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. 366 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Wicklow planning register and the national building control register.

411
Leads, 12 months
366
On site now
€325m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in Wicklow, on the map

Pro opens the map filtered to this area: every site pinned, scored and sized, with the area shading, trade filters and alerts for new filings.

Top trades in Wicklow

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

Electrical
297 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
293 leads
Masonry & Blockwork
287 leads
Plumbing & Heating
286 leads
Roofing
279 leads
Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining
277 leads
Flooring
276 leads
Painting & Decorating
276 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. 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
  2. Ballycurry House, Ashford, Co. Wicklow
    change of use of 2 no. cow barns to 2 no. 1 bedroomed, self-contained dwelling units…
    Lodged
    26197Received 23 Sept 2026Decision due 17 Nov 2026
  3. Rose Cottage, Brockagh, Glendalough
    single-storey, pitched-roof sun-room/observatory with glazed walls and internal modifications to facilitate same. The proposed sun-room/observatory to be…
    Lodged
    26198Received 23 Sept 2026Decision due 17 Nov 2026
  4. Reynoldstown Park, Boleynass Lower, Ashford
    alterations to size of as constructed underground slatted slurry & soiled water storage tanks (which were originally granted planning permission under Planning…
    Lodged
    2660842Received 18 Sept 2026Decision due 12 Nov 2026
  5. Tree Tops, Ballymacahara, Ashford
    single storey sonservatory to side of dwelling, domestic garage, and 1.8m high V mesh fence to roadside boundary, and associated works
    Lodged
    26192Received 17 Sept 2026Decision due 11 Nov 2026
  6. South Quay, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow
    section 254 licence - scaffolding
    Lodged
    26193Received 17 Sept 2026Decision due 11 Nov 2026
  7. Dunbur Upper, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow
    extensions comprising sunroom at rear and self contained living unit to side
    Lodged
    2660837Received 17 Sept 2026Decision due 11 Nov 2026
  8. Vartry Waterworks, Roundwood Oldtown, Knockfadda Newastle Upper
    10-year planning permission for the Vartry Security of supply project at the existing Vartry waterworks site south of the Vartry reservoir in the townlands…
    Lodged
    2660840Received 17 Sept 2026Decision due 11 Nov 2026
  9. Ballycurry House, Ashford, Co. Wicklow
    change of use of 2no. cow barns to 2no. 1 bedroom, self contained dwelling units…
    Closed
    26190Received 16 Sept 2026
  10. Nordwich, Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow
    proposed new polishing filter to EPA standards, and associated works and Retention Permission for rear extension to dwelling…
    Lodged
    26191Received 16 Sept 2026Decision due 10 Nov 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. 2Ardstone Homes Ltd.7 applications
  3. 3Cedarbrick Retail Developments Limited7 applications
  4. 4Gilkerry Ventures Limited7 applications
  5. 5Beakonford Ltd6 applications
  6. 6Knockree Developments Ltd6 applications
  7. 7Lusra Teo5 applications
  8. 8Glenveagh Homes Ltd4 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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