Observation pack · Laois County Council

McDonald’s Restaurant The Kyle Centre , Portlaoise , Co. Laois

develop at McDonald’s Restaurant, The Kyle Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 F218. The development will consist of proposed external and internal modifications/upgrade works including partial demolition of existing corral/bin store area and associated works with new fence panels, corral gates and security door, and relocation of internal access door to this reduced corral area, all to allow for the provision of a new dual-ordering system and associated new menu and signage in the drive-thru lane; new remote bin store area; internal layout modifications including to the kitchen and dining area and crew room and all associated works to facilitate these modifications; landscaping including surface finishes, line markings and road marking throughout the car park and site; and all associated site works

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660639 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,490 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 5 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660639/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660639 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 16 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre (Primary / Core Retail Area): To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the existing town centre and to provide for and improve retailing and commercial activities	LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027	8 Mar 2022 → 7 Mar 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: LAOIS LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
LAOIS LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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
2660068	Conditional	2 Apr 2026	0	421 m	Change of Use from a single-storey, shop store (previously a launderette facility) to Natural Salt Wellness Rooms. The proposed development is accessed through the existing retail shop at No. 99 Main Street and alleyway between two protected structures Ramsbottom's Pub (no. 101 Main Street- RPS 210) and Marian Carton Optician (No. 100 Main Street -RPS211). Upgrading works include replacement windows, universal access and toilet, bicycle parking and refuse storage. The proposed development is located within an architectural conservation area
2560531	Conditional	14 Nov 2025	1	102 m	subdivide existing plot to accomodate a new dwelling house and associated works, using existing entrance to serve new dwelling and the creation of new entrance to serve the existing dwelling
2560565	Conditional	29 Oct 2025	0	107 m	carry out development which will consist of internal works comprising the change of use of 236 sq.m from retail to circulation space over three levels (lower ground, mall, and first floor), affecting Units 36, 136, and Anchor 03, to create a new common lobby with lift access to all levels, along with minor reconfiguration of internal floor levels at lower ground. The proposed external works include the creation of a new public entrance at the south-east corner through modifications to existing walls and railings adjacent to the service yard. New boundary walls will screen the yard, with reconfigured ground levels and new surface finishes to facilitate level access from the public footpath. Alterations to the building facade will include the blocking up of an existing door, formation of a new entrance door to the lobby, and adjustment of the existing fire escape door height to accommodate new emergency exit doors
2560564	Conditional	15 Oct 2025	0	107 m	carry out development which will consist of the amalgamation of the two existing upper ground floor retail units (Units 35 & 36), both accessed from within the internal mall, to form a single larger retail unit with a combined floor area of781 sq.m. No external works are proposed to the exterior of the building
2460245	Conditional	30 Sept 2025	0	492 m	construct one retail building containing 2 large retail units with a separate enclosed service area and one restaurant with drive through facility. The proposed development will include the demolition of two residential bungalows, garden walls and the partial demolition of the existing stone walls within the curtilage of the protected structure, Portleix House (NIAH Reg: 12505147). Partial demolition of the existing boundary wall to the Dublin Road to form a new pedestrian access/plaza to the development and erection of a new railing boundary treatment to the Dublin Road frontage, partial demolition of the existing boundary wall along Ridge Road and replaced with a new retaining boundary wall with railings along Ridge Road. Site works will comprise of; (a) provision of a new access road/entrance to the north east of the development off Ridge road; (b) provision of 85 no. car parking spaces (including 5 no. accessible parking spaces); (c) provision of landscaping, drainage systems, footpaths, boundary treatments, lighting and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development; (d) the proposal facilitates an area required for the future construction of the Triogue Blueway Part B (Phase 2) by Laois County Council.
2560147	Conditional	30 Sept 2025	0	120 m	for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL) between the existing Cushaling 110 kV substation in the townland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly & the existing Portlaoise 110 kV substation in the townlands of Clonminam & Kylekiproe, Co. Laois. The replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor incl. installation of a new fibre communication connection; Replacement of 8 no. steel towers & their foundations; Replacement of steel members at 1 no. tower; Full tower painting required at 3 no. locations; Shear block remedial works (raise & cap) at 6 no. tower locations; Replacement of wooden poles only at 15 no. locations; Replacement of wooden poles & crossarm at 5 no. locations; Replacement of crossarm only at 14 no. locations; Replacement of existing danger notices at various locations, as required; Replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware and anti-climbing guards at various locations as required; Replacement of suspension clamps, vibrations dampers and compression assemblies at all locations as required; All associates temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly & reassembly of gate posts/piers & removal & re instatement of existing fencing; other temporary associated & ancillary development works required for the purpose of the existing circuit, including temporary items, such as; guard poles, construction compounds (located in the townlands of Bracklone, Tullaghan, Morett, Clonaddodoran and Kyletalesha), clearance or management of vegetation, installation of silt traps, silt fences, stone tracks, ground protections mats & watercourse crossings. No additional structures are proposed along the existing circuit. Structure 203,which will be relocated approx. 101m back towards structure 202 due to its existing position on top of a gravel mound & there being potential for subsidence of the gravel in the long term. No alteration to the nature, extent, alignment, character, or voltage of the existing electricity infrastructure is proposed. In addition, works to support this uprate also include the Cushlaing-Portlaoise 110KV bay lead-in conductor uprate at the Portlaoise 110KV station. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. Full description of all works within Site Notice.
2560469	Conditional	26 Sept 2025	1	359 m	construct new shed to rear of my dwelling
2560302	Conditional	2 Sept 2025	0	120 m	for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL) between the existing Cushaling 110 kV substation in the townland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly and the existing Portlaoise 110 kV substation in the townlands of Clonminam and Kylekiproe, Co. Laois. The Cushaling – Portlaoise 110 kV OHL is approximately 41.6 km long and comprises 17 no. steel lattice tower structures and 193 no. wooden pole structures. The existing circuit is located across the functional areas of Offaly County Council (OCC), Kildare County Council (KCC) and Laois County Council (LCC). Approximately 10 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of OCC, approximately 9 km is within the functional area of KCC and approximately 22.6 km is located within the functional area of LCC. Separate planning applications are being lodged with each respective County Council. The Proposed Development across the functional area of Co. Kildare is located in the townlands of Coolelan, Kiltaghan North, Kiltaghan South, Clonmoyle West, Ummeras More, Mountrice, Mullaghroe Upper, Mullaghroe Lower, Coolatogher, Coolsickin or Quinsborough and Coolnafearagh. The Proposed Development works across the functional area of Co. Kildare will comprise: 1. The replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; 2. The replacement of 2 no. steel towers and their foundations; 3. The replacement of steel members at 1 no. tower; 4. Full tower painting required at 1 no. location; 5. Shear block remedial works (raise and cap) at 1 no. tower location; 6. The replacement of wooden poles only at 8 no. locations; 7. The replacement of wooden poles and crossarm at 3 no. locations; 8. The replacement of crossarm only at 4 no. locations; 9. The replacement of existing danger notices at various locations, as required; 10. The replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware and anti-climbing guards at various locations, as required; 11. The replacement of suspension clamps, vibration dampers and compression assemblies at all locations, as required; 12. All associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and 13. Other temporary associated

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500151	—	Granted	25 Feb 2026	120 m
500115	—	pending	20 Oct 2025	492 m
322630	—	Granted with conditions	29 Sept 2025	392 m
323606	—	open	9 Sept 2025	435 m
316799	—	Other	8 Sept 2023	155 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

11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
11 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.