If your dream is to buy a house in Ireland’s garden county, don’t hold your breath. The housing statistics released last week show that Wicklow was bottom of the table for the number of houses built in their county from the previous year. Not only was Wicklow the bottom of the table, it also had 14% LESS houses completed than the previous year. Wicklow is simply no longer an attractive place for developers to build new homes.
This could be down to numerous reasons, not least the great “Locals Only” rule that prevents people from outside the county buying houses within the county in certain areas.
Not only is there a serious concern in the housing industry, now the council seem to be favouring huge retail developments in some of Bray’s most attractive areas.
Wicklow County Council have given the go ahead to another huge retail development close to the new Woodies and DID retail park.
Who makes these decisions? Have any of the decision makers been up to the DID retail park? DID hardly get visitors at all and there are still empty units available - why are they allowing more high rise buildings to be built in an area that clearly needs more public transport and local ammenties than large scale retail developments…… tut tut….