New Application · decision due 8 Nov 2026Pre-decision · not yet granted
~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...
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 8 Nov 2026; no procurement timetable is published.
Decision due 8 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 limited6 drawing entries are present in the official document inventory.
- Proposed Site Layout Plan - Site layout plan
- Proposed Contiguous Elevations - Contiguous Building Elevations
- Permitted 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, and parking changes.
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.
Confidence & provenance 1 official source
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Exact reference
- 2660642
- 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.
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
- 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, and parking changes.
Facts only; drawings and document packs are not republished.
Source: Planning Report, Laois County Council planning file
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Reviewed build intelligence
What the documents establish
Government document review
Decision recorded; appeal window open and no exact commencement link. Scale reflects the permitted decision record.
2 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-19 · Official file index
Public open space
Application record · Laois County Council 2660642 official inventory date date not stated: application scheme as submitted or assessed at that date, evidenced by Planning Report, Proposed Site Layout Plan; any later dated revision is a separate state.
What the evidence says
POCKET PARK PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
Machine-extracted from the official document; automated reviewed for publication.
Why it may matter — interpretation
Exact official wording retained for any downstream trade or planning lens to read without re-extracting the documents.
What is not established
Machine-extracted and automated reviewed; later revisions, conditions, approvals and construction outcomes are not established.
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Proposed Site Layout Plan · p.1
Page 1 · Issued Not stated · Laois County Council 2660642 - Proposed Site Layout Plan (site_layout_phasing_document); date not stated in the official inventory; retained revision sha256:713b59a18200 · Checked 2026-09-19
POCKET PARK PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
Remaining document questions
- Inspect any later revision the authority replaces at the same URL.
- Link the commencement and completion events when they arrive.
2 retained official PDF revision(s) from the exact Laois County Council 2660642 file list. Machine extraction reads bounded passages; drawings are not interpreted.
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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
Empty lanes explain their state.Application to site progress
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Applied 14 Sep 2026 2660642
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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 2660642
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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