Observation pack · Laois County Council
Togher , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
construct New 2 storey office building, new site boundary treatments, hardstanding area, new public sewer connection, ancillary site services and all associated site works
Observations close 22 Oct 2026 25 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660660 · 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
- 2,643 m²
- Received
- 17 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 11 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/2660660/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660660at 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 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise and Employment: To provide lands for enterprise and employment use, more specifically low input and emission manufacturing, campus-style offices, storage uses, wholesaling and distribution, commercial services with high space and parking requirements. | LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 8 Mar 2022 → 7 Mar 2028 |
| C6 Waterfront | Industrial and Warehousing: To provide for and improve industrial and warehousing development. | 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.
Sources: LAOIS LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027, 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560800 | Conditional | 25 May 2026 | 0 | 417 m | develop the following • Construction of a warehouse unit with associated office accommodation. • Overall combined floor area is c. 4,612 sq.m. See following breakdown: • warehouse unit is c. 3,745 sq.m • office space is c. 632 sq.m, with a plantroom of c. 94 sq.m. • external drivers’ toilet is 6 sq.m. • Sprinkler Tank & Pump House is 110 sq.m. • ESB substation is 25 sq.m. • The height of building is 14.5 meters to its parapet on all 4 sides. • 2 access are proposed from the east (existing), and west (new entrance). • Provision of no. 50 car parking spaces (comprising 3 no. accessible spaces, and 5 no. EV spaces), and 50 bicycle spaces to serve the proposed development. • All ancillary works including landscaping, boundary treatments, internal roadways, car parking, service yard and associated infrastructure both above and below ground level. |
| 2560512 | Conditional | 1 Dec 2025 | 0 | 345 m | retain the erection of temporary cabins for use as offices, storage and welfare stations, a hardstanding storage yard, a wash down area, parking area, associated signage, temporary palisade fencing and all ancillary works, full planning permission is sought to operate the premises as a specialist plant hire business for a temporary period of 18 months |
| 2560629 | Conditional | 19 Nov 2025 | 0 | 459 m | (1.) Retain changes to the existing development previously granted permission under planning reference 20/271 including (A) An increase in the overall height of the building (B) An increase in the floor area of the building due to the construction of additional floor space at first floor level within the building and an increase in the overall building dimensions (C) The use of alternative wall finishes to the building (D) The alteration to external window and door sizes and locations, along with the provision of an additional window to the front elevation of the building (E) The relocation of the building on the site (F) The relocation of the site entrance (G) The alteration of external hardstand areas (2.) Permission for the construction of an external fire escape stairway, roof maintenance ladders and external fire escape doorway, and all alterations and associated site works |
| 2560458 | Conditional | 17 Sept 2025 | 0 | 98 m | additional mezzanine floor area and all associated site works. |
| 2460640 | Conditional | 10 Jul 2025 | 0 | 466 m | 1. Block A – Industrial Unit (area = 1798 sq.m) 2. New main site entrance with sliding gates, stone walls and piers, east vehicular site entrance with sliding gates and stone piers with pedestrian/ cyclist entrance points, 3. Existing site boundaries to be retained & augmented as necessary, new fenceline to create new boundary lines to the east and south of the site with additional landscape screening, 4. Car parking for staff & visitors, bicycle parking, access roads, landscaping, external lighting, building & site corporate signage, solar panels to roof areas on Block A 5. Foul and surface water drainage, water services and all associated infrastructure works and services on 1.49 Ha on lands |
| 24154 | Conditional | 29 Jan 2025 | 1 | 465 m | erect 24m monopole structure on concrete base to support 18no. telecommunications antennae together with the installation of dishes and associated fencing, cabling, compound area, ground based equipment cabinets, PDBs and all associated site works |
| 2460513 | Conditional | 24 Oct 2024 | 1 | 341 m | retain changes to previously approved ref. no. 2240 including: a) relocation of substation, b) removal of security kiosk and to c) to retain additional floor space to Building A. Also Planning Permission is also sought for additional signage to building elevation and all associated site works |
| 2460313 | Conditional | 25 Jul 2024 | 0 | 459 m | carry out development which will consist of; (A) AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING (B) TO CHANGE SITE BOUNDARIES FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 20/271 (C) THE INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 400SQM OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS, AND ALL ALTERATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319841 | — | Refused | 17 Jan 2025 | 393 m |
| 312834 | — | Other | 15 Aug 2022 | 274 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
- 17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026
- 17 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.