Planning register

Arklow

Planning applications inside the Arklow, Co. Wicklow settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications: 561
County: Wicklow

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Arklow contains a total of 561 applications, with recent annual lodgements showing 45 in 2023, 60 in 2024, and 64 in 2025. Since 2016, the area has a grant rate of 85% out of 441 applications, with 377 granted, 64 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 23%, retentions at 18%, changes of use at 14%, and new dwellings at 8%. Recent decisions in the area include approvals for two display buildings and four light industrial units, alongside refusals for a two-storey apartment building, a single-storey detached house, layout changes reducing apartment units, and two semi-detached houses.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Grant rate

85%

of 441 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 377
Refused: 64
No decision recorded: 120

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

Extension: 23%
Retention: 18%
Change of use: 14%
New dwelling: 8%
Commercial: 8%
Infrastructure: 7%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Arklow

Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.