97-home scheme proposed at Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 107 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

housing development of 97 dwelling units consisting of 18 semi-detached dwellings, 58 terraced dwellings, 20 apartments, 1 detached dwelling, with connection to services and all associated works including roads, footpaths, boundaries and boundary treatments, public lighting, open spaces and landscaping, attenuation system, entrance through existing development at Brookfield Park. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement