Main St , Ballybrittas , Portlaoise

What’s proposed

change the use of premises from sit down and take away restaurant to use as Pre-School & After School childcare facility and to include minor internal works, provision of an outdoor play area and all associated site works at Collins Hill Café (a protected structure RPS 313)

19421 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change the use of premises from sit down and take away restaurant to use as Pre-School &, received on 23 Jul 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 13 Nov 2019.

Planning details

Reference: 19421
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 23 Jul 2019
Observations close: 27 Aug 2019 (closed 2582 days ago)
Decision due: 18 Nov 2019 · decided 13 Nov 2019
Decision: Conditional on 13 Nov 2019
Proposed development: change the use of premises from sit down and take away restaurant to use as Pre-School & After School childcare facility and to include minor internal works, provision of an outdoor play area and all associated site works at Collins Hill Café (a protected structure RPS 313)
As published by the register.
Site area: 986 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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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 393155). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19421/0.

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Main St , Ballybrittas , Portlaoise

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