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Laois County Council · 17326

Main Street / Church Avenue, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois

Approved in 2017. Approval ran out in 2022.

  1. 21 Jun 2017Received
  2. 26 Oct 2017Conditional
  3. 27 Nov 2017Final approval
  4. 26 Nov 2022Approval ran out

Earlier approval here ran out with no sign of building: 1734 (2017)

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Status
Approved
Decision
Conditional · 26 Oct 2017
Council
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Units
1
Site
1,930 m²

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What’s proposed

for a development to the rear of the old AIB Bank building with the protected façade RPS No. 061, the development to consist of a flat roofed first floor residential extension to include the removal of the roof over the stairwell, the removal of the first floor outer walls of the stairwell, relocate the stairs at right angle to existing position, altering lobby space and install a lift and modifying the internal layout to provide 4 bedrooms, kitchen / living/ dining area, sitting room, study , bathroom, en-suite and utility room. External work to consist of to install a high level window in the boundary wall and install two roof lanterns, also the construction of a dividing wall in the yard to separate the residential and commercial elements and to change roof of porters apartment previously granted permission with ref 16/524 to a flat roof , also to demolish a portion of the boundary wall along Church Avenue and replace with a new wall set back 5.5m from the existing boundary to provide off street parking

Planning details

Reference
17326
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
21 Jun 2017
Observations close
26 Jul 2017 (closed 3361 days ago)
Decision due
7 Nov 2017 · decided 26 Oct 2017
Decision
Conditional on 26 Oct 2017
Proposed development
for a development to the rear of the old AIB Bank building with the protected façade RPS No. 061, the development to consist of a flat roofed first floor residential extension to include the removal of the roof over the stairwell, the removal of the first floor outer walls of the stairwell, relocate the stairs at right angle to existing position, altering lobby space and install a lift and modifying the internal layout to provide 4 bedrooms, kitchen / living/ dining area, sitting room, study , bathroom, en-suite and utility room. External work to consist of to install a high level window in the boundary wall and install two roof lanterns, also the construction of a dividing wall in the yard to separate the residential and commercial elements and to change roof of porters apartment previously granted permission with ref 16/524 to a flat roof , also to demolish a portion of the boundary wall along Church Avenue and replace with a new wall set back 5.5m from the existing boundary to provide off street parking
As published by the register.
Site area
1,930 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Zoning

M2 — Major town centre

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

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    Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary; Viscount de Vesci Monument

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03.

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Summary

17326 is a planning application to Laois County Council for for a development to the rear of the old AIB Bank building with the protected façade RPS, received on 21 Jun 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 26 Oct 2017.