Corporation Murragh

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corporation Murragh, from 8 m² to 29,858 m² (2.99 ha, 7.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 0 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M1Waterfront (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Natural Areas (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Wicklow Town - Rathnew 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.

• 24 Jun 2026Conditional

  section 254 licence - any other appliance, apparatus or structure, which may be prescribed as requiring a licence under section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000,on, under, over or along a public road

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 26125

• 10 Feb 2026N/a

  proposed single storey dwelling with connection to services and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2633

• 7 Nov 2025N/a

  retention permission for change of use of existing dwelling to short term tourist accommodation and associate works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560895

• 21 Mar 2025N/a

  a new portable retail unit to be used as a coffee station and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560198

• 29 Jan 2025Unconditional

  Part 8 - submissions should be made to the relevant department as specified on the site notice (not to the Planning Department) - for open spaces, a pump track, 4 no. cantilevered platforms over the revetment, sensory garden, event space, adjusted fence line to the existing dog park, camper vehicle parking and camper waste facilities, toilet and ancillary facilities, wayfinding, seating and lighting, retention of existing playground and skatepark, relocation of the Murrough Memorial Garden; tree planting, hard and soft landscaped area, associated site works and environmental improvements

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2521

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Development comprises of: 1. Demolition of all existing buildings on the site 2. Construction of a mixed use development comprising of the following uses: (a) A 116 no. bedroom hotel of circa 5,214 sq.m gross with a height of five storeys plus rooftop plant, and including ancillary hotel facilities including bar, restaurant and business centre. (b) 107 no. residential units in a mix of houses (28 no.), townhouses (60 no.) and duplexes (19 no.) with a total residential floorspace of 12,492 sq.m gross. The overall residential mix is: 12 no. one beds, 5 no. 2 beds, 78 no. 3 beds and 12 no. four beds. There will be 16 no. three bed and 12 no four bed houses, 60 no. three bed townhouses, and 12 no. one beds, 5 no. two beds, and 2 no. three bed apartment duplexes. House Type 1, Townhouse Type 1, Townhouse Type 2, and Duplex Type 2 are three storeys in height. House Type 2 and Duplex Type 1 are two storeys in height. (c) The provision of own door offices of circa 223 sq.m and a shop/café of circa 160 sq.m in a single block of 2 storeys in height (d) A creche of circa 454 sq.m in a two storey building. 3. A total of 216 no. surface car parking spaces (including visitor, accessible and EV charging spaces), comprising of: 6 no. spaces for the creche, 3 no. spaces for the shop/café, 3 no. spaces for the own door offices, 66 no. spaces for the hotel, and 138 no. spaces for residential. 4. A total of 72 no. bicycle parking comprising of: (a) 28 no. spaces for the duplex units; (b) 28 no. spaces visitor/public in sheltered bicycle storage; (c) 6 no. spaces for the hotel. (d) 4 no. spaces for the office use (e) 2 no. spaces for the shop/café (f) 4 no. spaces for the creche 5. Open space comprising of: (a) 4,200 sq.m public open space including pocket parks and playgrounds; (b) 598 sqm of communal open space to serve the duplex units. 6. 2 no. new vehicular access The Murrough Road, 1 no. for the hotel and 1 no. for the residential units. 7. Infrastructure works to serve the proposed development to include the internal road network, ESB substations/switchrooms, PV panels, green roofs, lighting, site drainage works including pumping station, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the Planning Authority with this application

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460825

• 5 Dec 2024Conditional

  of polytunnel, net-covered vegetable patch, greenhouse, domestic wood store and associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24480

• 5 Dec 2024Conditional

  proposed domestic store to rear garden, and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24481

• 23 Sept 2024Refused

  change of use from domestic to bed and breakfast use and assoc. works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 24379

• 20 May 2024Refused

  change of use from domestic to short term letting of a dwelling and associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24230

• 29 Apr 2024N/a

  outdoor seating area

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 24202

• 13 Apr 2024Refused

  change of use from private dwelling to an air B'n'B

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460211

• 4 Mar 2024N/a

  the change of use from residential to commercial short term letting use

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24100

• 9 Dec 2023Conditional

  a single storey 12.6sqm Sunroom extension to the south facing side elevation of existing dwelling

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360489

• 30 Nov 2023Conditional

  the construction of a 4-storey stand-alone building with an external terrace at the upper level, and an external rooftop plant area above the core. The building will serve as an Innovation Centre of 2248.50sq.m. Gross Internal Area providing office accommodation, cafeteria, exhibition space, staff facilities and ancillary uses. A new entrance from Murrough Road is proposed, leading to a surface car park situated south of the building which will accommodate 12 cars. Permission is also sought for a loading bay area at the north-east corner of the site, hard and soft landscaping within the site, external lighting, ESB substation, covered cycle parking and all ancillary site and development works on a site area of 0.254 ha. There is an existing permission for the demolition of the existing building under Planning Ref. 21281)

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23878

• 23 Nov 2023N/a

  the construction of a 4-storey stand-alone building with an external terrace area at the upper level, and an external rooftop plant area above the core. The building will serve as an Innovation Centre of 2248.50sq.m. Gross Internal Area providing office accommodation, cafeteria, exhibition space, staff facilities and ancillary uses. A new entrance from Murrough Road is proposed, leading to a surface car park situated south of the building which will accommodate 12 cars. Permission is also sought for a loading bay area at the north-east corner of the site, hard and soft landscaping within the site, external lighting, ESB substation, covered cycle parking and all ancillary site and development works on a site of 0.254ha. There is an existing permission for the demolition of the existing building (under Planning Ref. 21281).

