Site c. 25.14 ha on lands within the townlands of , Blessington Demesne Newpaddocks and Santryhill , Blessington
Baltinglass · Wicklow
329 homes permitted, not started. 329 homes granted 12 Apr 2024, expires 21 Aug 2030
- Site area
- 26.36 ha (65.15 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Homes permitted
- 329, permission to 21 Aug 2030
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
Permission granted to Cairn Homes Properties Limited · 329 homes · see all 41 of their schemes →
- 23689 · Permitted, not started · 329 homes · granted 12 Apr 2024 · expires 21 Aug 2030
- 2561059 · n/a · lodged 22 Dec 2025
- 2560929 · n/a · lodged 17 Nov 2025
- 2560894 · n/a · lodged 6 Nov 2025
- 2560548 · conditional · 278 homes · lodged 18 Jul 2025
- 2560090 · refused · 69 homes · lodged 14 Feb 2025
- 2360021 · conditional · lodged 28 Apr 2023
- 221191 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 11 Nov 2022
- 221175 · conditional · lodged 7 Nov 2022
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Questions about Site c. 25.14 ha on lands within the townlands of , Blessington Demesne Newpaddocks and Santryhill , Blessington
- When does the planning permission at site c. 25.14 ha on lands within the townlands of , Blessington Demesne Newpaddocks and Santryhill , Blessington expire?
- Its planning permission 23689 for 329 homes, granted 12 Apr 2024, expires on 21 Aug 2030.
- Has building started at site c. 25.14 ha on lands within the townlands of , Blessington Demesne Newpaddocks and Santryhill , Blessington?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 23689.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.17704, -6.53882 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
- Total
- 4
- Years
- 5
Appeals
- Total
- 4
- 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, 13 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 12 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Count
- 1
- Radius m
- 250
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Basis | Summary | Days left | Deadline at | Deadline kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | signal | Permission 23689 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | 1,408 | 21 Aug 2030 | permission_expiry |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 13 Oct 2026; moderngov, 13 Oct 2026; npad, 13 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Note
- This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes.
- On site
- Yes
- Available
- Yes
Zones (20)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Plan id | Valid to | Fetched at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 | Economic development and employment | Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| C2.1 | Economic development and employment | Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G1 | Open space with recreation | Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G3 | High amenity | Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G3 | High amenity | Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G3 | High amenity | Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G3 | High amenity | Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G3 | High amenity | Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G3 | High amenity | Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| G4 | Open space | Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| M3 | Neighbourhood centre | A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| M5 | Mixed use — outer core | A mix of uses complementing a town centre, with less retail and residential than the core itself. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| 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… | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| 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… | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| 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… | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| 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… | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| S5 | Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs. | WI-001:LAP:blessington-local-area-plan | 28 Jul 2031 | 27 Sept 2026 |
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
- Buffer m
- 50
- Available
- Yes
- Flood close m
- 100
- Opw flood map url
- https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/
- Opw flood extent close
- Yes
- Opw flood extent nearby
- Yes
Kinds (3)
| Kind | Count | Label |
|---|---|---|
| epa_licence | 1 | EPA-licensed facility |
| radon | 1 | Radon risk area |
| smr | 6 | Recorded monument |
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.epa_licence, 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
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Totals
- Homes
- 1,137
- Sites
- 9
- Started
- 688
- Unbuilt
- 414
- Appealed
- 35
- Not started
- 414
- Started pct
- 61
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites started
- 5
- Sites unbuilt
- 3
- Sites appealed
- 1
Sites (9)
| Council | Lat | LEA | Lon | Ref | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WICKLOW | 53.18 | Baltinglass | -6.54 | 23689 | townlands of |
| WICKLOW | 53.17 | Baltinglass | -6.53 | 2560074 | Newtown Centre/Newtown Square |
| WICKLOW | 53.17 | Baltinglass | -6.53 | 2560521 | Downshire Gardens |
| WICKLOW | 53.17 | Baltinglass | -6.53 | 2560928 | Downshire Hotel adjoining ‘Foley’s House’ Townhouse and thei |
| WICKLOW | 53.18 | Baltinglass | -6.54 | 2560548 | Blessington Demesne |
| WICKLOW | 53.17 | Baltinglass | -6.53 | 2460694 | Blessington Demesne Blessington Co. Wicklow. |
| WICKLOW | 53.18 | Baltinglass | -6.54 | 201146 | Blessington Demesne |
| WICKLOW | 53.17 | Baltinglass | -6.53 | 20108 | Kilbride Road |
| WICKLOW | 53.17 | Baltinglass | -6.53 | 191020 | Blessington Demesne |
Applicants (1)
| Name | Homes | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Cairn Homes Properties Limited | 329 | 1 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 13 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 15
- Facility count
- 9
Stops (10)
| Name | Agency | Stop id | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessington Bsn Pk | nta | 835000024 | 571.5 |
| Blessington Business Park | nta | 8350LL12097 | 584.4 |
| Deerpark Road | nta | 8350LL14909 | 689.8 |
| Deerpark Road | nta | 8350LL14908 | 694.1 |
| St Kevin's College | nta | 8350DB004052 | 750 |
| Blessington | nta | 8350B1333401 | 779.8 |
| Blessington | nta | 8350DB004051 | 786.5 |
| Blessington | nta | 8350DB004027 | 786.6 |
| St Marys Church | nta | 8350B136181 | 791.6 |
| Oak Drive | nta | 8350DB004054 | 798.9 |
Schools (4)
| Council | Ref | Kind | Name | Path | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WICKLOW | 06176U | school_primary | BLESSINGTON 1 N S | /school/blessington-1-n-s-06176u | 340.9 |
| WICKLOW | 20110S | school_primary | S N MHUIRE SENIOR SCHOOL | /school/s-n-mhuire-senior-school-20110s | 652.5 |
| WICKLOW | 70760S | school_postprimary | Blessington Community College | /school/blessington-community-college-70760s | 751.3 |
| WICKLOW | 17091A | school_primary | S N MUIRE | /school/s-n-muire-17091a | 827.7 |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off Blessington Demesne, Blessington · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Blessington Demesne, Blessington · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Blessington Demesne, Blessington · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Blessington Demesne, Blessington · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Woodleigh Grove, Blessington · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Blessington Demesne, Blessington · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
Figures as of 11 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (12 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.epa_licence (27 Sept 2026); constraints.flood_cfram (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (13 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (13 Oct 2026); npad (13 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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