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Observation pack · Laois County Council

Shannon Street , Mountrath , Co. Laois

carry out development which will consist of the following 1) Retention permission for previously granted planning permission ref no 041123 to include 2) Retention of the as-built wall and door openings. 3) Retention of as-built external roof canopy. 4) All associated site works.

Observations close 25 Sept 2026 4 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 15 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660566 · full record
Authority
Laois County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
6,707 m²
Received
21 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
15 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/2660566/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660566 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 25 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
2560850Conditional1 Sept 20261460 mbuild a housing development consisting of 1. 7 no. one-bedroom apartments, 2. 2 No. two-bedroom terrace houses, 3. 4 no. two bedroom town houses, 4. 9 no. three-bedroom terraced houses, 5. Bin bay, Bike Bay, roads, services and all associated site works 6. Permission is also sought to demolish existing agricultural shed and associated site works.
2660071Conditional7 Apr 20260400 mamend previously approved Planning Ref. 25/60168 to include revised fenestration and provision of new entrance doorway to front elevation and all associated ancillary works
2560731Conditional19 Dec 20250359 mconstruct a dwelling house, new vehicular entrance onto Public road and all associated site works
2511Conditional15 Sept 20250481 ma)to make alterations to the existing front elevation by removing the shopfront with installation of two windows to return it to its original state. b)change of use of existing dwelling house to commercial guesthouse in its current layout as submitted under 7-day notice re ref:SN0010485LS for completeness.c) to construct a single storey extension to the rear of the property consisting of six en-suite bedrooms, plant room, covered walkway, landscaping and all associated site works. To retain a)the demolition of structurally unsafe out- buildings to the rear of the property. b) works to the rear of the property as constructed on site to date.
2560348Conditional5 Sept 20251274 mretain change of use of Domestic Garage to Granny Flat to rear of dwellinghouse and all associated site works
2460714Conditional23 Jul 202544327 mdevelop 44No. Dwellings at Radharc Na Sleibhte, Mountrath, Co. Laois, consisting of the following: - 4No. 2 Bed Semi Detached 2 Storey Dwellings - 12No. 3 Bed Terraced 2 Storey Dwellings - 28No. 3 Bed Semi Detached 2 Storey Dwellings Development is to be accessed via existing estate road and is to include proposed internal roads and pathways, associated alterations to existing levels, site landscaping, boundary treatments, pedestrian access and all ancillary site development and excavation works, all on a site of 1.45Ha.
2560168Conditional22 May 20251400 mchange use of existing disused public house area to use as a restaurant and take away and all associated ancillary signage and site works
2560051Conditional27 Mar 202516222 mcarry out amendments to a permitted residential development granted under ref. Pl ref 16/488. The proposed amendments will consist of a change of house type/design to sites 15-30 (inclusive) and amendments to rear gardens and associated parking

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
500057Granted24 Feb 2026481 m
323217Other6 Nov 2025219 m
320336Other24 Oct 2024219 m
310824Granted with conditions3 May 2022494 m
309365Granted with conditions21 Oct 2021104 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

  • 21 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 25 Sept 2026
  • 21 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.