Local Electoral Area · Wicklow County Council

Construction leads in Wicklow

411 planning applications and commencement notices in Wicklow in the last twelve months, across 15 electoral divisions. 368 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Wicklow planning register and the national building control register.

411
Leads, 12 months
368
On site now
€430m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in Wicklow, on the map

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Top trades in Wicklow

The work the last twelve months of filings call for, by trade.

Electrical
291 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
284 leads
Masonry & Blockwork
283 leads
Plumbing & Heating
282 leads
Roofing
278 leads
Flooring
272 leads
Painting & Decorating
272 leads
Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining
272 leads

The housing stock in Wicklow

11,263 households in Census 2022, set against the national figure (the dark tick). Older homes on oil and solid fuel are where retrofit demand sits.

Age and occupancy

Built before 198036.1%Ireland 41.7%
Built before 19197.4%Ireland 8.6%
Built 2011 or later15.8%Ireland 7.9%
Vacant homes5.3%Ireland 7.7%
Holiday homes2.2%Ireland 3.2%

Central heating fuel

Oil51.1%Ireland 40.9%
Mains gas22.1%Ireland 34.5%
LPG0.8%Ireland 0.7%
Electric15%Ireland 12.4%
Solid fuel (coal, peat, wood)7.3%Ireland 9.4%
Other fuel2.3%Ireland 1%
No central heating1.4%Ireland 1.2%
Renewable energy source41.5%Ireland 25.7%

Tenure

Owner occupied74.2%Ireland 68.9%
Private rented11.7%Ireland 18.8%
Social rented12.1%Ireland 10.4%
Pobal deprivation score
+0.84

Relative affluence above the national average (0). A household-weighted mean of Electoral Division scores. Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022, CC BY 4.0.

Source: CSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Shares are rolled up from each electoral division, weighted by households (dwellings for vacancy).

Recent planning applications in Wicklow

  1. Prospect Lower, Newcastle, Co Wicklow
    4 agriculture sheds as built, 3 containers as built, canteen building as built, concrete areas and associate works
    Lodged
    2660900Received 7 Oct 2026Decision due 1 Dec 2026
  2. Unit 2 Block 2, Springmount Square Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow
    change of use of part of the approved commercial area (156 sq.m) to an off-licence use (40 sq.m) for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises…
    Lodged
    2660894Received 6 Oct 2026Decision due 30 Nov 2026
  3. Rear of 1 & 2 Knockfin, Glendalough, Laragh Co. Wicklow
    planning permission on behalf of our client Martha O’Neill for an increase in number of houses previously granted under Reference Number 25/60387…
    Closed
    2660890Received 5 Oct 2026
  4. Rathnew GAA Club, Seaview Heights, Merrymeeting Rathnew Co. Wicklow
    Erect an 18m high telecommunications monopole structure carrying antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment all enclosed by security fencing
    Lodged
    2660879Received 1 Oct 2026Decision due 25 Nov 2026
  5. No. 1 Ballinalea, Ashford
    dwelling as constructed
    Lodged
    26204Received 30 Sept 2026Decision due 24 Nov 2026
  6. Ballard, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow
    construction of a single storey extension to the front and side of the existing house, changes to all elevations…
    Lodged
    2660872Received 30 Sept 2026Decision due 24 Nov 2026
  7. Dunbar Road, Dunbar Lower, Wicklow Town
    section 42 - extension of appropriate period – 21/798 erect a two-storey dwelling…
    Lodged
    26203Received 29 Sept 2026Decision due 23 Nov 2026
  8. Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
    revisions to the permitted development as per WCC grant Ref 25/60554 at Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow for the following…
    Lodged
    2660869Received 28 Sept 2026Decision due 22 Nov 2026
  9. Tinakilly, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
    for a Large- Scale Residential Development, comprising amendments to a previously permitted Large-Scale Residential Development (WCC Ref. 2360219 and ACP Ref…
    Lodged
    2660866Received 25 Sept 2026Decision due 19 Nov 2026
  10. Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
    revisions to the permitted development as per WCC grant Ref 25/60554 at Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow for the following…
    Closed
    2660860Received 24 Sept 2026
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Who is building in Wicklow

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

  1. 1Rockfield New Homes Springmount Ltd10 applications
  2. 2Cedarbrick Retail Developments Limited9 applications
  3. 3Ardstone Homes Ltd.7 applications
  4. 4Gilkerry Ventures Limited7 applications
  5. 5Knockree Developments Ltd6 applications
  6. 6Beakonford Ltd6 applications
  7. 7Durkan Broomhall Developments Limited6 applications
  8. 8IIB (Invent, Innovate, Build) Ltd5 applications

Electoral divisions in Wicklow

  • Altidore
  • Ballycullen
  • Brockagh
  • Calary
  • Dunganstown East
  • Glendalough
  • Glenealy
  • Killiskey
  • Moneystown
  • Newcastle Upper
  • Oldtown
  • Togher
  • Trooperstown
  • Wicklow Rural
  • Wicklow Urban

Lead figures count planning applications and commencement notices received in the last twelve months inside this area's boundary; pipeline value is the estimated build value behind them. Applicant names of private individuals are never shown; organisations only. Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann National Statistical Boundaries 2022, CC BY 4.0.

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