New Application · decision due 5 Nov 2026Pre-decision · not yet granted
~24 dwellings, A c. 3.85 Ha site at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
make amendments to the residential development permitted 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...
The record describes what is sought. Nothing is permitted until the authority decision.
Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.
No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.
Opportunity & supplier intelligence
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.
The application is pre-decision. The earliest credible supplier window is after the public decision milestone on 5 Nov 2026; no procurement timetable is published.
Decision due 5 Nov 2026 / Confidence: MediumPublic planning decision due date; the authority may update it.
Open evidenceNo commencement indexed / A scheme cannot commence under this application before permission.
Source limited8 drawing entries are present in the official document inventory.
- Proposed Watermain Layout - Water Supply Plans
- Proposed Roads Layout - Sheet 1 - Road Layout Plan
- Proposed Drainage Layout - Sheet 1 - Drainage Network Drawings
Confirmed scope
Confirmed application scope
Amendment to permitted Phase 2 residential development replacing 18 permitted houses with 24 houses and repositioning 4 houses, with associated 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
Explicit source signals only
Roads and site-development scope
The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.
Roofing
SELECTED NATURAL SLATE
Cladding
SELECTED SELF COLOURED RENDER
Confidence & provenance 1 official source
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Exact reference
- 2660636
- 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 - 24 dwellings
The public application record identifies 24 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.
Roads and site-development scope
The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.
Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.
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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
- 19 3-bed three-storey houses, 5 4-bed two-storey houses
- Site area
- 3.85 ha
- Applicant / promoter
- Bircrest Limited
- Phasing
- Phase 2 of the wider Sand Wood Development
- Scope
- Amendment to permitted Phase 2 residential development replacing 18 permitted houses with 24 houses and repositioning 4 houses, with associated site works.
Roofing: SELECTED NATURAL SLATECladding: SELECTED SELF COLOURED RENDERCladding: SELECTED HERITAGE BRICK
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Source: Planning Report, Laois County Council planning file
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Official description
Application text
make amendments to the residential development permitted 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. The proposed amendments principally comprise: the replacement of 18 No. permitted two-storey 4-bed houses within the south-eastern extent of the site with 24 No. houses (19 No. three-storey 3-bed houses and 5 No. two-storey 4-bed houses), resulting in an increase of 6 No. houses; and the repositioning of 4 No. permitted two-storey 4-bed houses further north by approximately 1-metre to align with the front building line of the other permitted houses along the same street. The proposed amendments also comprise: new bicycle stores; amendments to the location and number of car parking (additional 12 No. spaces proposed); private amenity space; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; and all associated works above and below ground.
Source-aware chronology
Empty lanes explain their state.Application to site progress
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Applied 11 Sep 2026 2660636
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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.
Evidence register
Public planning recordSource, scope and limits
Application description and scale 2660636
make amendments to the residential development permitted 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. The proposed amendments principally comprise: the replacement of 18 No. permitted two-storey 4-bed houses within the south-eastern extent of the site with 24 No. houses (19 No. three-storey 3-bed houses and 5 No. two-storey 4-bed houses), resulting in an increase of 6 No. houses; and the repositioning of 4 No. permitted two-storey 4-bed houses further north by approximately 1-metre to align with the front building line of the other permitted houses along the same street. The proposed amendments also comprise: new bicycle stores; amendments to the location and number of car parking (additional 12 No. spaces proposed); private amenity space; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; and all associated works above and below ground.
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