Site start · Co. Wicklow
Rathnew, Wicklow
Site start 16 Sep 2024
Archived record
This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 12 Jul 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
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What and where
80 homes
proposed 80 No. residential units (64 No. houses and 16 No. duplexes) and childcare facility of 196 sq.m together with all associated site development works including estate roads, footpaths, car parking, bins and storage, boundary treatment, services infrastructure including watermains, foul sewerage, surface water sewerage and on-site attenuation tanks. The proposed development includes for measures to upgrade and realign the Newcastle Road (R761) which will provide for turning lanes at the entrance to the proposed development and Wicklow County Campus (Clermont) and a new uncontrolled pedestrian crossing. A sloped landscaped area located between the existing Clermont demesne wall and the new road realignment is proposed, and a partial demolition of Clermont demesne wall to facilitate the proposed realignment. A new two-way shared pedestrian/ cyclist path is proposed along the western side of the proposed realignment from the site entrance to the roundabout junction at the Rathnew Relief Road. A new surface water open drain is proposed from the proposed development along the western side of the proposed new public footpath/ cycle lane which is then piped further south under the proposed realignment Newcastle Road (R761), and out onto Tighe avenue (R772) where it will drain further south to an existing surface water manhole on Main Street. Watermain and foul sewerage connections are proposed into the existing public mains in the vicinity. The proposed foul sewerage will be piped under the Newcastle Road (R761) up to the existing public sewer on Tighe Avenue (R772)
- Location
- Rathnew, Co. Wicklow Map
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning reference
- 23854
- Applicant
- Rycroft RW Ltd
- Agent
- Rycroft Homes
- Builder
- Rycroft Homes
Key facts
- Homes
- 80
- Floor area
- 8,398 m²
- Indicative value
- €10m–30mPlanningBrief estimate
- Project type
- Large residential
- Site start
- 16 Sep 2024
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 23854 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Wicklow County Council planning register, as last seen on 12 Jul 2026. The council's own file is the official record.
Site starts
Site starts and completion
- 16 Sep 2024Work started · 64 dwelling houses and associated site development works
- Completion certificate recordedRecorded in Sep 2024 · 14 units on this certificateThe month is when the certificate was published, not the date the work finished. The certificate does not say whether it covers all or part of the work. Units on this certificate are not added to other certificates or to the planning total. Last checked 15 Sep 2026.
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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