Observation pack · Laois County Council

Crettyard GAA Club , Doonane Newtown Crettyard , Co. Laois

erect a 27-metre-high monopole telecommunications support structure carrying antennae, dishes and associated equipment, all enclosed by security fencing together with extension of access track.

Observations close 20 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660646 · 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: 278 m²
Received: 15 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 9 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/2660646/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660646 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 20 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
2560258	Conditional	22 Aug 2025	1	261 m	construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to public water main, new splayed entrance and associated site work at Doonane, Crettyard, Co Laois.
2560082	Conditional	10 Jun 2025	1	255 m	retain conservatory as constructed to side of house, also retention permission for extra window in utility room and a first floor window on front facade and one extra velux window in roof to the rear, development of attic space to accommodate a bedroom, a playroom, shower room, hot press and storage area, also retention permission for altered boundary and for the second entrance to the site, differences from that previously granted planning with reference 02/84 and all necessary works and retention permission for a machinery shed at Farnan’s Wolfhill, Co Laois.
22219	Conditional	7 Oct 2022	2	437 m	construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, connection to public water main, connection to public foul sewer, new splayed entrance and associated site work
2268	Conditional	3 May 2022	1	348 m	to retain alterations to previously granted planning application ref. no. 0452, to include the installation of an additional velux window to the rear elevation, change of layout to first floor to include a bedroom, bathroom and office. Apply for permission for alterations to an existing velux window to the rear elevation and all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

15 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 20 Oct 2026
15 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Laois County Council before relying on it.