Observation pack · Laois County Council

Monamonra , The Old Forge , Errill Co. Laois

retain a change of use from a shop unit & storerooms to a Family Therapy Clinic, to include two consultation rooms, child play area, staff facilities with external works allowing for; four car parking spaces and one accessibility car parking space

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660662 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,164 m²
Received: 18 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 12 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/2660662/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660662 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 23 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
2660400	Conditional	18 Aug 2026	1	0 m	revise design to that previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 25/60507 and will comprise the construction of a single-storey extension (94m²) to the rear/side of the existing bungalow to provide ancillary family accommodation, with a separate entrance and an internal connection to the main dwelling, together with all associated site works. The height of the proposed extension is 4.18m.
2660252	Conditional	15 Jun 2026	0	96 m	retain existing outhousing for use as domestic storage including associated siteworks.
2560507	Conditional	3 Oct 2025	1	0 m	Construct a a single-story extension to the rear/side of the existing bungalow to provide ancillary family accommodation, with a separate entrance and an internal connection to the main dwelling, and a single-story extension to the existing kitchen and utility room, together with all associated site works
2560464	Conditional	23 Sept 2025	1	98 m	Retain a domestic garage building
2460420	Conditional	5 Sept 2024	0	277 m	Retain 3 no. domestic stores and all associated site works
2360523	Conditional	9 Feb 2024	0	355 m	erect a part single storey/part two storey structure containing areas for retail, retail and general storage, repairs and maintenance, office, staff facilities, customer and staff carparking, a septic tank and percolation area, a site entrance and associated site works
22677	Conditional	28 Aug 2023	14	149 m	construct 14 no. residential dwellings comprising 12 no. 3-bed semi-detached two storey dwellings (Type A1/A2), 2 no. 4-bed detached two storey dwellings (Type B1), together with a new vehicular entrance off the existing R433 road including provision of a new pedestrian path, all ancillary internal access roads, infrastructure, landscaping and boundary treatments, and all associated site and development works and services

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

18 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 23 Oct 2026
18 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.