Residential land off Lake Cresent, Kilminchy

Ratheven · Portlaoise · Laois

On the RZLT map, no permission. On the RZLT map with no live permission for 10+ homes on it

Site area: 1.08 ha (2.66 acres)
Zoning: R2
Townland: Ratheven

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Why this site

On the RZLT map, no permission· Residential Zoned Land Tax
On the RZLT map, no permission · On the RZLT map with no live permission for 10+ homes on it · 1 Jan 2027 · source
On the RZLT map (3% land tax)· Residential Zoned Land Tax
On the RZLT map (3% land tax) · On the 2027 draft RZLT map · 1 Jan 2027 · source

Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)

Developers active near this site

Bircrest Limited
6 schemes within 3 km (370 homes) · Typical scheme 62 homes, close to what your site could take
Boderg Developments Limited
3 schemes within 2 km (356 homes) · Typical scheme 121 homes, bigger than your site
Brook Advantage Limited
1 scheme 0.8 km away (35 homes) · Typical scheme 28 homes, close to what your site could take
Thomas Kelly & Sons Group comprising O'Ceallaigh Westfield Limited&Thomas Kelly & Sons Limited
1 scheme 0.3 km away (95 homes) · Typical scheme 95 homes, bigger than your site
Marina Quarter Limited
1 scheme 0.9 km away (175 homes) · Typical scheme 102 homes, bigger than your site

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Who owns it

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Planning on and around the site

Radius m: 250

Near

Total: 14
Years: 5

Appeals

Total: 3
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, 16 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 15 Oct 2026

Deadlines running

Count: 1
Radius m: 250

Clocks (1)

Kind	Basis	Summary	Days left	Distance m	Deadline at
decision	event	2660557: CONDITIONAL — upgrade and extension of the existing Borris Road Wastewater Pumping Station and to upgrade sections of the incoming gra	19	206.9	4 Nov 2026

Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 16 Oct 2026; moderngov, 16 Oct 2026; npad, 16 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 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 (8)

Code	Label	Meaning	Plan id	Valid to	Fetched at
G4	Open space	Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.	LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027	7 Mar 2028	27 Sept 2026
G4	Open space	Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.	LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027	7 Mar 2028	27 Sept 2026
G4	Open space	Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.	LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027	7 Mar 2028	27 Sept 2026
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'…	LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027	7 Mar 2028	27 Sept 2026
G4	Open space	Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.	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
G4	Open space	Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.	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
G4	Open space	Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.	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
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'…	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, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026

Constraints

Buffer m: 50
Available: Yes
Flood close m: 100
Opw flood extent close: No
Opw flood extent nearby: No

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

As of

Computed at: 2026-10-15T22:31:43+00:00
Sites in table: 4,208

Totals

Homes: 785
Sites: 13
Started: 525
Unbuilt: 260
Not started: 260
Started pct: 67
Sites lapsed: 0
Sites lapsing: 0
Sites started: 11
Sites unbuilt: 2
Sites appealed: 0

Sites (13)

Council	Lat	LEA	Lon	Ref	Name
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.28	2660255	Dargan Woods
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.27	2660112	Colliers Lane Ballyroan
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.27	2360366	Dublin Road
LAOIS	53.05	Portlaoise	-7.27	21496	Rathevan
LAOIS	53.05	Portlaoise	-7.26	18363	Kilminchy
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.26	19144	Dublin Road
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.26	20146	Dublin Road
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.28	2460156	Borris Road in the townland of
LAOIS	53.05	Portlaoise	-7.26	21561	Kilminchy
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.28	2560311	Dargan Woods
LAOIS	53.05	Portlaoise	-7.28	18302	Maryborough East
LAOIS	53.05	Portlaoise	-7.27	19712	Kilminchy
LAOIS	53.05	Portlaoise	-7.27	17690	Lake Drive

Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 15 Oct 2026; npad, 16 Oct 2026

Public land nearby

Radius m: 1,000

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 16 Oct 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m: 1,000
Stop count: 14
Facility count: 6

Stops (10)

Name	Agency	Stop id	Distance m
Colliers View	nta	8280B160401	266.8
Colliers View	nta	8280B160051	287.6
The Hermitage	nta	8280B160061	383.3
The Hermitage	nta	8280B160541	387.3
Colliers Lane	nta	8280B160041	517.4
Borris Great	nta	8280B160071	599
Borris Great	nta	8280B160391	641.1
Kilminchy	nta	8280PB001327	819.5
Kilminchy	nta	8280B160731	819.5
Kilminchy Ave	nta	8280B160411	824.1

Schools (2)

Council	Ref	Kind	Name	Path	Distance m
LAOIS	63430G	school_postprimary	St. Mary's C.B.S.	/school/st-maryis-c-b-s-63430g	588.2
LAOIS	63451O	school_postprimary	Scoil Chriost Ri	/school/scoil-chriost-ri-63451o	637.5

Sources: gtfs, 11 Oct 2026; schools, 27 Sept 2026

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Residential land off Lake Cresent, Kilminchy · On the RZLT map, no permission

Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (15 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); consult (16 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (16 Oct 2026); npad (16 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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