GrantedDecision recorded
74 dwellings, A c. 4.15 Ha site at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
construct a creche (c. 961 sq m) and 74 No. residential dwellings comprising 64 No. 4-bed houses and 4 No. 1-bed and 6 No. 2-bed sheltered housing units. The proposed development will be 1 No. and 2 No. storeys in height. The development will also include: minor amendments to the landscape and boundary treatment to the south...
The public decision state is shown, but conditions and later amendments can still change delivery scope.
Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.
No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.
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What is known, and what may happen next
Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.
A planning decision is recorded and no linked commencement is indexed. Conditions, procurement and start timing remain unconfirmed.
Decision date 13 Jan 2026. / Confidence: LowDecision date 13 Jan 2026.
No commencement indexed / This is an index state, not proof that no works have started.
Source limited52 drawing entries are present in the official document inventory.
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Confirmed scope
Confirmed application scope
Application for 74 dwellings and a creche (c. 961 sq m) on lands at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Named firms
Public source roles
- Bircrest Limited
- Applicant / promoter named in an official planning document
- Document role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.
Evidence-backed work packages
Explicit source signals only
No work package meets the explicit source, reference and locator threshold. PlanningBrief does not pad this list with generic trades.
Confidence & provenance 0 official sources
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Exact reference
- 2560386
- Evidence reviewed
- 2 Jul 2026
- Confidence
- Document-derived
Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.
Application-stage scope
3 source-supported signalsWhat the public record evidences
Large residential - 74 dwellings
The public application record identifies 74 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.
Roads and site-development scope
The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.
Services / drainage scope
The public application description explicitly references services / drainage scope.
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Project facts
Named source parties
- Promoter
- not included in reference feed
- Planning agent
- not included in reference feed
- Builder / developer
- Bircrest Limited
Document-derived evidence
Source-specific, not inferred
Facts extracted from official planning documents
- Unit mix
- 74 dwellings
- Site area
- 4.15 ha
- Applicant / promoter
- Bircrest Limited
- Phasing
- Phase 3 of a multi-phase development (Phases 2, 3, and 4) with Phases 1A and 1B under construction.
- Scope
- Application for 74 dwellings and a creche (c. 961 sq m) on lands at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
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Source: Planning Report, Laois County Council planning file
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Official description
Application text
construct a creche (c. 961 sq m) and 74 No. residential dwellings comprising 64 No. 4-bed houses and 4 No. 1-bed and 6 No. 2-bed sheltered housing units. The proposed development will be 1 No. and 2 No. storeys in height. The development will also include: minor amendments to the landscape and boundary treatment to the south of the Phase 1A site to provide car parking and access to the proposed creche; the continuation of the Link Road permitted in Phases 1A & 1B, as proposed to be amended and extended as part of the Phase 2 application; car parking; cycle parking; public open space; drainage connections; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; lighting; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.
Source-aware chronology
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Applied 30 Jun 2025 2560386
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Decision Conditional 13 Jan 2026
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Appeal No appeal indexed No public appeal record is indexed against this application.
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Commenced No commencement indexed No reliable public commencement record is indexed against this permission.
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Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register
Public planning recordSource, scope and limits
Application description and scale 2560386
construct a creche (c. 961 sq m) and 74 No. residential dwellings comprising 64 No. 4-bed houses and 4 No. 1-bed and 6 No. 2-bed sheltered housing units. The proposed development will be 1 No. and 2 No. storeys in height. The development will also include: minor amendments to the landscape and boundary treatment to the south of the Phase 1A site to provide car parking and access to the proposed creche; the continuation of the Link Road permitted in Phases 1A & 1B, as proposed to be amended and extended as part of the Phase 2 application; car parking; cycle parking; public open space; drainage connections; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; lighting; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.
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