Portlaoise houses planned on demolished cottage site
Six new houses are planned to be built on the site of a derelict Portlaoise cottage.
The vacant cottage was on Harpurs Lane near the town centre, next to the former Centrepoint shopping centre.
A new planning application to develop multiple houses on the site has just been lodged to Laois County Council.
Applicant Billy Kirwan is seeking permission to construct 6 semi-detached dwelling houses and all associated site works.
The application is at pre-validation stage, with no notice yet erected on site, and no details yet provided on the development. It was submitted on July 11, with a decision due in early September.
It is the latest in multiple developments taking place on Harpurs Lane.
The town centre residential road runs beside the train track, and is getting a large nursing home at both ends, as well as multi storey apartment blocks.
Another application under consideration by Laois County Council at the moment seeks to build a nine apartment three storey building on the site of another cottage on the road.