Knightsbridge , Mountmellick , Portlaoise

What’s proposed

change use of existing back garden of existing dwelling in my ownership to use as a carpark and permission to provide gated entrance to same

2560707 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change use of existing back garden of existing dwelling in my ownership to use as a, received on 28 Oct 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Jun 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2560707
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 28 Oct 2025
Observations close: 2 Dec 2025 (closed 297 days ago)
Decision due: 2 Jul 2026 · decided 23 Jun 2026
Decision: Conditional on 23 Jun 2026
Proposed development: change use of existing back garden of existing dwelling in my ownership to use as a carpark and permission to provide gated entrance to same
As published by the register.
Site area: 1,451 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years

WithdrawnKnightstown , Mountmellick , Co. Laoisconstruct a single-storey granny flat extension to the side · received 23 Aug 2022 · no decision yet · 44 m away

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 398634). 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/2560707/0.

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

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What’s proposed

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Commencement

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Provenance

Knightsbridge , Mountmellick , Portlaoise

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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