In accordance with Article 81A(2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended (Section 179A) and the Planning and Development Regulations 2023 (as amended), Wicklow County Council has concluded from a screening pursuant to the provisions of article 81A(5) that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and that an Environmental Impact Assessment is not required.
Pursuant to the provisions of article 81A(6), Wicklow County Council has carried out a screening for appropriate assessment of the proposed development to assess, in view of best scientific knowledge, if the development, individually or in combination with other plans or projects, would be likely to have a significant effect on a European site.
Accordingly, Wicklow County Council has determined that the proposed development
would not be likely to have a significant effect on a European site.
Plans and particulars of the proposed development, including the determinations under 81A(5)and (6) may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, and at the offices of the Housing Authority at Wicklow County Council, County Buildings, Station Road, Wicklow during public opening hours Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays and are on display at Greystones Municipal District (Wicklow Co. Co.) Civic Offices, Mill Road, Greystones, Co. Wicklow during public opening hours Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays for a period between Wednesday 31st May 2023 and Thursday 27th July 2023.
A person may question the validity of any decision of the planning authority by way of an application for judicial review under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts, in accordance with sections 50 and 50A of the Act within the period of 8 weeks from the date of the site notice/newspaper notice.
Further information generally is available by contacting the Housing Directorate
Wicklow County Council, directly on 0404 20120. Details of the Section 179A proposal
will also be available on www.wicklow.ie.