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A planning application has been lodged for 34 houses and five serviced sites in a Laois village.
Liam Kelly trading as Sammy Kelly Builders is seeking permission to build 30 three bedroom semi detached houses and four detached three bedroom bungalows in Ballylinan.
The plans, which were lodged with Laois County Council on March 26, also seek to fill in a quarry with stones and soil.
The builder has applied to “construct 34 no houses comprising of;30 no semi-detached 3 bedroom houses and 4 no detached 3 bedroom bungalows. Provision for 5 no services sites, new vehicular and pedestrian entrance, internal access roads, footpaths, communal open spaces, connection to foul and stormwater mains, connection to watermains, associated boundary treatment and landscaping. Full planning permission to fill the existing quarry and to include the importation of inert soil and stones (EWC class 17 05 04). The said fill quarry will act as additional recreational area for the enjoyment of the proposed housing development and associated site work.
Laois County Council is expected to make a decision on the plans by May 20,
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