Mooreville , Rathdowney , Co. Laois
change of use of existing shop and filling station to Child Care Facility including the change the use of the shop to provide pre-school and after school care rooms and construct an extra room, toilet block, lobby and waiting area to the rear and side of the shop, changing the fenestration to alter door on the eastern elevation to a window with opaque glass, make two window opes to the western elevation, to decommission the petrol pumps & underground fuel tanks and piping and to remove forecourt canopy. Also to subdivide the site to separate the existing dwelling house from the rest of the site and construct new boundary walls to the front and eastern boundaries, to close existing Crèche entrance and open two new entrances to form a one way access and exit to the site, to remove the front portion of wall between the existing Crèche and the proposed parking area, also planning permission to remove existing signage and erect new signage for the Crèche on the front of the existing shop, and all associated and necessary works
The application
- Reference
- 2660699 · 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
- 4,650 m²
- Received
- 30 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
- Decision due
- 24 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/2660699/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660699at 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 4 Nov 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1.1 Retail warehousing | General Business: To provide for and improve commercial activities | 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. | laois county development plan 2021 2027 | 8 Mar 2022 → 7 Mar 2028 |
| C3 High technology | General Business: To provide for and improve commercial activities | 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 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities. | 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.
Source: Laois County Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laois County Council development plan zoning | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660524 | Conditional | 18 Sept 2026 | 1 | 488 m | construct a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing detached dwelling, not exceeding the height of the existing dwelling, comprising an enlarged open-plan kitchen, dining and living area together with all associated internal alterations, site works and ancillary works. |
| 21671 | Conditional | 17 Dec 2021 | 1 | 177 m | construct extension to an existing dwelling, comprising of both two storey and single storey extensions to the rear and a single storey extension to the front, widen and set back existing entrance, new garage and all associated site works |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
- 30 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Laois County Council before relying on it.