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Observation pack · Laois County Council

Chapel Hill , Rosenallis , Laois

construct a framework over roof of existing garage to support a solar panels array and all ancillary site works

Observations close 15 Oct 2026 26 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 4 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660635 · full record
Authority
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
8,736 m²
Received
10 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
4 Nov 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660635/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660635 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 15 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560561Conditional10 Dec 202510 mRetain dwelling house including basement, attic office & playroom and separate enlarged garage, treatment system & polishing filter as constructed in altered locations on the site & retention permission for altered site boundaries and entrance, all of which was altered from the previously granted planning permission reference number 01/1027 & all ancillary site works
2560409Conditional1 Sept 202510 mconstruct new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance, ancillary site services and all associated site works
2260020Conditional3 Feb 20231430 mretain i) window to side elevation of dwelling house, ii) amendments to front elevations which include natural stone finish at bay windows and front porch, iii) attic conversion to habitable rooms iv) pebble dash finish to single storey of existing dwelling house v) to retain garage to rear of dwelling house and associated site works
21810Refused22 Jul 2022421 mconstruct 2 no. proposed two-storey dwelling houses , garages new site entrances, wastewater treatment systems & percolation areas and to include all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 Oct 2026
  • 10 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.