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
What’s proposed
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
- Decision due
- 3 Mar 2025 · decided 3 Mar 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 3 Mar 2025
- Site area
- 3.74 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
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- GrantedTownland of Ballycullenbeg , Cullenbeg Park , Mountmellick Co. Laois.
- Awaiting decisionConor 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
- 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.
- CommencedNo. 3 O Connell Square , Mountmellick , Co. Laois
- WithdrawnNo. 3 O Connell Square , Mountmellick , Co. Laois
- GrantedUnit 14 , Bay Road Business Park , Mountmellick
- CommencedNo. 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 sale10 Emmett Street, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 V403
- For sale9 Emmett Street, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 EK16
- 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 saleCollege Avenue, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 T3V1
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
- Recorded monument · 1
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
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| National Planning Application Database | 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.