NEARLY 15 acres of land at Brittas Bay which was zoned for a hotel and leisure facilities during the controversial drafting of the current Wicklow County Development Plan has been put up for sale with a price tag of over e4 million.
The land at Castletimon, Brittas Bay, was zoned during a meeting in July 2004 which one member of Wicklow County Council later dubbed a 'rezoning frenzy'.
The 14.77 acres of land on the Castletimon Road is less than a mile from the beach. Any development would still require planning permission but the land has been zoned for a hotel and self catering apartments, as well as varied leisure facilities.
In 2004, when the development plan was being drafted, council planners advised against the zoning, citing a nearby aquifer, stream and gravel deposits as well as the lack of water and waste water services and an inadequate road. They also pointed to a listed view and an open, exposed landscape.
The rezoning application was one of a handful to make it into the finalised county development plan. To date there has been no planning application lodged for the land.
Wicklow People
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