60 Higgins Park , Fairgreen , Portlaoise

What’s proposed

construct an ancillary self contained granny flat to include alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works in keeping with the provision of DM21 Laois Development Plan

243 is a planning application to Laois County Council for construct an ancillary self contained granny flat to include alterations to existing, received on 2 Jan 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Feb 2024.

Planning details

Reference: 243
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 2 Jan 2024
Observations close: 6 Feb 2024 (closed 960 days ago)
Decision due: 26 Feb 2024 · decided 23 Feb 2024
Decision: Conditional on 23 Feb 2024
Proposed development: construct an ancillary self contained granny flat to include alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works in keeping with the provision of DM21 Laois Development Plan
As published by the register.
Site area: 283 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 396835). 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/243/0.

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60 Higgins Park , Fairgreen , Portlaoise

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