Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedApartmentsDecided 18 March 2025

Riverside Apartments, Main Street, Arklow Co. Wicklow

Extension and reconfiguration of an apartment building to add five new units.

2460611 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 7 October 2024

Reference
2460611
Authority
Wicklow County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
7 October 2024

Summary

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The project involves the reorganisation, subdivision, and extension of an existing 25-unit apartment scheme to provide 5 additional units, bringing the total to 30. Works include a third-floor extension onto a communal terrace, elevational changes, and reorganising the roof to a flat roof.

Apartmentsapartmentsextensionurban
Residential units
5

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Official record

Development description

The reorganisation, subdivision and extension of the existing apartment scheme and units, to provide an additional 5 no. Apartment units, increasing the total no. Of apartments in the building from 25 no. To 30 no. Apartments. The existing unit mix includes 3 no. 1 bed apartments, 21 no. 2 bed apartments and 1 no. 3 bed apartments and the proposed amendments would facilitate a unit mix of 10 no. 1 bed apartments, 20 no. 2 bed apartments. The proposal includes an extension to the third-floor setback on the northern elevation, into what is currently a communal roof terrace; reconfiguration of the existing units on the north eastern corner of the site on the first, second and third floor levels; a reconfiguration of apartment no. 321 on the southern elevation; associated elevation changes; private and communal open space provision; reorganisation of the existing roof level to provide a flat roof; additional cycle parking facilities; hard and soft landscaping and all associated site development works above and below ground

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Apartment A, 6a Main Street, ArklowMar 2025€10,00057 m
4 St Marys Court, Arklow, WicklowFeb 2025€225,000192 m
9 St Marys Court, Arklow, WicklowMar 2025€215,000192 m
10 St Marys Court, St Marys Rd, Arklownot full market priceJan 2025€130,000192 m
1 Belfry Court, Martins Lane, ArklowMar 2026€250,000263 m
29b Abbey Lane, Arklow, Co WicklowMar 2025€36,000282 m
Apt 8, Townville, St Marys RdAug 2025€230,000286 m
Apt 1, 2 Manifolds Lane, ArklowMay 2025€127,500295 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

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  1. Application received7 October 2024
  2. Further information requested28 November 2024
  3. Further information received20 February 2025
  4. Decision due19 March 2025
  5. Decision issued18 March 2025
  6. Grant issued1 August 2025
  7. Appeal submitted11 April 2025
  8. Appeal decided1 August 2025
  9. Permission expiry31 July 2030

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