Hawthorn Community Building , Ballacolla , Laois

What’s proposed

change of use for a section of the Hawthorn Community Building, Ballacolla, Co. Laois, R 32R8HN. The development will consist of change of use of two meeting rooms to a preschool service and change of use of the rear grassed area to an enclosed outdoor area for the preschool

2560265 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change of use for a section of the Hawthorn Community Building, Ballacolla, Co. Laois, R, received on 1 May 2025; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference: 2560265
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received: 1 May 2025
Observations close: 5 Jun 2025 (closed 471 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: change of use for a section of the Hawthorn Community Building, Ballacolla, Co. Laois, R 32R8HN. The development will consist of change of use of two meeting rooms to a preschool service and change of use of the rear grassed area to an enclosed outdoor area for the preschool
As published by the register.
Site area: 550 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.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 396836). 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/2560265/0.

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Hawthorn Community Building , Ballacolla , Laois

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 16 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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