Laois councillors told not to ban new access roads in mature estates
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Laois county councillors have been advised against putting a blanket ban on new access roads through mature housing estates into the next county development plan.
The council CEO has warned councillors against seeking legal power to bar new routes through estates to development land for new houses. We need to tread carefully. I fully understand the sentiment, but this may be zoned residential land, with services installed right up to the end of a cul de sac. It might be ready for development with no other access. This would create a risk that zoned areas might be precluded, John Mulholland has said.