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Laois County Council · 2560322

Hawthorn Community Building , Ballacolla , Laois

  1. 27 May 2025Received
  2. 1 Jul 2025Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
550 m²
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What’s proposed

change use of two meeting rooms, adjoining toilets and entrance hallway to a preschool service (entrance hallway to be shared with community building); new double doors to rear in place of existing window; and change of use of the rear grassed area to an outdoor uncovered grassed area for the preschool, enclosed by a new timber fence and gate

2560322 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change use of two meeting rooms, adjoining toilets and entrance hallway to a preschool, received on 27 May 2025; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
2560322
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received
27 May 2025
Observations close
1 Jul 2025 (closed 455 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
change use of two meeting rooms, adjoining toilets and entrance hallway to a preschool service (entrance hallway to be shared with community building); new double doors to rear in place of existing window; and change of use of the rear grassed area to an outdoor uncovered grassed area for the preschool, enclosed by a new timber fence and gate
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.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    R2 — Existing residential

    Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.

    An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

    S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

    Community Educational and Institutional: To protect and provide for local neighbourhood, community, ecclesiastical, recreational and educational facilities.

    Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

    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 397821). 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/2560322/0.

    Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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