Block 5
Block 5 , The Maltings Harpur’s Lane , Portlaoise · Maryborough · Portlaoise · Laois
36 homes permitted, not started. 36 homes granted 28 Jan 2025, expires 27 Jan 2030
- Site area
- 0.35 ha (0.87 acres)
- Zoning
- M1
- Homes permitted
- 36, permission to 27 Jan 2030
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
Permission granted to The Maltings & Granary Limited · 36 homes · see their planning record →
- 2460623 · Permitted, not started · 36 homes · granted 28 Jan 2025 · expires 27 Jan 2030
- 2560884 · conditional · lodged 22 Dec 2025
- 2560770 · refused · lodged 20 Nov 2025
- 2560636 · conditional · lodged 7 Oct 2025
- 2560605 · n/a · lodged 22 Sept 2025
- 2551 · unconditional · lodged 11 Jul 2025
- 2460449 · conditional · lodged 29 Jul 2024
- 2460437 · n/a · lodged 24 Jul 2024
- 2421 · refused · lodged 26 Jan 2024
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
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Questions about Block 5
- When does the planning permission at Block 5 expire?
- Its planning permission 2460623 for 36 homes, granted 28 Jan 2025, expires on 27 Jan 2030.
- Has building started at Block 5?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2460623.
Who owns it
We name an owner route only when the public record has one: the planning agent on the council file, the company’s registered office, or its liquidator. We never name a private individual. Where there’s none, there’s no public route. Title isn’t checked.
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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
- 32
- Years
- 5
Appeals
- Total
- 2
- 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, 21 Oct 2026; acp, 16 Oct 2026; bcms, 21 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Count
- 1
- Radius m
- 250
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Basis | Summary | Days left | Deadline at | Deadline kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | signal | Permission 2460623 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | 1,194 | 27 Jan 2030 | permission_expiry |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 16 Oct 2026; consult, 21 Oct 2026; moderngov, 21 Oct 2026; npad, 21 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- 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.
- On site
- Yes
- Available
- Yes
Zones (6)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Plan id | Valid to | Fetched at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Metro / rail economic corridor | A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here. | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 7 Mar 2028 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| N6 | Strategic infrastructure | Land tied to a national or strategic asset (airport, port, rail corridor). Uses are controlled by that asset's own plan. | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 7 Mar 2028 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R3 | Rural cluster | A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged. | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 7 Mar 2028 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| M1 | Metro / rail economic corridor | A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here. | LS-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3 | 7 Mar 2028 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| N1.5 | Airport | Tied to the efficient operation and development of the airport under its own plan — which also means aircraft noise contours apply. | LS-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3 | 7 Mar 2028 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| 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… | LS-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3 | 7 Mar 2028 | 4 Oct 2026 |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 18 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Buffer m
- 50
- Available
- Yes
- Flood close m
- 100
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
Kinds (2)
| Kind | Count | Label |
|---|---|---|
| niah | 2 | NIAH-recorded building |
| smr | 1 | Recorded monument |
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; constraints.smr, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-15T22:31:43+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,208
Totals
- Homes
- 657
- Sites
- 17
- Lapsed
- 25
- Started
- 358
- Unbuilt
- 274
- Not started
- 274
- Started pct
- 54
- Sites lapsed
- 2
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites started
- 9
- Sites unbuilt
- 6
- Sites appealed
- 0
Sites (15)
| Council | Lat | LEA | Lon | Ref | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 2660008 | Lands located between Harpur’s Lane and Mountrath Road |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 2560293 | N80 Mountmellick Road Maryborough |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.3 | 2260005 | Green Mill Lane |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 2460623 | Block 5 |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 2460056 | Harpur’s Lane |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.3 | 2460422 | Maryville House |
| LAOIS | 53.03 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 22581 | Harpur's Lane |
| LAOIS | 53.03 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 20583 | Grattan Street |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 2164 | part of former Minch Norton Maltings |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.32 | 19580 | Harpurs Lane |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 19151 | Harpur's Lane |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 22271 | Harpur's Lane |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 2151 | part of former Minch Norton Maltings |
| LAOIS | 53.03 | Portlaoise | -7.3 | 2070 | Block B Parkside |
| LAOIS | 53.03 | Portlaoise | -7.31 | 2460062 | Rockview |
Applicants (1)
| Name | Homes | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Hebron Mooncoin Limited | 71 | 1 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 21 Oct 2026; npad, 21 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 41
- Facility count
- 11
Stops (10)
| Name | Agency | Stop id | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portlaoise Stn | nta | 8280B160141 | 127.1 |
| Portlaoise Station | nta | 8280B160321 | 127.8 |
| Market Sq | nta | 828000016 | 166.1 |
| Market Square | nta | 8280B160131 | 166.1 |
| Market Sq | nta | 828000017 | 187 |
| Market Square | nta | 8280B160331 | 187 |
| Portlaoise Stn | nta | 8280PB001331 | 310 |
| Portlaoise Stn | nta | 8280PB001341 | 326.3 |
| Portlaoise | nta | 8280IR0068 | 330 |
| Mountrath Rd | nta | 828000055 | 413 |
Schools (3)
| Council | Ref | Kind | Name | Path | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAOIS | 76474B | school_postprimary | Dunamase College (Coláiste Dhún Másc) | /school/dunamase-college-colaiste-dhun-masc-76474b | 416.5 |
| LAOIS | 71510A | school_postprimary | Portlaoise College | /school/portlaoise-college-71510a | 542.5 |
| LAOIS | 19747M | school_primary | SCOIL BHRIDE NS | /school/scoil-bhride-ns-19747m | 674.8 |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off Hapurs Lane, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Harpur’s Lane · Permitted, not started
- Mixed-use land off Coote Street, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Hapurs Lane, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Roselawn, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Roselawn · Permission expired unbuilt
Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (16 Oct 2026); bcms (21 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (21 Oct 2026); gtfs (18 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (21 Oct 2026); npad (21 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (18 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (18 Oct 2026).
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