Site start · Co. Wicklow
Newtown Mount Kennedy, Wicklow
Site start 27 Sep 2024
Archived record
This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 10 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
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What and where
5-year permission for a LRD
a 5-year permission for a LRD comprising amendments to the previously permitted application (WCC Reg Ref 06/6101/ ABP Reg. Ref. PL27.227704 extended by WCC Reg. Ref. 18/381). The proposed development comprises: (a) An increase of 6 no. residential units to the overall number of residential units permitted under (WCC Reg. Ref. 06/6101 / ABP Reg, Ref. PL27.227704 extended by WCC reg. Ref. 18/381 and further amendment application WCC Reg. Ref. 17/1735, WCC Reg. Ref. 17/740 and WCC Reg. Ref. 22/556) now providing a total of 751 residential units. (b) Amending Estate 4 from previously permitted 85 no. houses, and creche to provide 87 no. dwellings. (c) Amending Estate 6 from previously permitted 83 no. apartments, 5 commercial units and 3 community units to 48 no. dwellings. (d) Amending Estate 8 from previously permitted 36 no. houses to 75 no. dwellings. (e) Re-location of the childcare facility previously permitted in Estate 4 to the Community and Educational zoned lands, and the re-design of same from previously permitted c. 249.03 m² to c. 655 m². (f) Re-location of 3 no. community rooms (totalling c. 400 m²) previously permitted in Estate 6 and the provision of 1 no. two-storey community facility (c. 400 m²) on the Community and Educational zoned land. (g) The total provision of 514 no. car parking spaces to include 24 no. EV spaces and 145 no. bicycle parking spaces. (h) Minor amendments to internal residential access roads and cyclist/pedestrian paths within the amended Estates 4, 6 and 8. (i) Minor amendments to the previously permitted open space to now provide c. 9,218 m² Public Open Space & c. 1,226 m² Communal Open Space. (j) All associated site development works to include services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of 3 no. substations, bin stores, bicycle stores, car parking, public lighting, landscaping, open space and boundary treatment works.
- Location
- Newtown Mount Kennedy, Co. Wicklow Map
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning reference
- 24154
- Applicant
- Gilkerry Ventures Ltd
- Agent
- DRES Developments Ltd
- Builder
- DRES Developments Ltd
Key facts
- Floor area
- 24,189 m²
- Project type
- Infrastructure
- Site start
- 27 Sep 2024
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 24154 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
- From the planning documentsRead from Engineering Planning Report in the council's file.
- Unit mix
- 87 houses, 48 dwellings, 75 dwellings
- Site area
- 7.7 ha
- Applicant
- Gilkerry Ventures Limited
- Phasing
- single phase
- Scope
- Proposed amendments to a previously permitted residential development increasing total units to 751, with changes to Estates 4, 6, and 8, relocation of childcare facility, and minor infrastructure amendments.
- Landscaping
- “provision of public open space and communal open space”
- Groundworks
- “all associated site development works including services provision and drainage works”
- Rainwater
- “surface water drainage design with SuDS techniques including permeable paving, swales, rain gardens, green roofs, and attenuation pond”
- Wastewater
- “foul network integration with existing infrastructure”
How we know this
From the Wicklow County Council planning register, as last seen on 10 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 27 Sep 2024Work started · phase 1 · Estate 6 - 16 Residential Housing Units
- 27 Sep 2024Work started · phase 2 · Estate 8 - 75 Residential Housing Units
- 31 Mar 2025Work started · phase 3 · New creche building and ancillary works
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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