Wicklow County Council grants permission for 98-home scheme at lnchanappa South, Ashford, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 108 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,579 nationally. Of the 3,034 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 25 September 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.

amendments to the extant planning permission (Refs. WCC 21/1407 / ABP-313953-22; WCC 24/60647) for 98 residential units (82 houses, 8 apartments, 8 duplexes), the amendments will comprise revisions to the elevational treatment and materials of the permitted residential units (Unit types A – I) with associated revisions to fenestration and doors, no other changes are proposed to the permitted development as granted under Refs. WCC 21/1407 / ABP-313953-22 (as amended by Ref. WCC 24/60647) and the development will otherwise be carried out and completed in accordance with same