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.
- 579
- inside the settlement boundary
- Wicklow
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
86%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 129
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 385 |
| Refused | 65 |
| No decision recorded | 129 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 129 | 24% |
| Retention | 95 | 17% |
| Change of use | 76 | 14% |
| Commercial | 45 | 8% |
| New dwelling | 43 | 8% |
| Infrastructure | 38 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 94% | 96 | 95% |
| Retention | 85% | 67 | 90% |
| Change of use | 82% | 62 | 88% |
| Commercial | 85% | 34 | 88% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 58 |
| 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 50 |
| 2020 | 65 |
| 2021 | 44 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2023 | 45 |
| 2024 | 60 |
| 2025 | 64 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 | 28 | 80% |
| 2017 | 43 | 38 | 88% |
| 2018 | 46 | 42 | 91% |
| 2019 | 37 | 34 | 92% |
| 2020 | 46 | 41 | 89% |
| 2021 | 39 | 35 | 90% |
| 2022 | 51 | 40 | 78% |
| 2023 | 43 | 34 | 79% |
| 2024 | 35 | 33 | 94% |
| 2025 | 52 | 45 | 87% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.