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23859

• 10 Nov 2023N/a

  the construction of a 4-storey stand-alone building with an external terrace area at the upper level, and an external rooftop plant area above the core. The building will serve as an Innovation Centre of 2248.50sq.m. Gross Internal Area providing office accommodation, cafeteria, exhibition space, staff facilities and ancillary uses. A new entrance from the Murrough Road is proposed, leading to a surface car park situated south of the building which will accommodate 12 cars. Permission is also sought for a loading bay area at the north-east corner of the site, hard and soft landscaping within the site, signage, external lighting, ESB substation, covered cycle parking and all ancillary site and development works on a site of 0.254 ha. There is an existing permission for the demolition of the existing building (under Planning Ref. 21/281)

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23829

• 9 Aug 2023Conditional

  outside seating area

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 23640

• 3 Nov 2022Conditional

  proposed residential development comprising of the demolition of an existing commercial building & construction of a proposed 4-storey apartment block (3 storeys & a set-back penthouse level) comprising of 14 No. apartments (3 No. 1 bedroom units, 9 No. 2 bedroom units & 2 No. 3 bedroom units) & ancillary works including car & bicycle parking, access road, footpaths, bin storage, boundary treatment & communal open space with connection to public services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221164

• 27 Oct 2022Conditional

  single storey WC extension to the side and for a first floor bedroom extension to the rear

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221141

• 26 Oct 2022Unconditional

  Part 8 - Reconnect Wicklow Town Centre and South Quay through its network of laneways

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221133

• 28 Sept 2022Conditional

  Alterations/extension to the existing detached fully serviced dwelling house to include the following: 1 single storey flat roof extension on north gable elevation (6sq.m) rebuilt on footprint of previous structure; 2 raised height of pitched roof/change in roof profile; 3 single storey hipped roof extension on south gable elevation (26.5 sq.m) partly rebuilt on footprint of previous structure; 4 non-habitable attic store room (29 sq.m) with 1 no. rooflight; and 5 1 no. window within habitable bedroom on west elevation. Full planning permission for the following: 1 replacement of existing low-level timber louvre fixed panel on south façade with metal balustrade fixed panel; and 2 new waste-water treatment plant and percolation area

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221030

• 5 Jul 2022Conditional

  outside seating area

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 22748

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  (138msq) extension / refurbishment of the ground floor, a new concrete hardstanding & slip access, a new first floor extension (183msq), an external viewing deck all together with site and development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22132

• 21 Sept 2021N/a

  container beside clubhouse

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 211156

The 25 most recent of 42 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: The Murrough Wetlands SAC 002249
• Special Protection Area: The Murrough cSPA 004186
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Murrough 000730
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Wicklow Town Sites 001929

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Corporation Murragh.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Part of terrace, comprising eight three-bay two-storey houses, built c.1840, some having extensions to rear. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks; some recently tiled roofs. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, some painted. Square-headed window openings, having timber sliding sash windows with two-over-two panes to two houses to south-east end, replacement windows to other openings. Round-headed stair window to centre rear elevations. Elliptical-headed door openings, with replacement timber panelled doors, having painted doric columns and petal fanlight to house to south-east end, and having sidelights and plain overlights to other houses. Front gardens with wrought-iron pedestrian gates and railings on rendered plinth walls with cut granite coping stones. Rubble stone boundary walls to rear gardens.

• Leitrim House, house, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey over basement pedimented house with attic, built c.1835, with doric tetrastyle entrance portico, extensively renovated internally, 1995. Formerly in use as school. Pitched tiled roof. Rendered chimneystack with clay pots. Rendered pediment. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, having cut granite quoins and string course. Square-headed openings with sill course to first floor, granite sills to ground floor, having replacement windows. Round-headed door opening with replacement timber door and plain overlight, with carved granite portico comprising doric pilasters, piers and columns supporting entablature with plain frieze. Granite steps to portico. Concrete balustrade to basement area. Cast-iron pedestrian gate with rendered piers, and matching railings on rendered plinth wall.

• House, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Part of terrace, comprising four three-bay two-storey houses, built c.1840, some having extensions to rear. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, some tiled roofs. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, some painted. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows. Square-headed door openings, with projecting rendered door surround, timber panelled doors, porch to number 12. Front gardens with wrought-iron pedestrian gates and railings on rendered plinth walls with cut granite coping stones.

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Painted cast-iron wall-mounted post box, erected c.1905, with cipher of King Edward VII.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3401 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Corporation Murragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Corporation Murragh · Muiríoch an Bhardais

Area

266,079 m² (26.61 ha, 65.75 acres)

Civil parish

Rathnew, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Wicklow Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Wicklow Urban electoral division: 7,102 people in 2,753 households; 65% of households own their home; 16% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bollarney Murragh

Placenames

Corporation Murragh 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.