Planning Permission Ireland

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
574
County
Wicklow

What the data shows

The planning register for Arklow contains 574 total applications, with 446 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 86%, representing 382 granted, 64 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 23%, retentions at 17%, changes of use at 14%, and commercial developments at 8%. Recently lodged applications show a yearly progression, with 45 in 2023, 60 in 2024, and 64 in 2025.

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

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

86%

of 446 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
382
Refused
64
No decision recorded
128

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

What’s being built

Extension
23%
Retention
17%
Change of use
14%
Commercial
8%
New dwelling
8%
Infrastructure
7%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Arklow, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension94%9595%
Retention86%7190%
Change of use82%6088%
Commercial85%3388%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Categories with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Arklow

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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.