Upper Main Street
Upper Main Street , Arklow · Yardland · Arklow · Wicklow
32 homes permitted, not started. 32 homes granted 07 Apr 2026, expires 06 Apr 2031
- Site area
- 2.70 ha (6.67 acres)
- Zoning
- M2
- Homes permitted
- 32, permission to 6 Apr 2031
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
Permission granted to Knockinver Limited · 32 homes · see all 2 of their schemes →
- 2560756 · Permitted, not started · 32 homes · granted 7 Apr 2026 · expires 6 Apr 2031
- 2560740 · n/a · lodged 19 Sept 2025
- 2484 · conditional · lodged 23 Feb 2024
- 2473 · n/a · lodged 15 Feb 2024
- 186 · unconditional · lodged 3 Jan 2018
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
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Questions about Upper Main Street
- When does the planning permission at Upper Main Street expire?
- Its planning permission 2560756 for 32 homes, granted 7 Apr 2026, expires on 6 Apr 2031.
- Has building started at Upper Main Street?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2560756.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 52.79876, -6.16004 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.
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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full
Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 19
Appeals
- Total
- 4
- Tagged
- 0
Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 13 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 12 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 1
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Deadline kind | Deadline at | Days left | Summary | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | permission_expiry | 6 Apr 2031 | 1,636 | Permission 2560756 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | signal |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 13 Oct 2026; moderngov, 13 Oct 2026; npad, 13 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Available
- Yes
- On site
- Yes
- Note
- This land is on the council's draft map for the vacant land tax; the final map decides whether it is due.
Zones (2)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Objective text | Plan id | Valid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | Open space with recreation | Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas. | Passive Open Space: To protect and enhance existing open, undeveloped lands. | WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan | 4 Mar 2018 |
| M2 | Major town centre | The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments. | Town Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including residential, retail, commercial, office and civic use. | WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan | 4 Mar 2018 |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Flood close m
- 100
Kinds (3)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| niah | NIAH-recorded building | 5 |
| radon | Radon risk area | 1 |
| smr | Recorded monument | 2 |
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.niah, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 3
- Homes
- 96
- Sites started
- 0
- Unbuilt
- 96
- Sites unbuilt
- 3
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 0
- Not started
- 96
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Sites (3)
| Source | Application id | Council | Ref | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application | 163,426 | WICKLOW | 23381 | Arklow Shipping premises | Arklow Shipping premises , North Quay , Arklow |
| application | 166,308 | WICKLOW | 2560756 | Upper Main Street | Upper Main Street , Arklow , Co. Wicklow |
| application | 167,051 | WICKLOW | 2460611 | Riverside Apartments | Riverside Apartments , Main Street , Arklow Co. Wicklow |
Applicants (1)
| Name | Sites | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Knockinver Limited | 1 | 32 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 13 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 10
- Facility count
- 21
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8350B1355401 | Arklow | 119.8 |
| nta | 8350B1355301 | Arklow | 223.1 |
| nta | 8350B351481 | Arklow W | 394.7 |
| nta | 8350B355211 | Arklow W | 407 |
| nta | 8350LL10680 | Arklow Stn | 407.2 |
| nta | 8350IR0118 | Arklow | 539.9 |
| nta | 8350LL14879 | Yardland | 753.4 |
| nta | 8350B351491 | Ferrybank | 820.3 |
| nta | 8350B106121 | Ferrybank | 846.9 |
| nta | 8350LL14878 | Yardland | 867.9 |
Schools (6)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_postprimary | 61780A | St Marys College | WICKLOW | 273.4 | /school/st-marys-college-61780a |
| school_primary | 20469R | St John's Senior School | WICKLOW | 406.7 | /school/st-johnis-senior-school-20469r |
| school_primary | 20470C | St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | WICKLOW | 414.4 | /school/st-michaelis-and-st-peteris-junior-school-20470c |
| school_postprimary | 61770U | Arklow CBS | WICKLOW | 448.7 | /school/arklow-cbs-61770u |
| school_postprimary | 76106S | Gaelcholáiste na Mara | WICKLOW | 504.8 | /school/gaelcholaiste-na-mara-76106s |
| school_primary | 14045B | CARYSFORT MXD N S | WICKLOW | 990.8 | /school/carysfort-mxd-n-s-14045b |
Other sites nearby
- Mixed-use land off Upper Main Street, Arklow · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Manifolds Lane, Arklow · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Mixed-use land off Riverside, Main Street · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Riverside Apartments · Permitted, not started
- Residential land off Upper Main Street, Arklow · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off South Green, Arklow · On the RZLT map, no permission
Figures as of 11 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (12 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (27 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (13 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (13 Oct 2026); npad (13 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).
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