Birch's Lane
Birch's Lane , Blackrock · Haggardstown · Dundalk South · Louth
15 homes permitted, not started. 15 homes granted 08 Jul 2024, expires 07 Jul 2029
- Site area
- 0.57 ha (1.42 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Homes permitted
- 15, permission to 7 Jul 2029
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
- 2360177 · Permitted, not started · 15 homes · granted 8 Jul 2024 · expires 7 Jul 2029
- 22551 · n/a · 13 homes · lodged 12 Jul 2022
- 22410 · n/a · 3 homes · lodged 24 May 2022
- 19104 · n/a · 11 homes · lodged 15 Feb 2019
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
Developers active near this site
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Questions about Birch's Lane
- When does the planning permission at Birch's Lane expire?
- Its planning permission 2360177 for 15 homes, granted 8 Jul 2024, expires on 7 Jul 2029.
- Has building started at Birch's Lane?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2360177.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.97394, -6.36389 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
- Total
- 19
- Years
- 5
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, 11 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 10 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Count
- 1
- Radius m
- 250
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Basis | Summary | Days left | Deadline at | Deadline kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | signal | Permission 2360177 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | 1,000 | 7 Jul 2029 | permission_expiry |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 11 Oct 2026; moderngov, 11 Oct 2026; npad, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 4 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Note
- The council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax.
- On site
- No
- Available
- Yes
Zones (1)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Plan id | Valid to | Fetched at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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'… | LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan | 1 Jan 2027 | 27 Sept 2026 |
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, 4 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Buffer m
- 50
- Available
- Yes
- Flood close m
- 100
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
Kinds (1)
| Kind | Count | Label |
|---|---|---|
| niah | 3 | NIAH-recorded building |
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.niah, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Totals
- Homes
- 623
- Sites
- 7
- Lapsed
- 541
- Started
- 67
- Unbuilt
- 15
- Not started
- 15
- Started pct
- 11
- Sites lapsed
- 3
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites started
- 3
- Sites unbuilt
- 1
- Sites appealed
- 0
Sites (7)
| Council | Lat | LEA | Lon | Ref | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOUTH | 53.97 | Dundalk South | -6.36 | 2360177 | Birch's Lane |
| LOUTH | 53.98 | Dundalk South | -6.37 | 211032 | Blackrock Road and Bothar Maol |
| LOUTH | 53.97 | Dundalk South | -6.37 | 17784 | Blackrock Cove |
| LOUTH | 53.97 | Dundalk South | -6.37 | 1747 | Hamilton |
| LOUTH | 53.98 | Dundalk South | -6.37 | 19590 | Blackrock Road |
| LOUTH | 53.97 | Dundalk South | -6.37 | 19183 | Cnoc na Mara/Blackrock Cove |
| LOUTH | 53.97 | Dundalk South | -6.37 | 191009 | Hamilton |
Applicants (2)
| Name | Homes | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsbridge Consultancy Limited | 483 | 1 |
| Shannon Homes (Blackrock) Limited | 46 | 1 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 10 Oct 2026; npad, 11 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 7
- Facility count
- 0
Stops (7)
| Name | Agency | Stop id | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Square | nta | 830000030 | 128.8 |
| The Square | nta | 8300PB14845 | 139.6 |
| Rock Rd E | nta | 8300PB14426 | 639.2 |
| Rock Rd E | nta | 830000027 | 652.7 |
| Hamilton Avenue | nta | 830000011 | 790.3 |
| The Loakers | nta | 8300PB14573 | 924.9 |
| The Loakers | nta | 830000031 | 958.7 |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off Birch's Lane, Blackrock · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off The Square, Blackrock · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Sandymount, Blackrock · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off The Square, Blackrock · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Blackrock Cove, Golf Links Road · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off The Square, Blackrock · On the RZLT map, no permission
Figures as of 11 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (10 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (27 Sept 2026); consult (11 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (11 Oct 2026); npad (11 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (4 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).
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