Dowling Quarries Ltd. , Granafallow , Abbeyleix

What’s proposed

retain an office and staff facilities, and the permission for the installation of a new wastewater treatment system with a packaged tertiary treatment system and attenuation layer and the decommissioning of existing septic tank. The area to be retained is circa 0.42 hectares and includes all ancillary site works and services

2660038 is a planning application to Laois County Council for retain an office and staff facilities, and the permission for the installation of a new, received on 29 Jan 2026; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Mar 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2660038
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 29 Jan 2026
Observations close: 5 Mar 2026 (closed 205 days ago)
Decision due: 25 Mar 2026 · decided 20 Mar 2026
Decision: Conditional on 20 Mar 2026
Proposed development: retain an office and staff facilities, and the permission for the installation of a new wastewater treatment system with a packaged tertiary treatment system and attenuation layer and the decommissioning of existing septic tank. The area to be retained is circa 0.42 hectares and includes all ancillary site works and services
As published by the register.
Site area: 3,545 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

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 397251). 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/2660038/0.

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Dowling Quarries Ltd. , Granafallow , Abbeyleix

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