Townparks and Smiths Field, Ballycullenbeg Mountmellick, Co. Laois
Approved in Apr 2025. No sign of building yet.
- 17 Sept 2024Received
- 3 Mar 2025Conditional
- 7 Apr 2025Final approval
- 6 Apr 2030Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 3 Mar 2025
- Council
- Laois County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3.74 ha
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replace the existing grass pitch with a new Astro turf playing surface, new perimeter fencing to pitch, new footpaths and public lighting, new footbridge over the River Owenass linking Townparks and Ballycullenbeg, including all services and associated site works. This site is located with a Natura 2000 designated area. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460542
- Local authority
- Laois County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 17 Sept 2024
- Observations close
- 22 Oct 2024 (closed 718 days ago)
- Decision due
- 3 Mar 2025 · decided 3 Mar 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 3 Mar 2025
- Proposed development
- replace the existing grass pitch with a new Astro turf playing surface, new perimeter fencing to pitch, new footpaths and public lighting, new footbridge over the River Owenass linking Townparks and Ballycullenbeg, including all services and associated site works. This site is located with a Natura 2000 designated area. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.74 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 21 · 500 m · 5 years
- GrantedTownland of Ballycullenbeg , Cullenbeg Park , Mountmellick Co. Laois.
- OpenConor Davis Park , Townparks , Mountmellick
- WithdrawnConor Davis Park , , Mountmellick
- Granted10 Patrick Street , Mountmellick , County Laois
- Granted62 Emmett Street , Mountmellick , Co.Laois
- Withdrawn62 Emmett Street , Mountmellick , Co.Laois
- Withdrawn62 Emmett Street , Mountmellick , Co.Laois
- RefusedCullenbeg Park , Ballycullenbeg , Mountmellick Co. Laois
Show all 21
- AppealedEmmett Street Mountmellick , Co. Laois , (comprising the former Central / Nissan Garage complex including nos. 4-7 Emmett Street and Eircodes R32 Y820 R32 YF79 R32 P234 R32 WR28 and R32 WK06 also bounding O’Moore Street and Twomey Terrace)
- Granted11 Patrick Street , Mountmellick , Co. Laois.
- GrantedNo. 3 O Connell Square , Mountmellick , Co. Laois
- WithdrawnNo. 3 O Connell Square , Mountmellick , Co. Laois
- GrantedUnit 14 , Bay Road Business Park , Mountmellick
- GrantedNo. 5 Emmett Road , Townparks , Mountmellick
- WithdrawnNo. 5 Emmett Road , Townparks , Mountmellick
- GrantedNo. 3 College Avenue , Mountmellick , Portlaoise
- WithdrawnNo. 3 College Avenue , Mountmellick , Portlaoise
- WithdrawnO'Connell Square , Mountmellick , Co. Laois
- GrantedChapel Street , Mountmellick , Co.Laois
- Granted11 Emmett Street , Mountmellick , Co. Laois
- GrantedChapel St , Townparks , Mountmellick
Homes nearby
- For sale97 College Avenue, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 EH58
- For sale16 College View, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 NW44
- For sale47 College View, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 WD34
- For saleDevelopment Site, At Cullenbeg Park, Mountmellick, Co. Laois
- For sale36 Ash Grove, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 N122
- For sale20 Oak Manor, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 A4P2
- For saleCollege Avenue, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 T3V1
- For sale4, River View, Ash Grove, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 X5Y4
- For saleApartment 8, Church View, Ash Grove, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 H2H2
- For sale"Townhouse" Parnell Street, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 D377
- For sale1.6 ACRE DEVELOPMENT SITE ZONED TOWN CENTRE 37 Parnell Street, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 E521
- For sale6 Beechgrove, Ballacollig, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 H5X4
Zoning
Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.
A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
Protections nearby 250 m
No mapped flood area nearby.
- Recorded monument · 1
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19.
Source: npad · fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
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| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 7 Oct 2026, 01:19 | open |
Summary
2460542 is a planning application to Laois County Council for replace the existing grass pitch with a new Astro turf playing surface, new perimeter, received on 17 Sept 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 3 Mar 2025.