Observation pack · Laois County Council

Bride Street , Ballinakill , Co. Laois.

1) Change of use of an existing former HSE medical centre with a floor area of 66.72 sq. m to residential use as a private dwelling. 2) Renovation and refurbishment of the existing building. 3) Construction of a new extension adding 10.99 sq. m to the front of the building, facing the public road. 4) To add external insulation with painted plaster finish. 5) Fit Velux rooflight to the right-hand side when viewed from the public road. 6) All ancillary site works in association with the above.

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660585 · 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: 277 m²
Received: 28 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/2660585/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660585 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 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660009	Conditional	7 May 2026	1	245 m	construct Two-Storey Type Dwelling, with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area With New Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works.
2560599	Conditional	6 Nov 2025	1	340 m	retain domestic shed and home office to the rear of the property and all associated site works
2560494	Conditional	6 Oct 2025	1	184 m	construct a single-storey extension of the existing cottage to the side and all associated site works
2460383	Conditional	19 Aug 2024	2	476 m	for a granny flat extension to existing dwelling house and all associated site works. Also to retain a front entrance porch and rear utility extension at Church View, Heywood Demesne , Ballinakill, Co. Laois. R32 A47Y.
2360410	Conditional	18 Dec 2023	1	385 m	demolish existing derelict dwelling (DS 22/37)and replace with new dwelling and all associated works at Chapel Lane, Ballinakill (R32T6E5)
22680	Conditional	21 Jul 2023	3	384 m	demolish existing derelict building and to construct 1 no. detached and 2 no. semi-detached two storey dwellings, new connections to existing foul sewer and water mains networks and all associated and ancillary works
22757	Conditional	20 Feb 2023	1	100 m	demolish annex to rear of house and renovate and extend dwelling house by constructing a two storey replacement annex to rear and all associated and necessary site works
2285	Conditional	5 Dec 2022	4	441 m	construct a) proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance and all associated site works, b) a commercial woodwork shop, c) a commercial pottery workshop, d) associated carparking spaces. Permission is also sought to erect two mobile homes and two shipping containers onsite for the duration of the construction.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316980	—	Other	12 Oct 2023	188 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.