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Laois County Council · 2660131

Block Road , Portlaoise , Laois

  1. 10 Mar 2026Received
  2. 14 Apr 2026Observations closed
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Status
With the council, no decision yet
Decision
Not yet
Council
Laois County Council
Type
RETENTION
Site
5,501 m²
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What’s proposed

retain the as built car park and all associated site works for Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, in a revised location to the east of the car park location previously granted temporary permission under Planning Register No. 23/60314. Permission is also sought to change the temporary usage of the car park (granted permission under Planning Register No. 23/60314) to permanent usage car park. As per the previous permission, the site is accessed from the existing private road on HSE lands off Block Road, being located to the southwest of the existing Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise campus. The as built car park is located within the grounds of St. Fintan’s Hospital & Healthcare Campus, which is listed as Protected Structure RPS 179 in the current Laois County Development Plan 2021-2027

2660131 is a planning application to Laois County Council for retain the as built car park and all associated site works for Midland Regional Hospital, received on 10 Mar 2026; no decision has been recorded yet.

Planning details

Reference
2660131
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
With the council, no decision yet · register status “FURTHER INFORMATION”
Received
10 Mar 2026
Observations close
14 Apr 2026 (closed 158 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
retain the as built car park and all associated site works for Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, in a revised location to the east of the car park location previously granted temporary permission under Planning Register No. 23/60314. Permission is also sought to change the temporary usage of the car park (granted permission under Planning Register No. 23/60314) to permanent usage car park. As per the previous permission, the site is accessed from the existing private road on HSE lands off Block Road, being located to the southwest of the existing Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise campus. The as built car park is located within the grounds of St. Fintan’s Hospital & Healthcare Campus, which is listed as Protected Structure RPS 179 in the current Laois County Development Plan 2021-2027
As published by the register.
Site area
5,501 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 398592). 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/2660131/0.

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