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Laois County Council · 2560440

Ballard Lodge Borris Road , Portlaoise , Co Laois

  1. 18 Jul 2025Received
  2. 22 Aug 2025Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
2,148 m²
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What’s proposed

change of use of existing nursing home to childcare facility & respite centre, to include for the renovation and remodelling part of the existing building (Area=490m2) to accommodate a childcare facility to accommodate a maximum of 97 children with an after-school room, with opening hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday & renovation and remodelling part of the existing building (Area=243m2) to accommodate a respite centre, with 6 No. ensuite bedrooms and a kitchen extension (Area=26m2), demolition of a number of outbuildings & sheds on the site, with amended ground works for play areas and provision of carparking spaces

2560440 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change of use of existing nursing home to childcare facility & respite centre, to, received on 18 Jul 2025; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
2560440
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received
18 Jul 2025
Observations close
22 Aug 2025 (closed 402 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
change of use of existing nursing home to childcare facility & respite centre, to include for the renovation and remodelling part of the existing building (Area=490m2) to accommodate a childcare facility to accommodate a maximum of 97 children with an after-school room, with opening hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday & renovation and remodelling part of the existing building (Area=243m2) to accommodate a respite centre, with 6 No. ensuite bedrooms and a kitchen extension (Area=26m2), demolition of a number of outbuildings & sheds on the site, with amended ground works for play areas and provision of carparking spaces
As published by the register.
Site area
2,148 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 397668). 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/2560440/0.

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