Mixed use · Co. Wicklow
Site at Bullford, The site is located to the west of Main Street, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Granted 9 Mar 2026 by the council; appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála
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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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 28 Aug 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
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What and where
~99 homes
construction of 99 no. residential units and 2 no. commercial / community units (for Class 1- Shop, Class 2- Office / Professional Services, or Class 10- Community Use or Restaurant / Café use). The 99 no. residential units will consist of 71 no. houses, 20 no. duplex apartments and 8 no. apartments, to be provided as follows: • 6 no. 2-bed houses • 59 no. 3-bed houses • 6 no. 4-bed houses • 10 no. 2-bed duplex apartments • 10 no. 3-bed duplex apartments • 4 no. 1-bed apartments • 2 no. 2-bed apartments • 2 no. 3-bed apartments. The 8 no. apartments are provided within 1 no. 3-storey apartment block (Block A). The 20 no. duplex apartments are provided in 2 no. 3-storey duplex apartment buildings (Block B and Block C) and comprise 2 storey duplex apartments over ground floor apartments. Balconies / private terraces are provided for all apartments / duplex apartments. The houses are 2 storeys in height. The commercial / community units are located at the ground floor of Block A with associated signage zones. A total of 179 no. car parking spaces are proposed. The development includes 104 no. cycle parking spaces (72 no. long term and 32 no. short term visitor spaces) for the apartments, duplex apartments and commercial / community units. Bin and bicycle storage areas are located within the ground floor of the apartment block, and external bin and bicycle stores are proposed for the duplex apartments and terraced houses. Bin and bicycle storage for the houses is provided on-curtilage. The proposal includes all associated internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths, site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, attenuation tanks, provision of public and communal open space, boundary treatment, lighting, landscaping, green roof and PV panels and plant areas at roof level. The proposal includes a vehicular entrance from Main Street, Kilcoole, with the associated upgrades / improvements to Main Street to facilitate this access, which requires the carrying out of works on local authority lands, which are external to the application site boundary, and which will be carried out through agreement with the local authority. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared for the development and accompanies the planning application
- Location
- Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow Map
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560623
- Applicant
- Brookhampton Ltd
- Agent
- John Spain
Key facts
- Homes
- ~99estimated from the application
- Project type
- Mixed use
- Received
- 12 Aug 2025
- Council decision
- 9 Mar 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Further information requested
- Granted by the council
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560623 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
- From the planning documentsRead from Planning Report and Statement of Consistency in the council's file.
- Site area
- 3.62 ha
- Applicant
- Brookhampton Limited
- Phasing
- Phase 1 of a five-phase indicative masterplan for the overall landholding, with overall development expected to take 5-10 years and be completed by c. 2036.
- Scope
- Proposed Phase 1 residential and commercial/community development comprising 99 residential units (71 houses, 20 duplex apartments, 8 apartments) and 2 commercial/community units on lands at Bullford, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow.
- Groundworks
- “internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths, foul and surface water drainage”
- Landscaping
- “landscaping, public and communal open space”
- Solar PV
- “PV panels at roof level”
- Roofing
- “green roof”
How we know this
From the Wicklow County Council planning register, as last seen on 28 Aug 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.
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