Planning applications · Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Planning applications in Blessington: 105 in three years, 8 large schemes
105 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centre of Blessington in the last three years, 8 of them for ten homes or more (748 units). Here they are, and what to check around a specific house.
105
planning applications within 2 km of the centre since 2023
8
of them for 10 homes or more
748
residential units in those large applications
What is being proposed in Blessington
The largest recent applications within 2 km of the centre, from the national planning register:
- 36 units, lodged 2026-08, new application (Wicklow County Council): demolition of existing boundary wall • construction of 3 no. duplex blocks, each comprising of the 6 No. 2 bedroom units and 6 No. 3 bedroom units, totalling 36 No. residential units on site • construction of communal re
- 36 units, lodged 2026-07, incompleted application (Wicklow County Council): • demolition of existing boundary wall • construction of 3 no. duplex blocks, each comprising of the 6 No. 2 bedroom units and 6 No. 3 bedroom units, totalling 36 No. residential units on site • construction of communal
- 34 units, lodged 2026-07, further information (Wicklow County Council): • 34 no. houses in a mix of terraced and semi-detached typologies, as follows, 26 no. 3-bed units; 8 no. 2-bed units; • 62 no. car parking spaces to serve the units and 6 no. visitor bicycle spaces; • C. 0.16 ha of publi
- 13 units, lodged 2026-04, further information (Wicklow County Council): housing development consisting of 13 dwelling units consisting of 6 number three storey 4 beds and 7 number two storey 3 beds with connection to services and all associated site works including roads, footpaths, boundari
- 13 units, lodged 2026-04, incompleted application (Wicklow County Council): housing development consisting of 13 dwelling units consisting of 6 number three storey 4 beds and 7 number two storey 3 beds with connection to services and all associated site works including roads, footpaths, boundari
- 278 units, lodged 2025-07, application finalised (Wicklow County Council): large-scale residential development at this site c. 9.98 ha. The application provides for amendments to the decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála (Ref .319657-24 and Wicklow County Council Ref. 23/689) which permitted a Town
A count for the whole town says how busy the planning office is. What matters for a purchase is the 300 m around the house: the field behind it, the corner site, the neighbour’s attic conversion. That is what the report lists, with the decision and the appeal status for each file.
What to check before you bid
Three things. First, permissions granted but not yet built near the house: the register shows them, the street does not. Second, whether the house itself has a planning file: an extension without permission is a title problem your solicitor has to fix before closing. Third, the zoning in the development plan for the fields around it. The report covers all three for one Eircode.
Check one house in Blessington
The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.
Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) lists every planning application within 300 m of the house with status, decision and appeal, checks the property's own planning and building-control file, and shows the zoning of the land around it.
Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.
Also for Blessington
Questions people ask
- How do I check planning applications near a house in Blessington?
- The national planning register (nationalplanningapplications.ie) maps every application since about 2010. Search the address, then look at the streets around it, not only the plot. Applications within 300 m are the ones that change your view, your light and your parking. The report lists them for the exact Eircode with status and decision.
- Is a lot being built in Blessington?
- 105 applications were lodged within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years, 8 of them for ten or more homes (748 units in total). That is an active pipeline: expect construction traffic and new estates on the edge of town.
- Does a planning application nearby affect the price?
- A granted permission for a large scheme next door can cut what a house is worth and can also mean two years of noise. It can also raise prices if it brings a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status. The report gives you that for everything within 300 m.
Sources
Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.