Wicklow County Council refuses 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 1,573 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 6 August 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.

revisions to permitted development as per WCC grant Ref 25/60554 at Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow: • omission of Creche building and associated car parking, drop off spaces & Refuse & Bicycle stores• revised residential numbers from 87 no. units to 83 no. units (4 No. 1-bed, 15 No. 2-bed, 59 No. 3-bed, 5 No. 4-bed) • revision from 175 No. car parking spaces to 174 No. car parking spaces • revisions to associated Refuse & Bicycle stores; hard and soft landscaping; communal open space; boundary treatments; and all associated site and development works above and below ground