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Pilgrim MCLC , Castletown , Co. Laois

Extension & renovation of existing dwelling

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 19 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2655 · full record
Authority
Laois County Council
Type
EXTENSION OF DURATION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
1,799 m²
Received
25 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
19 Oct 2026
Decision
N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2655/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2655 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Laois County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 29 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Laois County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560682Conditional9 Dec 20251190 mmake internal renovations to the existing dwelling with a new single storey extension to the front, rear and side of the existing family home and all associated siteworks
2460224Conditional8 Apr 20253330 mExtend the site boundaries and connect to the existing services of the development known as Churchfield Court, Castletown, Co. Laois (previously granted under Pl. Ref. 04/350). Permission is also sought to alter the existing boundaries of Site No. 12, and thereafter provide 1 no. detached and 2 no. semi-detached houses, along with all ancillary services and associated site works
24131Conditional8 Nov 20241218 mretain entrance and existing domestic sheds
2493Conditional23 Aug 20241423 mretain existing extensions, to include front porch and rear extension, to existing dwelling and all associated site works
2360445Conditional15 Jan 20240248 mretain a single storey extension to front of the existing dwelling, retention of modification to bay window, new single storey extension to rear of property, internal renovations and associated siteworks.
22703Conditional12 Jan 20231218 mchange front door and front window to existing front elevation of dwelling
22483Conditional17 Nov 20221295 mconstruct a new dwelling house with attached domestic garage together with new site entrance, ancillary site services and associated site works
21797Conditional23 May 2022029 mprovide a single storey extension to rear / side consisting of a two classroom special unit (proposed floor area = 461sqm) of existing single storey school building (existing floor area = 781sqm), external soft play area, revised access arrangements to existing front roadside boundary providing a bus set down area, separate pedestrian entrances, provision of new one way system providing access to and egress from an on-site car parking and set down area containing 19 no. car parking spaces, provision of new pedestrian entrance in existing side boundary wall, together with all associated site development works above and below ground

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 25 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 29 Sept 2026
  • 25 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Laois County Council before relying on it.