Observation pack · Laois County Council
Grange Maganey , Athy , Co. Laois
change of design on previously approved planning permission reg 22/205 to new designed Bungalow Type Dwelling & domestic garage with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area with previously approved vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Observations close 2 Oct 2026 11 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660584 · full record
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 2
- Floor area
- 434 m²
- Site area
- 4,073 m²
- Received
- 28 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
- Decision due
- 22 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/2660584/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660584at 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 2 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
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2460093 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2025 | 0 | 404 m | for essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit, comprising the following: (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works, (ii) Post-Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging, (iii) Back-drain Maintenance, (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works, (v) Temporary mobile welfare units, and, (vi) All works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted with the planning application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of (i) Specialist Hydrological Review (HES Report) and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) correspondence (ii) Addendum to Natura Impact Statement (NIS) (iii) Addendum to Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) (iv) Water Framework Directive Compliance Report (including Hydrological Assessment) (v) Updated Fisheries and Crayfish Report (including updated surveys) (vi) Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) (vii) Architectural Heritage Impact Assessment (AIA) (viii) Underwater Archaeology Impact Assessment (UAIA) (ix) Updated Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan (OCEMP) |
| 2460598 | Conditional | 4 Dec 2024 | 2 | 324 m | retain alterations to previously granted planning application PL. No. 09/102 to include retention permission for a domestic garage as constructed and permission to complete same, and all associated site works. |
| 2460206 | Conditional | 10 Sept 2024 | 0 | 483 m | 1. for 3no existing c11.6m2, c12.5m2, c7.4m2 extensions and associated alterations to retail building and stores approved by Kildare County Council under planning grant reference 08/1691. 2. Retention for c48.8m2 and c20.9m2 storage buildings to rear and side of existing retail building. 3. Retention for existing alterations to forecourt canopy, bike storage structure, roadside boundary wall finishes, forecourt reconfigurations including addition of 1no fuel dispenser/island, open air bin storage area enclosed by c1.8m high timber panelling, 18no car and 3no HGV parking spaces, and associated ground line markings. 4. Retention for 1no freestanding price signage totem and associated advertising signage. 5. Retention for Shopfront, canopy, and forecourt area signage. 6. Full planning permission for upgrade of existing wheelchair accessible car parking space and all other all other site development works |
| 2360371 | Refused | 1 Nov 2023 | 1 | 0 m | No.1 retain 1 no. mobile home & 1 no. caravan being used as dwellings for a temporary period of 3 years. No.2 construct a dormer style dwelling, alterations to existing entrance, bored well, secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works. This application will also include an NIS report. |
| 2360181 | Refused | 13 Jul 2023 | 1 | 0 m | No. 1 retain permission for 1no. mobile home & 1no. caravan being used as dwellings for a temporary period of 3 years. No.2 construct dormer style dwelling, alterations to existing entrance, bored well, secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works |
| 2360115 | Conditional | 27 Jun 2023 | 2 | 269 m | alter and refurbish an existing single storey dwelling; a new two-storey dormer extension to rear/west; erection of detached garage and the provision of new boundary wall treatments and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground. |
| 2333 | Conditional | 27 Mar 2023 | 1 | 196 m | retain a front porch of an existing dwelling house |
| 22205 | Conditional | 28 Sept 2022 | 1 | 0 m | construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic well, waste water treatment system and percolation area, including all associated site and landscape works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322109 | — | pending | 19 Mar 2025 | 404 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
- 28 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 2 Oct 2026
- 28 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.