Residential land off The Arches, Block Road

Beladd · Portlaoise · Laois

On the RZLT map, no permission. RZLT-liable and no live permission for 10+ homes on it

Site area: 4.23 ha (10.45 acres)
Zoning: R2
Townland: Beladd

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On the RZLT map, no permission· Residential Zoned Land Tax
On the RZLT map, no permission · RZLT-liable and 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 1 km (370 homes) · Typical scheme 62 homes, smaller than your site
Boderg Developments Limited
3 schemes within 1 km (356 homes) · Typical scheme 121 homes, close to what your site could take
Marina Quarter Limited
1 scheme 0.7 km away (175 homes) · Typical scheme 102 homes, close to what your site could take
Thomas Kelly & Sons Group comprising O'Ceallaigh Westfield Limited&Thomas Kelly & Sons Limited
1 scheme 1.8 km away (95 homes) · Typical scheme 95 homes, close to what your site could take
Hebron Mooncoin Limited
1 scheme 2.3 km away (71 homes) · Typical scheme 71 homes, smaller than your site

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Who owns it

The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.03489, -7.27348 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: 12
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, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 11 Oct 2026

Deadlines running

Count: 1
Radius m: 250

Clocks (1)

Kind	Basis	Summary	Days left	Distance m	Deadline at
application_received	event	2660696: application received — apply for a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site located at Ballymackan, Por	22	22.7	3 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, 12 Oct 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 12 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 (6)

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
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
S5	Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.	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
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
S5	Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.	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: 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
Sites in table: 4,197

Totals

Homes: 1,112
Sites: 14
Lapsed: 200
Lapsing: 55
Started: 434
Unbuilt: 423
Not started: 478
Started pct: 39
Sites lapsed: 2
Sites lapsing: 1
Sites started: 5
Sites unbuilt: 6
Sites appealed: 0

Sites (14)

Council	Lat	LEA	Lon	Ref	Name
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	19727	Summerhill
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.27	2660112	Colliers Lane Ballyroan
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	2260011	Summerhill Portlaoise
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	2560386	Portlaoise
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	21853	Aghnaharna
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	2360350	Portlaoise
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	2560387	Portlaoise
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.27	2360366	Dublin Road
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	2560385	Portlaoise
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.27	17396	Summerhill Lane
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	2360348	Portlaoise
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	18546	Aghnaharna
LAOIS	53.04	Portlaoise	-7.27	2341	Foxburrow
LAOIS	53.03	Portlaoise	-7.28	19217	Aghnaharna

Applicants (2)

Name	Homes	Sites
Bircrest Limited	289	5
Boderg Developments Limited	121	1

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

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m: 1,000
Stop count: 19
Facility count: 9

Stops (10)

Name	Agency	Stop id	Distance m
Block Road	nta	8280B160461	85.5
Block Road	nta	8280B160701	95.1
Laois Eductn Centre	nta	828000113	266
Laois Education Centre	nta	8280B160711	327.2
Summerhill	nta	8280B160471	402.4
Summerhill	nta	8280B160691	443.4
Portlaoise Hosp	nta	8280B155311	459.9
Portlaoise Hosp	nta	8280B155451	472.3
Fielbrook	nta	8280PB15063	565.6
Fielbrook	nta	828000027	584.6

Schools (6)

Council	Ref	Kind	Name	Path	Distance m
LAOIS	20100P	school_primary	THE KOLBE SPECIAL SCHOOL	/school/the-kolbe-special-school-20100p	172.4
LAOIS	20270R	school_primary	Holy Family Junior School	/school/holy-family-junior-school-20270r	645.4
LAOIS	20480F	school_primary	Holy Family Senior School	/school/holy-family-senior-school-20480f	686.3
LAOIS	14838N	school_primary	MARYBORO N S	/school/maryboro-n-s-14838n	859.5
LAOIS	20081O	school_primary	GAELSCOIL PHORT LAOISE	/school/gaelscoil-phort-laoise-20081o	952.4
LAOIS	20347D	school_primary	Portlaoise Educate Together NS	/school/portlaoise-educate-together-ns-20347d	978.8

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

Other sites nearby

Residential land off The Arches, Block Road · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off Ballymooney, Stradbally Road · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off Foxburrow, Beladd · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off Beladd, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off Summerhill, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off Beladd Upper, Stradbally Road · 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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