Observation pack · Laois County Council

Grange , Maganey , Carlow

retain alterations to the previously approved development (Pl. Ref. 0089), including the construction of a conservatory to the side (south-east) elevation of the existing dwelling and all associated site development works.

Observations close 1 Oct 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660582 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 15 m²
Site area: 2,898 m²
Received: 27 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 21 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660582/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660582 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 1 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
2660385	Refused	11 Aug 2026	1	8 m	construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, garden room, septic tank & percolation area, new site entrance and all associated and necessary site works at Killeen, Maganey, Co Laois
2560578	Refused	15 Jan 2026	2	132 m	construct 2 no. two bedroom semi-detached domestic dwellings and all associated site works
2560726	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	0	246 m	install LED floodlights, together with all associated site works.
2460738	Conditional	14 Apr 2025	3	93 m	construct bungalow, septic tank, percolation area, domestic garage, machinery lock-up shed, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works
251	Unconditional	18 Feb 2025	0	74 m	Extension of Duration of Planning Permission 18/696
2460077	Refused	19 Nov 2024	2	157 m	construct, 2 no. two and a half storey detached dwellings, connection to onsite services, boundary treatments off street parking and all associated site works
2460570	Conditional	14 Nov 2024	0	0 m	install an underground effluent storage tank (agricultural grade) and associated site works.
22379	Refused	11 Aug 2022	2	157 m	construct 2 no. two storey, detached dwellings, connection to onsite services, boundary treatments and parking and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321447	—	Refused	3 Mar 2025	157 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

27 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 1 Oct 2026
27 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.