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Laois County Council · 2560856

Main street , Portarlington , Co. Laois

  1. 16 Dec 2025Received
  2. 10 Mar 2026Conditional
  3. 20 Apr 2026Final grant
  4. 19 Apr 2031Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 10 Mar 2026
Council
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
2,778 m²
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What’s proposed

Change the use of the former post office air code R3 2P57 a protective structure RPS127 to a café/restaurant and by taking additional floor area from the ground floor of the 3 Storey 2 bay house a protected structure RPS681. The omission of floor area from the house protective structure RPS 681 for the change of use of the former post office will be 27 m². The works to create a small 15 m² rear single story Lean 2 extension to the rear of the former post office containing customer WC accessible toilet bounded by a new 2.1 m stone wall capped that is creating a 25 m² outdoor space the proposed to carry out the site development works

2560856 is a planning application to Laois County Council for change the use of the former post office air code R3 2P57 a protective structure RPS127, received on 16 Dec 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 10 Mar 2026.

Planning details

Reference
2560856
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
16 Dec 2025
Observations close
29 Jan 2026 (closed 233 days ago)
Decision due
23 Mar 2026 · decided 10 Mar 2026
Decision
Conditional on 10 Mar 2026
Proposed development
Change the use of the former post office air code R3 2P57 a protective structure RPS127 to a café/restaurant and by taking additional floor area from the ground floor of the 3 Storey 2 bay house a protected structure RPS681. The omission of floor area from the house protective structure RPS 681 for the change of use of the former post office will be 27 m². The works to create a small 15 m² rear single story Lean 2 extension to the rear of the former post office containing customer WC accessible toilet bounded by a new 2.1 m stone wall capped that is creating a 25 m² outdoor space the proposed to carry out the site development works
As published by the register.
Site area
2,778 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

    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 397786). 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/2560856/0.

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