Downshire Gardens
Downshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington · Blessington Demesne · Baltinglass · Wicklow
14 homes permitted, not started. 14 homes granted 09 Dec 2025, expires 08 Dec 2030
- Site area
- 0.56 ha (1.38 acres)
- Zoning
- M2
- Homes permitted
- 14, permission to 8 Dec 2030
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
- 2560521 · Permitted, not started · 14 homes · granted 9 Dec 2025 · expires 8 Dec 2030
- 268 · unconditional · lodged 9 Jan 2026
- 2560482 · n/a · lodged 1 Jul 2025
- 2460694 · conditional · 269 homes · lodged 8 Nov 2024
- 20362 · conditional · 93 homes · lodged 14 Apr 2020
- 191020 · conditional · lodged 17 Sept 2019
- 19994 · n/a · lodged 9 Sept 2019
- 171167 · n/a · lodged 26 Sept 2017
- 171116 · refused · lodged 13 Sept 2017
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
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Questions about Downshire Gardens
- When does the planning permission at Downshire Gardens expire?
- Its planning permission 2560521 for 14 homes, granted 9 Dec 2025, expires on 8 Dec 2030.
- Has building started at Downshire Gardens?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2560521.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.17331, -6.53197 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.
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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full
Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 17
Appeals
- Total
- 1
- Tagged
- 0
Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 11 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 1
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Deadline kind | Deadline at | Days left | Summary | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | permission_expiry | 8 Dec 2030 | 1,518 | Permission 2560521 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | signal |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 12 Oct 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Available
- Yes
- On site
- Yes
- Note
- This land is on the council's draft map for the vacant land tax; the final map decides whether it is due.
Zones (2)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Objective text | Plan id | Valid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M2 | Major town centre | The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments. | Town Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including residential, retail, commercial, office and civic use. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2025 |
| R1 | New residential | Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit… | New Residential: To provide for new residential development and supporting facilities during the lifetime of the plan. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2025 |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Flood close m
- 100
Kinds (2)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| radon | Radon risk area | 1 |
| smr | Recorded monument | 1 |
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 9
- Homes
- 1,137
- Started
- 688
- Sites started
- 5
- Unbuilt
- 414
- Sites unbuilt
- 3
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Appealed
- 35
- Sites appealed
- 1
- Started pct
- 61
- Not started
- 414
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Sites (9)
Applicants (1)
| Name | Sites | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Cairn Homes Properties Limited | 1 | 329 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 11 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 16
- Facility count
- 10
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8350B1333401 | Blessington | 184 |
| nta | 8350DB004027 | Blessington | 193.4 |
| nta | 8350DB004052 | St Kevin's College | 211.4 |
| nta | 8350DB004051 | Blessington | 235.5 |
| nta | 8350B136181 | St Marys Church | 242.3 |
| nta | 8350LL12097 | Blessington Business Park | 303.6 |
| nta | 835000024 | Blessington Bsn Pk | 317.1 |
| nta | 8350DB004024 | Oak Drive | 439.5 |
| nta | 8350DB004054 | Oak Drive | 455.8 |
| nta | 8350DB007251 | Old Ballymore Road | 684.1 |
Schools (4)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 20110S | S N MHUIRE SENIOR SCHOOL | WICKLOW | 97.8 | /school/s-n-mhuire-senior-school-20110s |
| school_primary | 17091A | S N MUIRE | WICKLOW | 210.8 | /school/s-n-muire-17091a |
| school_postprimary | 70760S | Blessington Community College | WICKLOW | 601.4 | /school/blessington-community-college-70760s |
| school_primary | 06176U | BLESSINGTON 1 N S | WICKLOW | 957.9 | /school/blessington-1-n-s-06176u |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off Downshire Gardens, Blessington Demesne · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Mixed-use land off Main Street, Blessington · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Blessington Demesne, Blessington · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Mixed-use land off The Rectory, Kilbride Road · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off The Close, Downshire Park · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Newtown Centre/Newtown Square · Permitted, not started
Figures as of 11 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (11 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (12 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (12 Oct 2026); npad (12 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).
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