Name: Planning applications within 500 m of Lea Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois
Creator: Planning Register
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No planning applications on this site.
Zoned C6 (waterfront); not protected; no vacant land tax.
7 sites nearby could change: 7 empty zoned plots.
Canal Road (bus 806) 455 m away: 9 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 69% owner-occupied (council 71%); 2% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 68% drive to work (council 65%); population up 10% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 41% are asked for more information.
21 applications nearby in 5 years; 80% approved (council 93%); 24% for work already built (council 23%).
2 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).

On this site

C6

Zoning · Waterfront

No

Protected or listed · on our maps

No

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Around it

0

Open for comments · none today

80%

Approved, when decided · 8 approved · 2 refused

55 days

Time to a decision · median; 41% asked for more information

7

Sites that could change · see the list

No

Flood risk area nearby (OPW map) · none within 500 m

0

Protected buildings nearby · not this site

69%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 71%

2%

Homes empty (2022) · council 8%

1/h

Public transport, morning peak · services from stops within 500 m

Questions to ask before you buy 2

Zoned C6 (waterfront), not for homes: could you extend?
Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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About this home

Lea Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois is a site in Bracklone, Laois of about 2347 m². It is advertised for sale on daft.ie (last seen live on 6 Oct 2026). Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 35 planning applications: 2 open for observation, 16 granted, 3 refused, 1 decided on appeal, 1 commenced.

More about this address

The site is zoned C6 — waterfront. The nearest EPA-licensed facility is SIAC Butlers Steel Limited, 189 m away.

Type: Site
Bedrooms / bathrooms: — / —
Floor area: 2,347 m²
BER: —
Local authority: Laois County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
EPA licence within 1.0 km: SIAC Butlers Steel Limited (189 m) +1 more
Schools within 1.0 km: SCOIL PHADRAIG (primary school · 521 pupils, 769 m)
Crèche inspected nearby: Silly Billies Playschool · inspected 24 Mar 2026 (779 m)

Sources: cara_listings, daft_gateway, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
cara_listings	Third-party advertisement data captured by Cara from daft.ie. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (licensed PSP name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers and all vendor/buyer identities are dropped.	11 Sept 2026, 20:14	open
daft_gateway	Third-party advertisement data read from daft.ie's own JSON gateway. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (the licensed PSP's name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers, profile images and all media URLs are dropped at fetch time and never written down. Vendor and buyer identities are not in this data.	6 Oct 2026, 05:53	open
ppr	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use-of-public-sector-information). Free re-use in any format provided the source and PSRA copyright are acknowledged, the data is reproduced accurately and not used misleadingly, and it is NOT used 'for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service'. Attribution: 'Contains PSRA Residential Property Price Register data, © Property Services Regulatory Authority.'	6 Oct 2026, 01:12	open

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Lea Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois