Large residential · Co. Wicklow

Back Lane & Brewery Lane, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow

Granted 18 Nov 2025 (final grant issued 22 Dec 2025)

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2560549 at Back Lane & Brewery Lane, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow: 29 homes.
  • The applicant is Rathdrum Homes Ltd. The agent is Fintan Morrin.
  • It was received by Wicklow County Council on 18 Jul 2025.
  • Status: Granted 18 Nov 2025 (final grant issued 22 Dec 2025).
  • Work started on site on 5 May 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.

Source: the Wicklow County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

29 homes

1. Construction of a housing development of 29 no. dwellings consisting of 13 no. two storey terraced (5 no. two bed and 8 no. three bed) houses, 10 no. (ground and first floor) duplex apartments (in 2 no. two storey blocks of 6 no. one bed and 4 no. two bed units), 4 no. two storey (three bed) semi-detached houses, and 2 no. single storey (two bed) semi-detached houses; 2. Site access including vehicular access from Back Lane and pedestrian access from Back Lane, Brewery Lane (2 no.), and to the adjoining Primary Care Centre car park; 3. Associated development and works including site clearance / preparation, hard and soft landscaping, internal roads / footpaths / shared spaces, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces, boundary treatments, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities

Location
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow Map
Planning reference
2560549
Applicant
Rathdrum Homes Ltd
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Numbers and dates

Homes
29
Floor area
2,516 m²
Estimated construction value
€3.8m to €6.8mOur estimate from floor area and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Project type
Large residential
Received
18 Jul 2025
Decision to grant
18 Nov 2025
Final grant
22 Dec 2025
Site start
5 May 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Decision to grant
  3. Final grant issued
  4. Site start

Site history

This site's history

  1. Application 2660403 at the same address: granted 8 Oct 2026.

    changes to the housing development previously approved under planning no. 2560549 to include the following; a) changes to units 13, 14, 15… Same address

Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.

Outlook

What happens next

Work started on site on 5 May 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2560549 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
  • From the planning documentsRead from Engineering Planning Report in the council's file.
    Unit mix
    19 houses, 10 duplex
    Site area
    0.6 ha
    Scope
    The report provides engineering design for a residential development of 19 houses and 10 duplex units on a 0.6Ha site in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, including surface water management, wastewater, water supply, and flood risk assessment.

How we know this

From the Wicklow County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

Site starts

Commencement notices for this permission

  1. 5 May 2026Work started · phase 1 · Construction of Phase 1 of a housing development including units 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22...
  2. 17 Jun 2026Work started · phase 2 · Construction of Duplex Unit No 7 & 8
  3. 17 Jun 2026Work started · phase 3 · Construction of Duplex Unit No 1 & 2
  4. 14 Sep 2026Work started · phase 4 · Construction of 6 No Apartments. Unit No's 24 - 29
  5. 21 Sep 2026Work started · phase 5 · Construction of 4 No dwelling houses (Units 3-6)

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