Wicklow County Council refuses permission for 95-home scheme at Ballyraine Upper, Arklow, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 113 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 16 January 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Wicklow County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

95 dwellings comprising 71 no. semi-detached and terrace houses with 2,3 and 4 bedrooms together with 24 apartments in 6 blocks and Creche. The development includes provision of open spaces, roads, footpaths, connection to services and all associated ancillary site development works