Wicklow Heights
Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2023. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%).
How planning works, with this area's numbers
steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 49 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 4 months after
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 202423701 · extension · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029approvedstartedsigned off
- 2017171279 · attic or dormer · refused 2017approvedstarted?signed off?
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
wicklow town rathnew local area plan · 23 Jun 2025 – 23 Jun 2031
Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Wicklow Port Company (940 m)
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Radon grid squares | 1 | |
| Monuments | 2 | R181294; Burial ground |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), EPA radon map, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 23:31
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| EPA licensed facilities (LEAP) | CC BY 4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 23:31 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:14 | open |
| Constraint layers (bundle) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| EPA radon map | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:36 | open |
| Sites and Monuments Record | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
How we work this out
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 00:56 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 93–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 92% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.
CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 132 nearby, 3,355 council-wide
Ballynerrin Lower, file by file since 2017
3 files with "Ballynerrin Lower" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.
MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2017–2026
Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m
Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months
No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.
Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months
Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 23:03 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 00:56 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 49 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 50 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated174 decided home extensions, 64 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
8 of 15 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 16 appealed approvals were reversed.
Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.
CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file
What's changing around you?
- 119 Saint Patricks Road, Wicklow Town 2660271
- 20.9 ha zoned for homes
- 32.7 ha zoned for homes
- 4Ballyguile More, Wicklow Town 26139
- 5No. 10 Halpin Court, Wicklow Town 2660225
- 625 Kilmantin Road, Wicklow Town 26176
- 725 Kilmantin Road, Wicklow Town 2646
- 8"Himmelstor" No. 9 Ballyguilemore, Wicklow Town 2660507
- 9Ballyguile Beg, Wicklow Town 2660521
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 48 permissions since 2016, 16 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.
Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.
Measured54 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 5 Nov 2026.
- Time to appeal ends 5 Nov 202620 days left12660271 · CONDITIONAL — garage and outbuilding€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 403 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Sites that could change 2 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 2
- 20.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 108 m
- 32.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 377 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 23:03 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 00:56 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:14 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 2 and 9 a year; busiest 2023. 89% of decisions were approvals.
2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 10 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 625 Kilmantin Road , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditionssection 254 licence - hoarding
- 4Ballyguile More , Wicklow Town , Co Wicklow No decision yet''Part 8 - submissions should be made to the relevant department as specified on the site notice ( not the…
- 9Ballyguile Beg , Wicklow Town , County Wicklow Approved with conditions(i) retention Permission for a further period of one year of development consisting of the temporary storage…
- Ballyguile Beg , Wicklow Town , County Wicklow Withdrawn or not validfor a further period of one year of development consisting of the temporary storage of excess stone and…
- 8"Himmelstor" No. 9 Ballyguilemore , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions1) a proposed new 11.5 sq.m. extension to existing 213m2 ground floor area. 2) a proposed new 84 sq.m upper…
- Ballyguile Beg , Wicklow Town , County Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid(i) retention permission for a further period of one year of development consisting of the temporary storage…
- 119 Saint Patricks Road , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditionsgarage and outbuilding
- 5No. 10 Halpin Court , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditionssingle storey extension (circa 14.3 sq.m) to side of existing dwelling (circa 95 sq.m.) and all associated…
- 725 Kilmantin Road , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditionsproposed single storey extensions to side and rear of dwelling, pedestrian access gate to access rear garden…
- 25 Kilmantin Road , Wicklow , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not validproposed single storey extensions to side and rear of dwelling, pedestrian access gate to access rear garden…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 23:03 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 00:56 | open |
Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- 25 Kilmantin Road, Wicklow, A67 DE68 · 6 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 26/46 · 339 m
- 102 Mount Carmel Avenue, Wicklow, A67 X296 · 20 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560825 · 163 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 00:56
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 00:56 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Little Rascals Pre-school Wicklow · Crèche | 21 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 122 m |
| Dee's Montessori Pre-school · Crèche | 10 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 258 m |
| Jellytots Pre School · Crèche | 17 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 368 m |
| Postman Pats Playgroup · Crèche | 8 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 449 m |
| Balloons Pre-School · Crèche | 12 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 468 m |
| Buttons Preschool Maria Forsyth · Crèche | 11 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 468 m |
| The Cave Preschool · Crèche | 8 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 680 m |
| A Place to Grow Montessori · Crèche | 1 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 797 m |
How we work this out
How busy is this area Busier than most of Wicklow County Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 23:03 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 00:56 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
5% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 86% owner-occupied (council 71%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 257078016
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Padraig Naofa NS · primary · 377 pupils · 487 m
- Dominican College · postprimary · 461 pupils · 539 m
- Scoil An Choroin Mhuire · primary · 432 pupils · 544 m
- Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School · postprimary · 404 pupils · 944 m
- Glebe Ns · primary · 210 pupils · 960 m
Stops 12
- Convent Road · 131, 133, 183 · 3/hour at peak · 288 m
- Convent Road · 131, 133, 183 · 2/hour at peak · 326 m
- Rose Hill · 131, 133, 183 · 2/hour at peak · 374 m
- Rose Hill · 131, 133, 183 · 3/hour at peak · 447 m
- Grand Hotel · 131, 133, 740A, UM11 · 3/hour at peak · 651 m
- Grand Hotel · 131, 133, 740, 740A, UM11 · 2/hour at peak · 685 m
- Wicklow Village · 183 · 1/hour at peak · 708 m
- Wicklow Village · 183 · 1/hour at peak · 713 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Padraig Naofa NS · 487 m+2.2% pupils (377)
- Dominican College · 539 m-2.5% pupils (461)
- Scoil An Choroin Mhuire · 544 m+1.6% pupils (432)
- Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School · 944 m+7.7% pupils (404)
- Glebe Ns · 960 m+1.4% pupils (210)
Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS) | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 16 Oct 2026, 01:34 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 16 Oct 2026, 01:42 | open |
| Land Development Agency public land register | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 16:43 | open |
| cso_saps_2022 | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0) | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0) | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| EPA strategic noise maps | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- Extension (23701) approved 2024, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- Attic or dormer (171279) refused 2017: built anyway?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Ballynerrin Lower
- Electoral division
- Wicklow Urban
- Electoral area
- Wicklow
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 2 applications on this site; latest 23701, approved 2024, not started, runs out 2029.
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- 2 sites nearby could change: 2 empty zoned plots.
- Convent Road (bus 131, 133) 288 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 11 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 86% owner-occupied (council 71%); 6% of homes empty (council 7%); most built 1971–1980; 56% drive to work (council 58%); population up 5% since 2016.
- Around here the council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 55 in the last year, 12 three years before.
- 10 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 86%).
What the terms mean 6 terms
- Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
- Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
- Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
- Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
- Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
- What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
Sources and licences 27
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPA strategic noise maps | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| Fingal County Council | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0) | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| National Transport Authority | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC BY 4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gis.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | Local authorities (consultation portals) | Public | 16 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 16 Oct 2026 |
| cso.ie | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0) | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC BY 4.0 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | CC BY 4.0 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 16 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 16 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Tailte Éireann | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors | CC BY 4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | © PSRA, PSI licence | 16 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | Public register | 14 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |