Wicklow County Council grants permission for 87-home scheme at Broomhall Rathnew, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 108 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 23 January 2026. 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.

construction of 87 No. residential units (20 No. 1-bed, 12 No. 2-bed, 50 No. 3-bed and 5 No. 4-bed) as houses and duplexes/maisonettes and a crèche (160 sq m). The proposed development will range in height from 2 No. to 3 No. storeys. The proposed development also includes: a sports pitch with club house (70 sq m); internal road network; 175 No. car parking spaces; 2 No. drop-off spaces; cycle parking and stores; bin stores; ESB sub-station; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; public lighting; PV panels; and all associated site and development works above and below ground