Wicklow County Council grants permission for 88-home scheme at Ballybeg, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 107 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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 7 July 2025. 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.

development comprising total of 15,717 square metres of light industrial and warehouse floorspace, to include ancillary office floorspace, plus a creche (271 sq. m), a cafe (175 sq. m) and 1,037 sq. metres of office floorspace and 88 dwellings – 15no. 4 bedroom, 53 no. 3 bedroom and 20no.1 and 2 bedroom. The development includes on site car and bicycle parking, the provision of services, landscaping proposals (including SUDS), provision of roads, ancillary site development works and a new vehicular entrance to the R772. All on a site of 7.45 hectares