Laois County Council grants permission for 99-home scheme at Rahin, Ballylinan, Co. Laois

In context

It is one of 56 housing scheme applications Laois County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 16 February 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Laois County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

construct 99 No. new dwellings each with private amenity and vehicle parking spaces, broken down as follows. 7 No. 4-bed 2-storey detached, 12 No. 4-bed 2-storey semi-detached, 60 No. 3-bed 2-storey semi-detached, 8 No. 2-bed single storey semi- detached, 12 No. 2-bed 2-storey semi-detached, a crèche and associated parking (18 No. spaces) Provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance, internal access roads, footpaths, communal open spaces, connection to services, associated boundary treatment, landscaping, drainage and all associated site works to facilitate the development.