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Laois County Council · 2560444

Ballard Lodge Borris Road , Portlaoise , Co Laois

  1. 21 Jul 2025Received
  2. 11 Sept 2025Conditional
  3. 14 Oct 2025Final grant
  4. 27 Apr 2026Commenced
  5. 13 Oct 2030Permission expires
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Status
Commenced
Decision
Conditional · 11 Sept 2025
Council
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
2,136 m²

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

2560444 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change of use of existing nursing home to childcare facility & respite centre, to, received on 21 Jul 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 11 Sept 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2560444
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
21 Jul 2025
Observations close
25 Aug 2025 (closed 390 days ago)
Decision due
14 Sept 2025 · decided 11 Sept 2025
Decision
Conditional on 11 Sept 2025
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
2,136 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

  • Commencement notice CN0141490LS
    27 Apr 2026Borris Road, Portlaoise, Laois, R32YW82matched by ref_exact

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 397698). 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/2560444/0.

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