Summerhill Portlaoise
Summerhill Portlaoise , County Laois R32 , Ireland · Summerhill or Aghnaharna · Portlaoise · Laois
86 homes permitted, not started. 86 homes granted 29 May 2023, expires 14 Mar 2028
- Site area
- 0.55 ha (1.37 acres)
- Zoning
- R1
- Homes permitted
- 86, permission to 14 Mar 2028
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
Sold as An Lochán, Summerhill: the scheme’s build progress and what its new homes sold for.
- 2260011 · Permitted, not started · 86 homes · granted 29 May 2023 · expires 14 Mar 2028
- 2619 · unconditional · 1 homes · lodged 30 Mar 2026
- 2560597 · conditional · 8 homes · lodged 18 Sept 2025
- 2560590 · n/a · lodged 16 Sept 2025
- 19717 · n/a · lodged 16 Dec 2019
- 18546 · conditional · 12 homes · lodged 6 Sept 2018
- 18509 · n/a · lodged 16 Aug 2018
- 18326 · refused · lodged 28 May 2018
- 18232 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 17 Apr 2018
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
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Questions about Summerhill Portlaoise
- When does the planning permission at Summerhill Portlaoise expire?
- Its planning permission 2260011 for 86 homes, granted 29 May 2023, expires on 14 Mar 2028.
- Has building started at Summerhill Portlaoise?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2260011.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.03148, -7.27871 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
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 28
Appeals
- Total
- 0
- 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, 14 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 13 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 2
Clocks (2)
| Kind | Deadline at | Deadline kind | Summary | Days left | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application_received | 10 Nov 2026 | observation | 2660715: application received — amend the permitted Neighbourhood Centre building granted under LCC Reg. Ref. 23/60348, as amended under LCC Reg. Ref. 2 | 27 | event |
| permission_expiry | 14 Mar 2028 | permission_expiry | Permission 2260011 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | 517 | signal |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 14 Oct 2026; moderngov, 14 Oct 2026; npad, 14 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3 | Rural cluster | A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged. | Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hect… | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 8 Mar 2022 |
| 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… | Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hect… | 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, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 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
- 12
- Homes
- 849
- Started
- 259
- Sites started
- 4
- Unbuilt
- 335
- Sites unbuilt
- 5
- Lapsing
- 55
- Sites lapsing
- 1
- Lapsed
- 200
- Sites lapsed
- 2
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 31
- Not started
- 390
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Sites (12)
Applicants (2)
| Name | Sites | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Bircrest Limited | 5 | 289 |
| Boderg Developments Limited | 1 | 121 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 13 Oct 2026; npad, 14 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 15
- Facility count
- 13
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8280B160471 | Summerhill | 253.1 |
| nta | 8280B160691 | Summerhill | 281.5 |
| nta | 8280B160701 | Block Road | 423.3 |
| nta | 8280B160461 | Block Road | 432.7 |
| nta | 8280B160481 | Saint Fintans Campus | 470.4 |
| nta | 8280B160681 | Saint Fintans Campus | 498 |
| nta | 828000113 | Laois Eductn Centre | 594.4 |
| nta | 8280B160711 | Laois Education Centre | 637.2 |
| nta | 8280B160491 | Stradbrook | 696.1 |
| nta | 8280PB15063 | Fielbrook | 726.1 |
Schools (6)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 20270R | Holy Family Junior School | LAOIS | 258 | /school/holy-family-junior-school-20270r |
| school_primary | 20480F | Holy Family Senior School | LAOIS | 337.6 | /school/holy-family-senior-school-20480f |
| school_primary | 20100P | THE KOLBE SPECIAL SCHOOL | LAOIS | 347.8 | /school/the-kolbe-special-school-20100p |
| school_primary | 14838N | MARYBORO N S | LAOIS | 381.1 | /school/maryboro-n-s-14838n |
| school_primary | 20081O | GAELSCOIL PHORT LAOISE | LAOIS | 448.7 | /school/gaelscoil-phort-laoise-20081o |
| school_primary | 20347D | Portlaoise Educate Together NS | LAOIS | 464.3 | /school/portlaoise-educate-together-ns-20347d |
Other sites nearby
- Summerhill · Permitted, not started
- Residential land off Aghnaharna, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Aghnaharna Drive, Summerhill Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Aghnaharna, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land off Aghnaharna, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Beladd, Portlaoise · On the RZLT map, no permission
Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (13 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); consult (14 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (14 Oct 2026); npad (14 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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