Laois County Council grants permission for 131-home scheme at Leighlin Road, Crossneen Carlow, Co. Laois

In context

It is one of 54 housing scheme applications Laois County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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 August 2025. 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 Phase 3 of an overall residential development of 131 dwellings plus Creche. Phase 3 to consist of 17 dwellings to include: 2 No. Type B – four bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings, 6 No. Type C/C1 – four bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings, 1 No. block Type D – containing 2 No. two bedroom two storey townhouses plus 2 No. two bedroom own door access apartments, 1 no. Type E - two storey four bedroom detached dwelling, 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