Rock Little

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rock Little, from 697 m² to 485,353 m² (48.54 ha, 119.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.2Extractive Industry (General industry)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment - Special (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 9 Jul 2025Refused

  - 2 no. warehouse buildings with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 3,364 sq.m each and a total height of c. 14.1m. Each warehouse includes a warehouse area of c. 2,419 sq.m, reception area, office, staff facilities, toilets, plant and storage areas at ground floor level, and office space, meeting rooms, staff facilities, toilets, plant and storage facilities at mezzanine level (c. 581 sq.m). - The provision of a service yard with a security hut (c. 34 sq.m) located at the main entrance, HGV unloading areas and 4 no. associated loading bay docks on the eastern elevation of each warehouse building. - The provision of 68 no. car parking spaces including 4 no. accessible spaces and 10 no. EV parking spaces serving staff and visitors. - The provision of 40 no. cycle parking spaces serving staff and visitors. - The provision of a sprinkler tank, sprinkler pump house (c. 13.3 sq.m), fire hydrant tank, hydrant pump house (c. 13.3 sq.m) and ESB substation (c. 25 sq.m) - Construction of a solar farm development consisting of photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays covering an area of approximately c. 15.7 ha on ground mounted steel frames, associated power trunk building (c. 539 sq.m) and 2 no. transformer compounds, underground cabling and ducting, new internal tracks for maintenance and all associated site services works. - Site access from the permitted development to south (WCC Reg. Ref.: 20/1088 as amended WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/62 and 24/88), which is subject to a current separate amendment application under WCC Reg. Ref.: 25/60350, and extension of the permitted inner relief road through the site. - The provision of a new statcom compound including a single storey control and valve building with a GFA of c. 253 sq.m and associated equipment adjacent to the permitted inner relief road to the south of the main site area. The proposed development also includes for the provision of associated landscaping and planting, berms, boundary treatments, internal road network, pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure, signage zones, site lighting, drainage works, sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560516

• 9 May 2025Conditional

  amendments to the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) permitted on site, under WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/62 (an amendment to WCC Reg. Ref.: 20/1088, which was subsequently further amended under WCC Reg. Ref.: 24/ 88). The proposedamendments comprise the following: • The provision of a BESS compound with a total area of c. 1.2 ha which will accommodate self-contained batteries and integral fire suppression equipment, climate control equipment and associated electrical components (in place of the previously permitted three-storey BESS structure and adjacent ancillary structures). • A single storey BESS Switchroom located to the south of the BESS facility with a total gross floor area (GFA) of c. 191 sq.m and total height of c. 5.3m accommodating a control room, relay room, and cable basement. • Water Services Plant and Storage equipment located to the north-east of the BESS comprising a single-storey fire pump house with a total GFA of c. 39 sq.m and total height of c. 3.1m, and 2 no. fire hydrant and water storage tanks with a total height of c. 10.3m. • All associated amendments including amendments to internal access routes, landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, the provision of an acoustic barrier to the south of the BESS compound, lighting, and all associated ancillary works. The operation of the development on site will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560350

• 27 Feb 2024Conditional

  alterations to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/1088, as amended by Reg. Ref. 23/62, and will supersede the permitted information and communications technology (ICT) facility buildings permitted on site. In summary, the development comprises the replacement of the 3 no. part one and part two storey ICT facility buildings permitted on site, with 5 no. part two and part three storey ICT facility buildings with a reduced building footprint, along with an energy centre compound. The Battery Energy Storage System permitted under Reg. Ref. 23/62 and the substation and transmission line connections permitted under ABP Ref. 315200-22 will be unaffected by the proposed alterations. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning Authority with the planning application. An EPA-Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) licence will be applied for to facilitate the operation of the proposed development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2488

• 25 Jan 2023Conditional

  amendments to the information and communication technology (ICT) facility development permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/1088. The proposed amendments comprise the following: Provision of a three-storey Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) building with a gross floor area (GFA) of c.13,787 sq.m, located to the southeast of the permitted ICT Building 3. The proposed building will accommodate battery storage rooms and circulation areas, with photovoltaic panels at roof level, and with an overall height of c.16.8 metres. Associated buildings including a single storey power trunk building (to accommodate a control room and cable rooms, with a GFA of c.539 sq.m and an overall height of c.5.3 metres), a single storey BESS switch room building (to accommodate control rooms and a relay room, with GFA of c.396 sq.m and an overall height of c.5.3 metres) and a transformer compound area to the southwest of the proposed BESS facility. Provision of a fire water storage area and a single storey fire pump house with a GFA of c.39 sq.m to the northeast of the BESS facility. All associated amendments including new amendments to the internal access routes, landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, and all associated and ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2362

• 15 Dec 2022Conditional

  the construction of a bungalow with garage, new entrance and driveway, new effluent treatment system to EPA current standards and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 221343

• 28 Oct 2020Conditional

  proposed development, for which a ten-year permission is sought, consists of the following: Demolition of existing outbuildings on the subject site, along with all site clearance and enabling works; Construction of 3 no. part one storey, part two storey, information and communication technology (ICT) facility buildings, each with a gross floor area (GFA) of C. 22,210 sq. m (66,630 sq. m GAF in total), and with a height (to parapet level) of c. 10.4 metres; Each of the 3 no. ICT facility buildings will accommodate ICT equipment rooms, associated electrical and mechanical equipment rooms, loading bays, maintenance and storage space, office administration areas, and staff facilities; Emergency generators (20 no. for each ICT facility building), flue stacks and associated plant are provided in fenced compounds adjacent to each ICT facility; Extension of the existing road serving Kish Business Park to access the subject site, with gated access points to the proposed ICT facility development to be provided off this roadway on its eastern side. The proposed roadway will form part of the inner relief road planned under Objective IT7 of the Arklow Town and Environs LAP 2018-2024; Construction of internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of 180 no. car parking spaces (60 no. spaces to serve each ICT facility) and 18 no. cycle parking spaces; Landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing, gatehouse (with a GFA of 175 sq. m), and all associated site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network, attenuation and percolation areas, and utility cables, on an application site area measuring c. 24.16 hectares. Site located to the North & Northeast of the existing Kish Business Park

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201088

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rock Little.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rock Little.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rock Little.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Rock Little, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3352 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Rock Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Rock Little · An Charraig Bheag

Area

579,005 m² (57.9 ha, 143.08 acres)

Civil parish

Arklow, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Arklow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,415 people lived in 498 households in the Arklow Rural electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bogland, Money Big, Rock Big

Placenames

Rock Little on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.