Residential land off The Poplars, Forest Park
Borris Great · Portlaoise · Laois
On the RZLT map (3% land tax). On the 2027 draft RZLT map
- Site area
- 1.26 ha (3.11 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Townland
- Borris Great
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Why this site
- On the RZLT map (3% land tax)· Residential Zoned Land Tax
Planning on this site
Sold as Dargan Woods, Portlaoise: the scheme’s build progress and what its new homes sold for.
- 2660255 · conditional · 174 homes · lodged 5 May 2026
- 2660231 · n/a · lodged 24 Apr 2026
- 2660213 · n/a · lodged 15 Apr 2026
- 2460253 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 10 May 2024
- 2460156 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 22 Mar 2024
- 2460140 · n/a · lodged 15 Mar 2024
- 2460135 · n/a · lodged 14 Mar 2024
- 2460123 · n/a · lodged 11 Mar 2024
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
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Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.04485, -7.28459 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
- 26
- 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, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 11 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Count
- 2
- Radius m
- 250
Clocks (2)
| Kind | Basis | Summary | Days left | Distance m | Deadline at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application_received | event | 2660661: application received — carry out alterations to previously granted planning permission 25/60311 for change of house type on sites 7,8,9 & 10, G | 11 | 109.1 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| decision | event | 2660255: CONDITIONAL — construct a Large Scale Residential Development at this site: Dargan Woods, Borris Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The deve | 15 | 36.7 | 27 Oct 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 (10)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Totals
- Homes
- 557
- Sites
- 7
- Started
- 272
- Unbuilt
- 285
- Not started
- 285
- Started pct
- 49
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites started
- 4
- Sites unbuilt
- 3
- Sites appealed
- 0
Sites (7)
| 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 | 53.05 | Portlaoise | -7.28 | 18302 | Maryborough East |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.27 | 2360366 | Dublin Road |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.29 | 17711 | Borris Great Borris Road |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.28 | 2460156 | Borris Road in the townland of |
| LAOIS | 53.04 | Portlaoise | -7.28 | 2560311 | Dargan Woods |
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
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 17
- Facility count
- 8
Stops (10)
| Name | Agency | Stop id | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park | nta | 8280B160381 | 45.4 |
| Forest Park | nta | 8280B160081 | 67.2 |
| Borris Little | nta | 8280B160371 | 436 |
| Borris Great | nta | 8280B160391 | 447.8 |
| Borris Great | nta | 8280B160071 | 478 |
| Borris Little | nta | 8280B160091 | 529.7 |
| The Hermitage | nta | 8280B160061 | 747.4 |
| The Hermitage | nta | 8280B160541 | 751.7 |
| Colliers View | nta | 8280B160051 | 751.8 |
| Colliers Lane | nta | 8280B160041 | 761.2 |
Schools (3)
| Council | Ref | Kind | Name | Path | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAOIS | 63451O | school_postprimary | Scoil Chriost Ri | /school/scoil-chriost-ri-63451o | 526.5 |
| LAOIS | 63430G | school_postprimary | St. Mary's C.B.S. | /school/st-maryis-c-b-s-63430g | 661.9 |
| LAOIS | 19337Q | school_primary | ST FRANCIS S S | /school/st-francis-s-s-19337q | 828 |
Other sites nearby
- Dargan Woods · Permitted, not started
- Residential land off The Poplars, Forest Park · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Maryborough East · Permitted, not started
- Residential land off Dargan Woods, Borris Road · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off The Poplars, Forest Park · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Borris Road, Borris Great · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
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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