Observation pack · Laois County Council

10 Glanall , Borris-In-Ossory

Extension of duration to pl ref 21/171

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 18 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2658 · 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: 1.22 ha
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 2 Nov 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2658/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2658 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.
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.
Submit before 13 Oct 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.
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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560056	Refused	20 Feb 2026	0	341 m	construct an Enterprise & Employment Park to provide 5 no. serviced sites, on a site of 2.95ha at Townparks, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois. The proposed development includes; 1) the provision of vehicular, pedestrian/cycle access onto the existing R445, including the provision of a new arm off the R445 roundabout; 2) an internal road and footpath and cycle lane network; 3) site clearance & infilling of the land up to c101clm; 4) foul & surface water drainage; 5) landscaping & boundary treatment; 6) an ESB Substation; 7) lighting, signage & all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will also be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application.
2560338	Conditional	29 Jul 2025	1	24 m	Construct a new two storey dwelling house on serviced site, boundary walls and all associated siteworks
2560134	Conditional	25 Jun 2025	0	420 m	demolish existing redundant structures and construction of new (1) inlet works, (2) aeration tanks and clarifiers with flow splitter chamber, air blowers, sludge wasting pumps and sludge return pumps; (3) sludge drying reed beds; (4) Upgrades to mechanical and electrical components of existing tanks; (5) Installation of a GRP kiosk to house electrical control panel; (6) erection of new boundary fencing around the site; and all ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) have been submitted with this application.
2560093	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	1	16 m	construct new dwelling house on serviced site, boundary walls and all associated works
2460533	Conditional	6 Nov 2024	1	442 m	retain existing extension to first floor residential kitchen and all associated works. Existing building is a protected structure, Ref. RPS 326
2360210	Conditional	26 Sept 2023	4	465 m	demolish various single and two storey structures comprising the former ballroom and public bar area and ancillary structures, to the rear and side of the existing three storey former hotel building. Change of use on the site from commercial to domestic. Internal modifications to the existing three storey structure. Alterations to the façade of the existing three storey structure. The erection of a single storey domestic extension to the rear of the existing three storey structure, fronting on to St Patrick’s Terrace. The erection of a domestic garage fronting onto St Patrick’s terrace. The erection of a two storey townhouse to the side of the existing three storey former hotel building fronting onto Main Street. Alterations to the site entrance and boundary wall on St Patrick’s Terrace and associated site works.
23146	Conditional	29 Jun 2023	1	413 m	swap the positions of the existing front door and adjacent window on the street elevation of the above address
22142	Conditional	4 Apr 2023	5	16 m	develop 5 no. serviced sites for 5 no. detached dwelling houses. The proposed development will also include boundary treatments, lighting, connections to foul, surface water drainage & water services, landscaping and all associated infrastructure works and services on 0.3 Ha

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321336	—	Refused	22 May 2025	442 m
321249	—	Invalid	14 Nov 2024	442 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 Sept 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.