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: 800
County: Wicklow

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Wicklow contains 800 total applications, with recent lodgements showing 87 in 2023, 68 in 2024, and 73 in 2025. Out of 602 applications that were granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, the area has an 88% grant rate, consisting of 530 granted, 72 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 27%, retention at 14%, housing estates at 11%, and change of use at 11%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include a new housing development of 22 dwelling units, a design revision to a permitted creche to include 2 staff accommodation units, and various extensions to existing dwellings.

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

88%

of 602 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 530
Refused: 72
No decision recorded: 198

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

What’s being built

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

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	99%	156	95%
Retention	87%	79	90%
Change of use	65%	62	88%
Housing estate	80%	59	78%
New dwelling	86%	59	81%
Alterations	98%	46	92%
Commercial	89%	35	88%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Recently lodged in Wicklow

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.