St. Mary's CBS , Tower Hill , Portlaoise R32 RR84

What’s proposed

construct a new two-storey extension to the North of the existing school, construction of a new covered external metal staircase to the West of the existing school, refurbishment of part of the existing building, alterations to existing elevations and associated site boundary and site development works. Part of the existing building is a Protected Structure - ref no's RPS 951, RPS 957 & RPS 958 in the Laois County Development Plan 2017-2023 and is located within an Architectural Conservation Area

20328 is a planning application to Laois County Council for construct a new two-storey extension to the North of the existing school, construction, received on 3 Jul 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Aug 2020.

Planning details

Reference: 20328
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 3 Jul 2020
Observations close: 7 Aug 2020 (closed 2233 days ago)
Decision due: 27 Aug 2020 · decided 20 Aug 2020
Decision: Conditional on 20 Aug 2020
Proposed development: construct a new two-storey extension to the North of the existing school, construction of a new covered external metal staircase to the West of the existing school, refurbishment of part of the existing building, alterations to existing elevations and associated site boundary and site development works. Part of the existing building is a Protected Structure - ref no's RPS 951, RPS 957 & RPS 958 in the Laois County Development Plan 2017-2023 and is located within an Architectural Conservation Area
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Site area: 3,082 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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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 393821). 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/20328/0.

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