Rock Big, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Proposed development
Construction of a single storey dwelling, new vehicular entrance and driveway, new treatment system to current EPA standards and all associated site works
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Decision due
- 22 Jan 2026
Timeline
Application received
15 May 2025
Council asked for further information
3 Jul 2025
Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)
17 Dec 2025
Decision due
22 Jan 2026
Decision: conditional
20 Jan 2026
Grant issued
24 Feb 2026
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Planning history within 750 m
(i)single storey industrial unit (gross area 2,772 sqm) and (ii) retention of gravel car parking area and (iii) revised site boundaries, landscaping, gates & boundary fencing works
(i)single storey industrial unit (gross area 2,772 sqm) and (ii) retention of gravel car parking area and (iii) revised site boundaries, landscaping, gates & boundary fencing works
(i)single storey industrial unit (gross area 2,772 sqm) and (ii) retention of gravel car parking area and (iii) revised site boundaries, landscaping, gates & boundary fencing works
single storey welfare block (Gross Area 200 Sqm) and installation of covered timber storage racks to rear of existing unit 3
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
saw enclosure(Gross Area 145 Sqm) to end of Unit 2 and all associated site works