Observation pack · Laois County Council

43 RATHEVAN VIEW , PORTLAOISE , CO.LAOISE

construct PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION- 4.5msq TO THE REAR, WEST FACING ELEVATION, PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT OVER THE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR AND PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT - 21.2msq AND ALL ASSOCAITED SITE WORKS

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660603 · 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: 297 m²
Received: 2 Sept 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/2660603/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660603 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 7 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
2660049	Conditional	11 Aug 2026	0	293 m	a) Proposed Change of Use and Refurbishment of an Existing Car Sales Showroom, Associated Offices and Store Areas to a Proposed Play Therapy Centre and b) Permission for a Proposed Extension to provide Ancillary Toilet and Café Area Facilities and to include all Associated Ancillary Works
2660149	Conditional	30 Apr 2026	1	388 m	construct extension to rear of dwellinghouse; change a window to a patio style door and add window on the rear elevation; construct a domestic store and all asssociated site works
25110	Conditional	20 Jan 2026	1	110 m	renovate dwelling house, construct extension at rear and extend sitting room at front, raise roof level to convert to dormer type house and construct domestic garage
25105	Unconditional	18 Dec 2025	0	425 m	extend duration of Planning Permission Ref. 19/712
2560652	Conditional	5 Dec 2025	1	166 m	construct Ground floor extension to rear and first floor extension to side of existing dwelling house, internal alterations and changes to external elevations, ancillary site services and all associated site works
2560248	Conditional	10 Sept 2025	2	127 m	construct dwelling house, new foul mains connection, new site entrance, ancillary site services and all associated site works.
2560152	Refused	17 Jul 2025	0	380 m	install hardstand area for parking to front of dwelling house and all associated site works.
2560087	Conditional	4 Jun 2025	1	138 m	construct extension to rear of existing dwelling, internal alterations and associated changes to external elevations, new entrance porch, demolish existing garage and construct new domestic shed, relocate existing site entrance, new boundary treatments, ancillary site services and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322717	—	Invalid	5 Jun 2025	314 m
317493	—	Refused	22 Apr 2024	390 m
313173	—	Granted with conditions	1 Mar 2024	314 m
317674	—	pending	27 Jul 2023	412 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

2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
2 Sept 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.