnes (Agent), 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, D02YV58 Date of Erection of Site Notice: 18th July 2025