90 Houses Approved For Rathnew

It’s going to get busy…

n application for 90 residential units in Rathnew has been given the thumbs up by Wicklow County Council.

Situated at Rossana Lower and Newrath, the applicant is Karla Clarke, the planner Patrice Ryan.

With neighbouring Newtown being almost as busy as Greystones and Delgany when it comes to new estates, given its location, Rathnew is clearly on developers’ radar.

Here’s the lowdown on application #211195…

90 no. residential units (64 no. houses and 26 no. duplexes) and childcare facility of 196 sq.m together with all associated site development works including estate roads, footpaths, car parking, bins & bicycle storage, boundary treatment, services infrastructure including water mains, foul sewerage, surface water sewerage and on-site attenuation tanks. The proposed development includes for measures to upgrade and realign the Newcastle Road (R761) which will provide for turning lanes at the entrance to the proposed development and Wicklow County Campus (Clermont) and new uncontrolled pedestrian crossing. A sloped landscaped area located between the existing Clermont demesne wall and the new road realignment is proposed, and a partial demolition of Clermont demesne wall to facilitate the proposed realignment. A new two-way shared pedestrian / cyclist path is proposed along the western side of the proposed realignment from the site entrance to the roundabout junction at the Rathnew Relief road. A new surface water open drain is proposed from the proposed development along the western side of the proposed new public footpath / cycle lane which is then piped further south under the proposed realigned Newcastle Road (R761) to connect into the existing surface water main near the roundabout junction along the Rathnew Relief Road. Water main and foul sewerage connections are proposed into the existing public mains in the vicinity. The proposed foul sewerage will be piped under the Newcastle Road (R761) up to the existing pubic sewer on Tighe Avenue (R772).

You can check out the application on Wicklow Planning here, case #211195, the conditions for approval here, and objections here.