How do I search planning applications in Co. Wicklow?

Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Wicklow County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.

Which towns in Co. Wicklow have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Bray (539), Greystones (481), Delgany (431), Wicklow Town (224), Arklow (183). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.

Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?

A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Planning applications · Co. Wicklow

Planning applications in Co. Wicklow: 2,185 in three years

2,185 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 8 towns in Co. Wicklow in the last three years, 28 of them for ten homes or more (1,928 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

2,185

planning applications within 2 km of 8 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

1,928

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Wicklow

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Bray	539 applications, 1 large
Greystones	481 applications, 3 large
Delgany	431 applications, 3 large
Wicklow Town	224 applications, 2 large
Arklow	183 applications, 2 large
Rathnew	135 applications, 7 large
Blessington	105 applications, 8 large
Newtownmountkennedy	87 applications, 2 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Wicklow

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

278 units, Blessington, lodged 2025-07, application finalised (Wicklow County Council): large-scale residential development at this site c. 9.98 ha. The application provides for amendments to the decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála (Ref .319657-24 and Wicklow County Council Ref. 23/689) which permitted a Town
210 units, Newtownmountkennedy, lodged 2024-03, application finalised (Wicklow County Council): a 5-year permission for a LRD comprising amendments to the previously permitted application (WCC Reg Ref 06/6101/ ABP Reg. Ref. PL27.227704 extended by WCC Reg. Ref. 18/381). The proposed development comprises: (a) An in
109 units, Rathnew, lodged 2024-06, application finalised (Wicklow County Council): the revision of and alterations to the planning permission previously granted under planning File Register Number 21/58 which will consist of the following: (A) Revisions to the site boundaries and previously granted sit
96 units, Arklow, lodged 2026-05, further information (Wicklow County Council): comprise 99 no. residential units with a mix of semidetached and terraced houses along with triplex apartments. These will comprise 22 no. 1 bed and 6 no. 2 bed triplex apartments; 41 no. 3 bed houses; and 30 no. 4 bed h
91 units, Bray, lodged 2026-06, further information (Wicklow County Council): construction of 91 dwelling units comprising o 42 no. apartments in one 4/5 storey block containing 18 no. 1 bed units, 22 no. 2 bed units and 2 no. 3 bed units; o 28 no. duplex units in 3 no. 3 storey blocks containing
86 units, Rathnew, lodged 2025-07, application finalised (Wicklow County Council): construction of 87 No. residential units (20 No. 1-bed, 12 No. 2-bed, 50 No. 3-bed and 5 No. 4-bed) as houses and duplexes/maisonettes and a crèche (160 sq m). The proposed development will range in height from 2 No. to
75 units, Rathnew, lodged 2026-06, application finalised (Wicklow County Council): revisions to permitted development as per WCC grant Ref 25/60554 at Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow: • omission of Creche building and associated car parking, drop off spaces & Refuse & Bicycle stores• revised residentia
64 units, Arklow, lodged 2026-09, new application (Wicklow County Council): demolition of existing dwelling, construction of 2 no. duplex blocks, each comprising of the 6 No. 2 bedroom units and 6 No. 3 bedroom units, totalling 24 No. residential units, construction of 40 no. dwellings, comprisi

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

Check one house in Co. Wicklow

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) lists every planning application within 300 m of the house with status, decision and appeal, checks the property's own planning and building-control file, and shows the zoning of the land around it.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Wicklow

Planning applications by town in Co. Wicklow

GuidePlanning search before buying a house: the three files that matter

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Wicklow?: Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Wicklow County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Wicklow have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Bray (539), Greystones (481), Delgany (431), Wicklow Town (224), Arklow (183). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?: A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

National planning applications map

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.