131-home scheme proposed at Leighlin Road, Crossneen Carlow, 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

We, Whitehorse Developments Ltd T/A Capital Homes intend to apply for planning permission for Phase 2 of an overall residential development of 131 dwellings plus Creche. Phase 2 to consist of 24 dwellings to include: 2 No. Type A – three bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings, 12 No. Type B – four bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings, 6 No. Type C/C1 – four bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings, 4 No. Type H – three bedroom two storey town houses, plus all landscaping and site enclosures plus all associated site works and services. New site entrance as granted under planning reference P23.3 from Leighlin Road, at Crossneen, Carlow, Co. Laois. A N.I.S. (Natura Impact Statement) has been submitted with the application and is available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee,€20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Signed: Mark Bannon, PBA architects R.I.A.I. 98013 , Stoneyford, Kilkenny 087 6196527 For and on behalf of Whitehorse Developments Ltd T/A Capital Homes Limited.