Room For 14 More In Delgany Central?

Beechwood House THURS8AUG24

t’s been a while since we’ve reported on the never-ending planning shenanigans happening up in Delgany, largely because that golden goose has long been well and truly cooked.

Just about every field and old house with a slither of land around it has had the diggers in, clearing out hedges and trees, making access and planning that little bit easier.

The latest being the Acres family’s long-vacant home, Greenslopes, just across from Delgany National School.

And now, Wicklow Planning have today revealed the cunning plans for the Somers place, opposite Farrelly’s Butchers on the main drag.

The mighty Beechwood House is closest to the road, with a second dwelling at the back that once housed the notorious McKay clan, whilst heading on beyond the barn brought you to the cottage of Pixie Taylor, a Somers’ relative.

In all, it’s quite a bit of land, especially considering that it’s right in the heart of town. Which may explain why B. & M. Somers put together an application for 14 homes.

Application no.24332 reads…

the development of 14no. residential units comprising of alterations & extensions to Beechwood House in order to provide 3no. residential units, alterations & extensions to the existing Coach House to provide 1no. residential unit, alterations & extensions to the Beechwood Lodge to provide 1no. residential unit and associated garage/store, the construction of 9no. additional residential units in the Architectural Conservation Area of Delgany, all together with associated site works.

Received by Wicklow Planning on August 2nd, today they marked the Somers application invalid. And so, B. agus M. will have to go back to the drawing board and apply again.

You can glimpse Beechwood and its residents in Delgany snow of ’82 video here.

It’ll be interesting to see what Delgany looks like when all the money has been counted up and all this concrete fairy dust finally settles…