Laois County Council grants permission for 195-home scheme at Dublin Road, Ballyroan (townland) Portlaoise, Co. Laois

In context

It is one of 56 housing scheme applications Laois County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 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 1 November 2023. 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.

develop a Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising of the demolition and site clearance of a disused farmyard, the construction of 195 no. residential units, 1 no. creche, 2 no. ESB kiosks and all associated site development works including footpaths, cycle paths, parking, fencing, drainage, bicycle and bin stores and landscaping/amenity areas at Dublin Road, Ballyroan (townland), Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Access to the proposed development will be provided via a new access road that will connect a new roundabout at the Dublin Road (R445) to the existing road at the Rath Gailine Estate. The site clearance works consist of the demolition of 4 no. existing buildings, one of which includes a dwelling unit, and the site clearance of a ruinous agricultural building.