New Road , Portlaoise , Co. Laois.
- 3 Mar 2025Received
- 17 Apr 2025Conditional
- 20 May 2025Final grant
- 19 May 2030Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 17 Apr 2025
- Council
- Laois County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Site
- 5,211 m²
What’s proposed
Retain change of use from former St. Francis’ primary school to offices and training unit and all associated site works. Permission is also sought to retain single storey prefabricated accommodation buildings, associated site works, (granted under plg 15/531 subject to condition no. 3 for a five year period)
2560104 is a planning application to Laois County Council for retain change of use from former St. Francis’ primary school to offices and training, received on 3 Mar 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 17 Apr 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560104
- Local authority
- Laois County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 3 Mar 2025
- Observations close
- 7 Apr 2025 (closed 530 days ago)
- Decision due
- 27 Apr 2025 · decided 17 Apr 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 17 Apr 2025
- Proposed development
- Retain change of use from former St. Francis’ primary school to offices and training unit and all associated site works. Permission is also sought to retain single storey prefabricated accommodation buildings, associated site works, (granted under plg 15/531 subject to condition no. 3 for a five year period)As published by the register.
- Site area
- 5,211 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.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 398208). 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/2560104/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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