Ashford’s Main Street Gets Pimped

Here comes rubble…

ith more and more housing developments circling its village centre, Ashford is about to get a few residential units right on its main street.

And the developer behind these 24 residential units and 1 retail space at Mount Usher View is about to file for some changes.

Which tends to be a developer’s wont, once they’ve got their initial planning approval. Still, after what feels like forever, be good to see these buildings finally up on their feet.

Pre-validation application 2460757 on Wicklow Planning’s website reads…

We, Always Try Your Best limited, intend to apply for planning permission for Proposed Modifications to Mix-use development that was previously granted under substitute consent application, permitted under (ABP-312283-21) (Planning Ref. No. 081704) consisting of 24 residential units, 1 Retail space at Mount Usher View, Main Street, Ashford, Co. Wicklow Previously granted development permitted under (ABP-312283-21) (Planning Ref. No. 081704) consisted of : Blocks A & B consisting of 9 no. 2.5 storey terraced houses with retail (total 528 sqm below) are to pad or first floor plate level only; • Blocks C and D consisting of 11 no. 3 storey terraced houses with ground floor offices are complete; • Block E consisting of 2 no. 2.5 storey semi-detached houses is complete to roof level but not weather tight. Vehicular access to the site is from two points on the northern and southern corners of the site from Mount Alto Road (L1096). Site services have been installed, or lands cleared for that purpose over an area of approx. 0.93 ha. to facilitate ancillary site development works that will be completed in accordance with Reg. Ref. 081704. The current application seeks modifications to the Blocks A & B of the previously granted permission WCC Ref. No. 081704 (ABP312283-21) that comprised of 9 no. 2.5-storey terraced houses with retail (total 528 sqm below) are to pad or first floor plate level only. No modifications to Block C , D & E . The Mix-use development will now include 2 no. retail units and 1 community library and 53 no. residential units in total (i.e. 38 no. residential units in 3 no. Blocks A, B, B1 and As-granted 15 no. residential units in Block C, D & E). The proposed modifications include: Demolition of the existing partly constructed built structures (indicated as Block A and B in as-granted); Construction of NEW BLOCK A (4 STOREY): Consisting of 1 no. commercial retail unit on the lower ground floor accessed from the street level , 1 no. commercial retail unit and 1 no. community library on the Upper Ground Floor accessed from public stairs, podium lift and 8 no.1 bed residential units over the first, second floors over podium accessed by private staircases. […] NOTE: Full details cannot be included due to character limits. Please refer to the Site Notice or Newspaper Notice for the complete description.

Bejiggers, that’s a lot of changes. So many, in fact, that they can’t all fit on the Wicklow Planning website, apparently. Damn you, internet! If only you had unlimited space!! Like, eh, newspapers.

Filed on December 2nd, you can find out more about the Mount Usher View pre-validation over on the planning site here, reference number 2460757.