Planning Refused For Homes In Blessington.

An application for 69 homes in Blessington has been refused over a lack of information provided regarding the completion of the Blessington Town Inner Relief Road.

An application for 69 homes in Blessington has been refused over a lack of information provided regarding the completion of the Blessington Town Inner Relief Road. In making their decision, the local authority also noted that housing targets for Blessington have already been exceeded.

Kelland Homes Ltd applied to Wicklow County Council for the construction of the residential dwellings at Santryhill, Blessington, comprising 35 terraced houses, with a mix of two, four and five-bedroom homes, and three duplex blocks containing 17 two-bed apartments and 17 three-bed duplex units. PV solar panels were to be fitted on the roofs of all the buildings. Planning was also sought for 132 car parking spaces and 92 bicycle spaces. The application required full completion of the Blessington Town Inner Relief Road to be in place before the proposed development could connect to the local public road network. The planning section of Wicklow County Council noted that, while the development is reliant on the completion of the Blessington Inner Relief Road, no targeted date for commencement was provided as part of the planning application details, and therefore to allow this development would be premature, and would result in substandard development, whichmay give rise to a traffic hazard.