Mooreville , Rathdowney , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

change of use of existing house from residential to child care facility including a porch to the front façade, internal layout modifications, upgrade fenestration and securing boundaries around play area, additional and all ancillary & associated site works. Also planning permission for signage

20282 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change of use of existing house from residential to child care facility including a, received on 11 Jun 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 5 Oct 2020.

Planning details

Reference: 20282
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 11 Jun 2020
Observations close: 16 Jul 2020 (closed 2256 days ago)
Decision due: 14 Oct 2020 · decided 5 Oct 2020
Decision: Conditional on 5 Oct 2020
Proposed development: change of use of existing house from residential to child care facility including a porch to the front façade, internal layout modifications, upgrade fenestration and securing boundaries around play area, additional and all ancillary & associated site works. Also planning permission for signage
As published by the register.
Site area: 1,127 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 3 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

Commencement notice CN0072293LS
3 Feb 2021Mooreville, Rathdowney, Laois, R32 P2K8matched by ref_exact

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 393479). 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/20282/0.

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Mooreville , Rathdowney , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 3 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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