Townparks , Borris-in-Ossory , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

construct an Enterprise & Employment Park to provide 5 no. serviced sites, on a site of 2.95ha at Townparks, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois. The proposed development includes; 1) the provision of vehicular, pedestrian/cycle access onto the existing R445, including the provision of a new arm off the R445 roundabout; 2) an internal road and footpath and cycle lane network; 3) site clearance & infilling of the land up to c101clm; 4) foul & surface water drainage; 5) landscaping & boundary treatment; 6) an ESB Substation; 7) lighting, signage & all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will also be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application

2560056 is a planning application to Laois County Council for construct an Enterprise & Employment Park to provide 5 no. serviced sites, on a site of, received on 5 Feb 2025; permission was refused on 20 Feb 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2560056
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 5 Feb 2025
Observations close: 12 Mar 2025 (closed 555 days ago)
Decision due: 21 Feb 2026 · decided 20 Feb 2026
Decision: Refused on 20 Feb 2026
Proposed development: construct an Enterprise & Employment Park to provide 5 no. serviced sites, on a site of 2.95ha at Townparks, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois. The proposed development includes; 1) the provision of vehicular, pedestrian/cycle access onto the existing R445, including the provision of a new arm off the R445 roundabout; 2) an internal road and footpath and cycle lane network; 3) site clearance & infilling of the land up to c101clm; 4) foul & surface water drainage; 5) landscaping & boundary treatment; 6) an ESB Substation; 7) lighting, signage & all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will also be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application
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Site area: 3.05 ha 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 395739). 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/2560056/0.

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