Observation pack · Laois County Council

Chapel Street , Clonaslee , Co. Laois

retain domestic garage and retain reduced site curtilage for dwellinghouse previously granted under 892/79 and all associated site works

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660675 · 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: 885 m²
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 19 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/2660675/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660675 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 30 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
R2 Existing residential	Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.	LS-002:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027	8 Mar 2022 → 7 Mar 2028
R2 Existing residential	Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.	LS-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3	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-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3 · 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-003:DP:laois-county-development-plan-2021-2027-including-ministerial-direction-as-varied-by-variation-no-1-no-2-and-no-3	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	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
2560825	Refused	19 Aug 2026	0	199 m	i) demolsh the existing public house & private residence and all rear extensions. ii) Demolish the derelict outbuilding to the rear of the site. iii) construct a two-storey, 3 no. bed dwelling to the front of the site iv) construct two, 4 no. bed dwelling houses to the rear of the site. v) repair and construction of all boundary walls vi) Construct a new shared access road, landscape, parking and all associated site works
2660076	Conditional	27 Mar 2026	1	70 m	construct an extension to side and rear of existing dwelling together with ancilllary services
2560722	Conditional	24 Feb 2026	1	357 m	construct a dwelling house and all associated site works
2560729	Conditional	16 Feb 2026	1	265 m	construct a two storey single-family dwelling, alterations to the existing boundary wall and creation of a new site entrance and all associated site works.
2560775	Conditional	23 Jan 2026	0	269 m	change of use from café to office use and all ancillary works
2560074	Conditional	22 May 2025	1	239 m	A. convert The Swan Public House into hostel accommodation, comprising of 29 bed capacity over 7 bedrooms with associated common room, dining room, self-catering kitchen, and associated office and ancillary spaces for administration of the development, and all associated site works. B. The provision of a new shopfront, additional windows and 1 no. rooflight to the East Elevation and additional windows to the South Elevation C. The construction of 3 no. new masonry outbuildings with flat roofs within the existing external courtyard, to provide a bin store, general storage and a secure bike shed.
2560010	Conditional	28 Feb 2025	2	498 m	construct a two-storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, site entrance, connection to public watermains, a septic tank/ effluent treatment system, a percolation area and all associated site development works
2460713	Conditional	20 Jan 2025	1	0 m	Retain an extension to an existing dwelling.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322748	—	Granted with conditions	6 Jan 2026	0 m
312207	—	Other	1 Jun 2023	246 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

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Laois County Council before relying on it.