Residential land off Blessington Demesne, Blessington

Baltinglass · Wicklow

On the RZLT map (3% land tax). On the 2027 draft RZLT map

Site area: 5.41 ha (13.38 acres)
Zoning: R1
Townland: Blessington Demesne

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Why this site

On the RZLT map (3% land tax)· Residential Zoned Land Tax
On the RZLT map (3% land tax) · On the 2027 draft RZLT map · 1 Jan 2027 · source

Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)

Developers active near this site

Cairn Homes Properties Limited
2 schemes within 1 km (607 homes) · Typical scheme 157 homes, close to what your site could take
Marshall Yards Development Company Limited
1 scheme 0 km away (269 homes) · Typical scheme 130 homes, close to what your site could take
Windlynn Limited & Two Mile House Construction Limited
2 schemes within 2 km (124 homes) · Typical scheme 62 homes, smaller than your site
Wickow County Council
1 scheme 1.5 km away (106 homes) · Typical scheme 106 homes, close to what your site could take
Andrews Construction Limited
1 scheme 1.5 km away (59 homes) · Typical scheme 59 homes, smaller than your site

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Who owns it

The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.17380, -6.53393 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 on and around the site

Radius m: 250

Near

Years: 5
Total: 14

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: 0

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 (3)

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
S5	Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.	Community & Education: To provide for civic, community and educational facilities	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: Yes
Opw flood map url: https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/
Opw flood extent close: Yes
Flood close m: 100

Kinds (2)

Kind	Label	Count
radon	Radon risk area	1
smr	Recorded monument	5

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.flood_cfram, 11 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)

Source	Application id	Council	Ref	Name	Address
application	163,448	WICKLOW	23689	townlands of	Site c. 25.14 ha on lands within the townlands of , Blessington Demesne Newpaddocks and Santryhill , Blessington
application	166,050	WICKLOW	2560074	Newtown Centre/Newtown Square	Newtown Centre/Newtown Square , Blessington Demesne , Blessington
application	165,499	WICKLOW	2560521	Downshire Gardens	Downshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington Co. Wicklow
application	167,294	WICKLOW	2560928	Downshire Hotel adjoining ‘Foley’s House’ Townhouse and thei	Downshire Hotel (a Protected Structure) adjoining ‘Foley’s House’ Townhouse and their attendant grounds to rear , Main Street and Kilbride Road , Blessington
application	165,599	WICKLOW	2560548	Blessington Demesne	Blessington Demesne , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
application	166,127	WICKLOW	2460694	Blessington Demesne Blessington Co. Wicklow.	A Site of 6.05 hectares at Blessington Demesne Blessington Co. Wicklow. , The site is generally bound: to the north-east by undeveloped land and Oak Drive; t…
application	158,633	WICKLOW	201146	Blessington Demesne	Blessington Demesne , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
application	158,464	WICKLOW	20108	Kilbride Road	The Rectory , Kilbride Road , Blessington
application	156,063	WICKLOW	191020	Blessington Demesne	Blessington Demesne (off Main Street) , Blessington , Co. Wicklow

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

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m: 1,000
Stop count: 16
Facility count: 9

Stops (10)

Agency	Stop id	Name	Distance m
nta	8350B1333401	Blessington	294.2
nta	8350DB004027	Blessington	301.5
nta	8350DB004051	Blessington	312.4
nta	8350B136181	St Marys Church	318.4
nta	8350LL12097	Blessington Business Park	332.3
nta	8350DB004052	St Kevin's College	333.8
nta	835000024	Blessington Bsn Pk	338.2
nta	8350DB004024	Oak Drive	519.3
nta	8350DB004054	Oak Drive	530.4
nta	8350LL14909	Deerpark Road	684

Schools (4)

Kind	Ref	Name	Council	Distance m	Path
school_primary	20110S	S N MHUIRE SENIOR SCHOOL	WICKLOW	214.6	/school/s-n-mhuire-senior-school-20110s
school_primary	17091A	S N MUIRE	WICKLOW	350.5	/school/s-n-muire-17091a
school_postprimary	70760S	Blessington Community College	WICKLOW	536.6	/school/blessington-community-college-70760s
school_primary	06176U	BLESSINGTON 1 N S	WICKLOW	826.9	/school/blessington-1-n-s-06176u

Sources: gtfs, 11 Oct 2026; schools, 27 Sept 2026

Other sites nearby

Downshire Gardens · Permitted, not started
Residential land off Downshire Gardens, Blessington Demesne · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off The Close, Downshire Park · On the RZLT map, no permission
Mixed-use land off Main Street, Blessington · On the RZLT map, no permission
Newtown Centre/Newtown Square · Permitted, not started
Residential land off The Close, Downshire Park · On the RZLT map, no permission

Figures as of 11 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (11 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.flood_cfram (11 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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