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~85 dwellings, A c. 3.85 Ha site at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
retain amendments to 7 No. houses permitted as part of the residential development granted under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60385 at a c. 3.85 Ha site at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. This application relates to Phase 2 of the wider Sand Wood Development...
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A planning decision is recorded and no linked commencement is indexed. Conditions, procurement and start timing remain unconfirmed.
A decision-stage public state is indexed. / Confidence: LowA decision-stage public state is indexed.
No commencement indexed / This is an index state, not proof that no works have started.
Source limited6 drawing entries are present in the official document inventory.
- House Type D - Floor Plans, Elevations & Section - Plans, Sections, Elevations
- House Type B1- Floor Plans, Elevations & Section - Plans, Sections, Elevations
- Proposed Site Layout Plan - Site layout plan
Confirmed scope
Confirmed application scope
Retention permission is sought for amendments to 7 permitted houses in Phase 2, including reorientation of 6 houses and repositioning of 1 house, along with associated landscaping, boundary, parking and site works.
Open scope evidenceNamed 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.
- Bircrest Ltd
- Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
- Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.
Evidence-backed work packages
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No work package meets the explicit source, reference and locator threshold. PlanningBrief does not pad this list with generic trades.
Confidence & provenance 1 official source
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Exact reference
- 2660624
- Evidence reviewed
- 16 Sep 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
2 source-supported signalsWhat the public record evidences
Large residential - 85 dwellings
The public application record identifies 85 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.
Roads and site-development scope
The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.
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Project facts
Named source parties
- Promoter
- Bircrest Ltd
- Planning agent
- Patricia Thornton
- Agent address
- Thornton O'Connor Town Planning 1 Kilmacud Road Upper, Dundrum Dublin 14 D14EA89
- Builder / developer
- Bircrest Limited
Document-derived evidence
Source-specific, not inferred
Facts extracted from official planning documents
- Unit mix
- 86 4-bed houses, 6 2-bed sheltered housing units
- Site area
- 3.85 ha
- Applicant / promoter
- Bircrest Limited
- Phasing
- Phase 2 of the wider Sand Wood Development
- Scope
- Retention permission is sought for amendments to 7 permitted houses in Phase 2, including reorientation of 6 houses and repositioning of 1 house, along with associated landscaping, boundary, parking and site works.
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Source: Planning Report, Laois County Council planning file
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Official description
Application text
retain amendments to 7 No. houses permitted as part of the residential development granted under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60385 at a c. 3.85 Ha site at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. This application relates to Phase 2 of the wider Sand Wood Development (generally bound by: the Southern Circular Road and Aghnaharna Drive to the north; the Holy Family Schools and Ashewood Walk to the east; and agricultural land to the south and west). The Phase 2 site is generally bound by: agricultural lands to the west; Phases 1A & 1B (permitted under LCC Reg. Refs. 23/60350 & 23/60348, as amended under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60040) to the north, which are near completion and partially occupied; and Phase 3 (permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60386) to the south and east. Retention permission is sought for the re-orientation of 6 No. 4-bed houses (‘D’ house type) located along the northern boundary of the site, resulting in the front of the house now facing the internal street to the north; the relocation of the adjacent 4-bed house (‘B1’ house type) further west by approximately 2-metres; and minor amendments to hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, car parking and all other associated works above and below ground located adjacent to and within the curtilage of the 7 No. houses. No amendments have been made to the remaining 85 No. permitted residential units.
Source-aware chronology
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Applied 8 Sep 2026 2660624
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Decision Decision not recorded yet
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Appeal No appeal possible yet The application has not been decided.
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Commenced No commencement indexed A scheme cannot start before it is permitted.
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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.
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Public planning recordSource, scope and limits
Application description and scale 2660624
retain amendments to 7 No. houses permitted as part of the residential development granted under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60385 at a c. 3.85 Ha site at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. This application relates to Phase 2 of the wider Sand Wood Development (generally bound by: the Southern Circular Road and Aghnaharna Drive to the north; the Holy Family Schools and Ashewood Walk to the east; and agricultural land to the south and west). The Phase 2 site is generally bound by: agricultural lands to the west; Phases 1A & 1B (permitted under LCC Reg. Refs. 23/60350 & 23/60348, as amended under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60040) to the north, which are near completion and partially occupied; and Phase 3 (permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60386) to the south and east. Retention permission is sought for the re-orientation of 6 No. 4-bed houses (‘D’ house type) located along the northern boundary of the site, resulting in the front of the house now facing the internal street to the north; the relocation of the adjacent 4-bed house (‘B1’ house type) further west by approximately 2-metres; and minor amendments to hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, car parking and all other associated works above and below ground located adjacent to and within the curtilage of the 7 No. houses. No amendments have been made to the remaining 85 No. permitted residential units.
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