Planning Approved For 341 Homes On Bray Seafront

I can see your Sea Gardens from here…

ith their original plans for 591 homes first published in August 2021, Ballymore Group subsidiary Shankill Property Investments Limited has been granted planning for 341 residential units on the former Bray Golf Club grounds.

The Sea Gardens development will include a 150-room hotel, a public house, retail units, childcare facilities, 532 car parking spaces, 1,003 bicycle parking spaces and open spaces.

Amongst those who had objected to the development were the Dargle Area Residents Association, Cllr Joe Behan and the Bray Retailers’ Group, with one of the arguments being that such building would be premature in advance of the finalising of the Green Luas line extension to Bray.

Planning application no.2560207 reads…

Mixed-use development comprising 341 no. residential units, commercial spaces (total gross floor area c. 10,778 sq.m), retail/retail services spaces (total gross floor area c. 8,155 sq.m), car and bicycle parking for residents and visitors, open spaces and associated supporting development infrastructure. The residential component will consist of: (i) 94 no. terraced houses (2-3 storeys in height) comprising 62 no. 3-bedrooms and 32 no. 4-bedrooms; all houses are provided with private open space, internal storage space, and refuse storage. (ii) 106 no. duplex own-door units (2-3 storeys in height) comprising 53 no. 2-bedrooms located at ground level and 53 no. 3-bedrooms at the upper floor level; all duplex own-door units are provided with private open space, internal storage space, and refuse storage. (iii) 109 no. apartments in Block E (3-15 storeys in height) consisting of 9 no. 1-bedroom, 83 no. 2-bedrooms, 9 no. 3-bedrooms and 8 no. 4-bedrooms and residential amenity spaces (c. 602 sq.m); all apartments are provided with balconies or terraces, internal storage space, and refuse storage within 1 no. internal refuse storage area on the undercroft floor level; (iv) 32 no. apartments in Block H (3-4 storeys in height) consisting of 18 no. 1-bedroom, 12 no. 2-bedrooms and 2 no. 3-bedrooms; all apartments are provided with balconies or terraces, internal storage space, and refuse storage within 2 no. internal refuse storage areas on the ground floor level; The commercial and retail/retail services component will consist of: (i) Block E comprising 1 no. public house (c. 804 sq.m), 2 no. retail units (combined c. 908 sq.m); (ii) Block G (1-2 storeys in height) comprising 3 no. retail units (total gross floor area c. 2,550 sq.m); (iii) Block H comprising 1 no. medical centre (c. 706 sq.m), 1 no. childcare facility (c. 762 sq.m), and 1 no. retail unit (c. 94 sq.m); and (iv) Block I (3-7 storeys in height) comprising 1 no. hotel of 150 no. rooms (c. 10,016 sq.m) with associated wellbeing centre and pool (c. 1,169 sq.m), wedding-function venue (c. 633 sq.m), rooftop restaurant (c. 883 sq.m), and 1 no. retail unit (c. 408 sq.m). In addition, the proposed development will also comprise the provision of supporting and ancillary infrastructure, including 532 car parking spaces, 1,003 bicycle parking spaces, open spaces, and all associated ancillary site works.

The development is situated on land zoned Objective A in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2022-2028, which aims to ‘provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities‘.

You can read conditions for the planning approval in the decision letter from Wicklow County Council here and explore Sea Gardens here.