Residential land off The Arches, Block Road
Beladd · Portlaoise · Laois
On the RZLT map, no permission. On the RZLT map with no live permission for 10+ homes on it
- Site area
- 1.14 ha (2.82 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Townland
- Beladd
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Why this site
- On the RZLT map, no permission· Residential Zoned Land Tax
- On the RZLT map (3% land tax)· Residential Zoned Land Tax
Planning nearby
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
Developers active near this site
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Who owns it
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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
- 10
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, 20 Oct 2026; acp, 16 Oct 2026; bcms, 20 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 1
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Entity type | Occurred at | Deadline at | Deadline kind | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application_received | application | 29 Sept 2026 | 3 Nov 2026 | observation | 2660696: application received — apply for a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site located at Ballymackan, Por |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 16 Oct 2026; consult, 20 Oct 2026; moderngov, 20 Oct 2026; npad, 20 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 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 (2)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Objective text | Plan id | Valid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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, 18 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 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
- 15
- Homes
- 1,211
- Started
- 1,089
- Sites started
- 13
- Unbuilt
- 122
- Sites unbuilt
- 2
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 90
- Not started
- 122
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-15T22:31:43+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,208
Sites (15)
Applicants (1)
| Name | Sites | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Bircrest Limited | 1 | 36 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 20 Oct 2026; npad, 20 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 16
- Facility count
- 8
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8280B160701 | Block Road | 173.3 |
| nta | 8280B160461 | Block Road | 180.6 |
| nta | 8280B160471 | Summerhill | 374 |
| nta | 8280B160691 | Summerhill | 425.8 |
| nta | 828000113 | Laois Eductn Centre | 469.3 |
| nta | 8280B160711 | Laois Education Centre | 530.1 |
| nta | 8280B160481 | Saint Fintans Campus | 698.1 |
| nta | 8280B155311 | Portlaoise Hosp | 705.6 |
| nta | 8280B155451 | Portlaoise Hosp | 712.8 |
| nta | 8280B160681 | Saint Fintans Campus | 725.4 |
Schools (6)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 20100P | THE KOLBE SPECIAL SCHOOL | LAOIS | 126.5 | /school/the-kolbe-special-school-20100p |
| school_primary | 20270R | Holy Family Junior School | LAOIS | 404.9 | /school/holy-family-junior-school-20270r |
| school_primary | 20480F | Holy Family Senior School | LAOIS | 437.4 | /school/holy-family-senior-school-20480f |
| school_primary | 14838N | MARYBORO N S | LAOIS | 726.4 | /school/maryboro-n-s-14838n |
| school_primary | 20081O | GAELSCOIL PHORT LAOISE | LAOIS | 794.7 | /school/gaelscoil-phort-laoise-20081o |
| school_primary | 20347D | Portlaoise Educate Together NS | LAOIS | 802.3 | /school/portlaoise-educate-together-ns-20347d |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off Summerhill Lane, Beladd · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Beladd Upper, Stradbally Road · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Beladd, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Summerhill Lane, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Beladd Upper, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Beladd Upper, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (16 Oct 2026); bcms (20 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); consult (20 Oct 2026); gtfs (18 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (20 Oct 2026); npad (20 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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