No Change To Local Property Tax In Wicklow For 2026

County Councillors voted to maintain 2025 LPT levels

Households and property owners in County Wicklow won't face a rate increase to their LPT payments this year. Councillors voted to maintain 2025 levels for 2026 at a meeting of Wicklow County Council today (07/07/206).

Local Property Tax is an important funding source for local authorities. It contributes to the cost of providing a range of local council services including libraries, public lighting, road maintenance, housing services, fire services, community grant scheme, street cleaning, recycling services, and tourism development initiatives.

LPT generates €1.4m in funding for Wicklow County Council and supports local projects in five Municipal Districts.

Bray will receive almost €352,000, the other four districts - Arklow, Baltinglass, Greystones and Wicklow will each receive just under €264,000.

Projects supported directly through the LPT Discretionary Fund include among others:

• Heritage signs installed throughout the district - Arklow MD
• Ferrybank footpath repairs - Arklow MD
• Footpath construction in Derry Drive, Tinahely - Baltinglass MD
• Construction of footpaths in Blessington Graveyard - Baltinglass MD
• Repair of Esplanade bandstand roof and painting of Victorian seatback at Bray Seafront - Bray MD
• Repair of Bray beach accessibility boardwalk - Bray MD
• Cladding of ramp at Farrankelly - Greystones MD
• New Footpath at Merrymeeting, Rathnew - Wicklow MD
• Refurbishment of toilets at Wicklow Seafront - Wicklow MD