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Foxburrow, Beladd, Portlaoise

Amendments to a housing development in Portlaoise, reducing the total units from 155 to 144.

22146 · Laois County Council · Lodged 14 March 2022

Reference: 22146
Authority: Laois County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 14 March 2022

Summary

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The applicant seeks to amend a partially constructed residential scheme, reducing the total number of units from 155 to 144. The revised mix will alter the distribution of terraced, semi-detached, detached, and single-storey houses alongside apartment units.

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Residential units: 144

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Official record

Development description

Develop this 4.492 site at foxborrow, beladd, portlaoise, county laois as follows: the development will principally consist of an amendment to the number and dwelling mix of the partially constructed scheme as permitted under an bord pleanála reference ta11.307420, reducing the quantum of residential units from 155 no. To 144 no. The scheme as permitted comprised 155 no. Units providing 114 no. Two- storey terraced, semi-detached and detached dwellings (44 no. 4-bedroom houses, 48 no. 3-bedroom houses and 23 no. 2-bedroom houses); 1 no. Single storey 2 no. Bedroom dwellinq (as per condition no. 3 of the abp decision); 4 no. 1-bed maisonettes in a two-storey block; and 36 no. Apartments provided in 3 no. Three storey apartment buildings, with each block proposing 12 no. Units, providing a total of 18 no. One bedroom apartments and 18 no. Two bedroom apartments. The scheme as proposed comprises 144 no. Units providing 104 no. Two-storey terraced, semi-detached and detached dwellings (1 no. 5-bedroom house, 74 no. 4-bedroom houses, 16 no. 3-bedroom houses and 13 no. 2-bedroom houses); 4 no single storey two bedroom dwellings (3 no. Detached and 1 no. Semi-detached); and 36 no. Apartments provided in 3 no. Three storey apartment buildings, with each block proposing 12 no. Units, providing a total of 18 no. One bedroom apartments and 18 no. Two bedroom apartments; and all associated site works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Residential 1 - Existing ResidentialRS

“To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

Objective set by the LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
12 Cherrybrook, Foxburrow Block Rd, Portlaoise	Oct 2025	€490,000	59 m
8 Hawthorn, Foxburrow, Portlaoise	Jun 2026	€460,000	63 m
16 Cherrabrook, Foxborrow Block Rd, Portlaoise	Oct 2025	€560,000	107 m
7 Walnut Close, Foxburrow, Block Rd	Jan 2025	€210,000	126 m
6 Walnut Close, Foxburrow Portlaoise, Laois	Sept 2025	€212,000	126 m
15 Chestnut Close, Foxburrow, Portlaoise	Mar 2026	€400,000	141 m
2 Chestnut Ave, Foxburrow, Portlaoise	Oct 2025	€445,000	158 m
2 Chestnut Ave, Foxburrow, Portlaoise	Oct 2025	€530,000	158 m

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Application received14 March 2022

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