Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Wicklow

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

Applications
829
County
Wicklow

What the data shows

The planning register for Wicklow contains a total of 829 applications, with 617 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 88%, representing 543 granted applications, 74 refused applications, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 27%, retention at 14%, housing estates at 12%, and change of use at 11%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 87 in 2023, 68 in 2024, and 74 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

88%

of 617 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
543
Refused
74
No decision recorded
212

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

What’s being built

Extension
27%
Retention
14%
Housing estate
12%
Change of use
11%
New dwelling
10%
Alterations
9%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension99%15495%
Retention87%7890%
Change of use66%6488%
Housing estate79%6178%
New dwelling86%5982%
Alterations98%4792%
Commercial88%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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

16%

of 38 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Decision upheld
30
Upheld, conditions varied
2

6 of 38 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Wicklow

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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.