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

In context

It is one of 114 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,621 nationally. Of the 3,063 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to Wicklow County Council until 28 October 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

How to make a submission

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 the permitted development as per WCC grant Ref 25/60554 at Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow for the following: • Revised residential numbers from 87 no. units to 80 no. units (4 No. 1-bed, 14 No. 2-bed, 57 No. 3-bed, 5 No. 4-bed) • Revision from 175 No. car parking spaces to 173 No. car parking spaces • Revision to site boundary • Revision of location to associated refuse store for Creche building • Revisions to associated Refuse & Bicycle stores for residential units; hard and soft landscaping; communal open space; boundary treatments; and all associated site and development works above and below ground at lands in Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow