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Large residential · Co. Wicklow

Upper Main Street, Arklow, Co. Wicklow

Granted 4 Mar 2026

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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 11 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

• the omission of the previously permitted 4 storey Block 1

• the omission of the previously permitted 4 storey Block 1, which comprised 19 no. apartment units (3 no. 1 bed and 16 no. 3 bed) • the reconfiguration of Block 2, increasing the number of units from 16 no. (13 no. 2 bed and 3 no. 3 bed) units to 18 no. (1 no. studio, 3 no. 1 bed and 14 no. 2 bed) along with reduction in building height from 7 to 6 storeys and associated elevation changes to balconies and window openings and provision of private open space and communal open space. • the omission of the previously permitted Block 3, which comprised 10 no. apartment units (9 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 3 bed), to be replaced with 3-storey 3 no. 4 bed dwelling units. • the replacement of 20 no. permitted 4 bed housing units along the riverwalk with 3-storey 32 no. duplex units (16 no. 2 bed and 16 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • the relocation of surface car parking at the site to accommodate the provision of 3-storey 12 no. duplex units (6 no. 2 bed and 6 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • reconfiguration of the permitted 146.3 m² childcare facility, including alteration of associated private open space. • an increase from the permitted 810 m² to 818.9 m² of communal open space on foot of the amendments to the typology and mix proposed. • an increase from the permitted 4188 m² to 4354.98 m² of public open space on foot of the amended site layout. • a reduction from the permitted 169 car parking spaces to 162 car parking spaces and increase from the permitted 177 bicycle spaces to 203 bicycle spaces. • revised internal road layout to facilitate development associated with this amendment. • amendments to the drainage layout to reflect the proposed amendments. • all associated site development works, boundary treatments, landscaping, retaining walls, bin stores, bike parking and site services necessary to facilitate the proposed amendments

Location
Arklow, Co. Wicklow Map
Planning reference
2560756
Applicant
Knockinver Ltd
Agent
Jerry Barnes

Key facts

Floor area
4,334 m²
Project type
Large residential
Received
24 Sep 2025
Granted
4 Mar 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 4 Mar 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description
  • Crèche or childcare facilityNamed 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 2560756 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 11 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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