Ballinastoe, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow

proposed change of use (removal of planning condition no.2 of Planning Ref. No. 04/376) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons, retention of partial conversion of garage to home office and gym ancillary to existing dwelling, and retention of balcony to rear of dwelling

change of plan and elevations for the National Mountain Bike Trail Head Building permitted under pl reg no 23303, the remaining permitted development remains unchanged

permission for the erection of five detached single storey pods each of which would accommodate a studio style holiday dwelling containing a bedroom, kitchenette and toilet with shower and wash-hand basin, to be clad in timber and metallic sheeting and covered with a mono-pitch roof. A single metallic sheeting and covered with a mono-pitch roof sauna. These units would be served by individual soakpits and a gully, a communal wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, a new well for potable water purposes, a vehicular driveway with five car parking bays therein and all site works including landscaping and the formation of clay banks. This development is to be accessed via and entrance and driveway which was permitted by the Council under reg. 2225 and which has already been constructed. This development contravenes condition 6 of permission reg. 2225 (which states that ‘Existing shrub and tree vegetation…shall be retained, particularly along the entire roadside boundary’ to the degree that many trees were lost during violent storms in the year 2023 and the present application seeks to provide replenishment planting through a wholly new landscaping scheme, which forms part of this current submission and associate works

the construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road and associate works

retention permission for car port to front of existing dwelling as built, roofed outdoor patio area as built and associate works

single storey national mountain bike trail head building consisting of a café, bike hire facility, toilets, ancillary spaces, new wastewater treatment system, new car park area, bore well, bike wash area, alterations to public road side landscaping to replace the existing road side carparking with new boundary fence and soft landscaping and all associated site works