Chapel St. , Durrow , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

Change of use to protected structure (RPS 156) in an ACA (NIAH 12900917) at Chapel Street, Durrow, Co. Laois. The development will consist of: 1) Conversion of existing Post Office on ground floor (100 sq m) to Physio clinic, works include removal of shop counter/internal partitions, three new treatment rooms, toilet, stairs, store, shopfront signage and rear elevation door & window replacement 2) Conversion of existing Residential first floor (70 sq m) to Pilates studio, works include removal of internal partitions, enlarging opening in rear internal wall, new open plan Pilates studio, store and stairs And all associated works

2560126 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change of use to protected structure (RPS 156) in an ACA (NIAH 12900917) at Chapel, received on 18 Mar 2025; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference: 2560126
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received: 18 Mar 2025
Observations close: 22 Apr 2025 (closed 523 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: Change of use to protected structure (RPS 156) in an ACA (NIAH 12900917) at Chapel Street, Durrow, Co. Laois. The development will consist of: 1) Conversion of existing Post Office on ground floor (100 sq m) to Physio clinic, works include removal of shop counter/internal partitions, three new treatment rooms, toilet, stairs, store, shopfront signage and rear elevation door & window replacement 2) Conversion of existing Residential first floor (70 sq m) to Pilates studio, works include removal of internal partitions, enlarging opening in rear internal wall, new open plan Pilates studio, store and stairs And all associated works
As published by the register.
Site area: 238 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 398331). 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/2560126/0.

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