71 Houses Approved For Kilcoole Main Street

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t’s an application that’s been all around the houses, first popping up on Kilcoole’s radar in September 2018.

But it wasn’t until January of 2022 that the first application for a new estate on the town’s main street was actually filed.

That initial plan for 267 units circling around The Mollys and Byrne’s Irish House was curtailed somewhat, with the 2022 application seeking a mere 56 units. Which was promptly refused by Wicklow Planning too.

We spoke with Cllr Tom Fortune in January that year about just how this new estate would alter Kilcoole, and it would appear that Wicklow Planning felt it would have a largely negative effect.

And now, three years later, Brookhampton Limited decided to try, try, trying again, with an application filed in August 2025 for 99 residential units and 2 commercial on the Bullford site.

And, begorrah, they just about got it…

The development will consist of the 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. 

Among the conditions for the planning permission is the omission of the unit 1 community building, unit 2 café-restaurant, Block B and Block C duplex units and the carpark submitted on January 9th 2026, plus €820,093 has to be paid by the developer to the Planning Authority for public infrastructure and facilities. No development shall commence either until cash security of €924,000 for the provision of open space, roads, footpaths, etc, has been signed, sealed agus delivered. You can explore Brookhampton’s planning application no.2560623 over on the Wicklow Planning website here.

In the meantime, you can check out more local housing news here, and more Kilcoole news here.