Observation pack · Laois County Council

Kilcavan , Geashill , County Laois

construct a dwelling house, septic tank treatment system, and all associated site works

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 10 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660572 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,980 m²
Received: 25 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: —
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/2660572/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660572 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 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.
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
2660201	Conditional	22 Jun 2026	0	0 m	construct extension to existing agricultural shed to include covered slatted unit, retention of existing silage pit and all associated site works.
2560698	Conditional	9 Mar 2026	1	144 m	construct a dwelling house, garage, installation of sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works
2460525	Conditional	4 Nov 2024	2	43 m	(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING SHEDS AND THE REMAINS OF A FORMER DWELLING HOUSE (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH A NEW ENTRANCE, DETACHED GARAGE, ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
23294	Conditional	26 Apr 2024	1	252 m	construct dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, bored well and associated site works
23230	Conditional	8 Nov 2023	2	144 m	erect a new single storey dwelling house, connection to a new septic tank & percolation area and the erection of a new domestic garage and all ancillary site works
2360321	Conditional	2 Oct 2023	0	347 m	construct a new entrance and new access laneway to agricultural land
22652	Conditional	9 Dec 2022	2	213 m	construct a two storey dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary works and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501112	—	open	1 Apr 2026	144 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

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.