Ballacolla Road
The Rookery Tullyroe , Ballacolla Road (R433) , Abbeyleix · Tullyroe · Portlaoise · Laois
47 homes permitted, not started. 47 homes granted 21 Mar 2025, expires 18 Aug 2030
- Site area
- 1.96 ha (4.85 acres)
- Zoning
- R1
- Homes permitted
- 47, permission to 18 Aug 2030
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
- 2460167 · Permitted, not started · 47 homes · granted 21 Mar 2025 · expires 18 Aug 2030
- 2460164 · n/a · lodged 26 Mar 2024
- 2460033 · n/a · 1 homes · lodged 25 Jan 2024
- 2460021 · n/a · 1 homes · lodged 19 Jan 2024
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
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Questions about Ballacolla Road
- When does the planning permission at Ballacolla Road expire?
- Its planning permission 2460167 for 47 homes, granted 21 Mar 2025, expires on 18 Aug 2030.
- Has building started at Ballacolla Road?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2460167.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 52.90950, -7.36431 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.
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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full
Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 4
Appeals
- Total
- 1
- Tagged
- 0
Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 11 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 1
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Deadline kind | Deadline at | Days left | Summary | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | permission_expiry | 18 Aug 2030 | 1,406 | Permission 2460167 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | signal |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 12 Oct 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Available
- Yes
- On site
- Yes
- Note
- This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes.
Zones (6)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Objective text | Plan id | Valid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 | Open space | Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such. | Open Space and Amenity: To preserve, provide for and improve active and passive recreational public and private open space. | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 8 Mar 2022 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities. | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 8 Mar 2022 |
| R3 | Rural cluster | A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged. | Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hect… | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 8 Mar 2022 |
| G4 | Open space | Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such. | Open Space/Amenity: To preserve, provide for and improve active and passive recreational public and private open space. | LS-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3 | 8 Mar 2022 |
| R1 | New residential | Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit… | Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hect… | LS-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3 | 8 Mar 2022 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities. | LS-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3 | 8 Mar 2022 |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Flood close m
- 100
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Source: constraints, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 2
- Homes
- 73
- Sites started
- 0
- Unbuilt
- 73
- Sites unbuilt
- 2
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 0
- Not started
- 73
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Sites (2)
| Source | Application id | Council | Ref | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application | 397,701 | LAOIS | 2460167 | Ballacolla Road | The Rookery Tullyroe , Ballacolla Road (R433) , Abbeyleix Co Laois |
| application | 397,126 | LAOIS | 2460769 | Dunnes Hardware | Dunnes Hardware , New Row , Abbeyleix Co. Laois |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 11 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 0
- Facility count
- 4
Schools (1)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 14260F | ABBEYLEIX STH N S | LAOIS | 624.9 | /school/abbeyleix-sth-n-s-14260f |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off The Rookery Tullyroe, Ballacolla Road (r433) · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off The Rookery Tullyroe, Ballacolla Road (r433) · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off The Rookery Tullyroe, Ballacolla Road (r433) · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land at Tullyroe · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Vessy Close, Abbeyleix · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Tullyroe, Abbeyleix · On the RZLT map, no permission
Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (11 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); consult (12 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (12 Oct 2026); npad (12 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).
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