Summerhill Lane , Portlaoise , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

(1) change of use of an existing creche building (177 sq.m) at site 6B (approved under planning file 14-335) to a single storey house; (2) replace a single storey creche building (177 sq.m) at site plot 56 (approved under planning file 17-396) with 2 no. semi-detached houses (Type B) on site plots 56 and 56A

21414 is a planning application to Laois County Council for (1) change of use of an existing creche building (177 sq.m) at site 6B (approved under, received on 4 Jun 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Nov 2021.

Planning details

Reference: 21414
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 4 Jun 2021
Observations close: 9 Jul 2021 (closed 1898 days ago)
Decision due: 24 Nov 2021 · decided 23 Nov 2021
Decision: Conditional on 23 Nov 2021
Proposed development: (1) change of use of an existing creche building (177 sq.m) at site 6B (approved under planning file 14-335) to a single storey house; (2) replace a single storey creche building (177 sq.m) at site plot 56 (approved under planning file 17-396) with 2 no. semi-detached houses (Type B) on site plots 56 and 56A
As published by the register.
Site area: 56 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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Appeal

Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 394896). 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/21414/0.

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Summerhill Lane , Portlaoise , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 24 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

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