Observation pack · Laois County Council

Ross House , Ross Ballyfin , Co. Laois

(i) Construct a two-storey rear extension and a single-storey family flat extension ancillary to the existing dwelling; (ii) alterations and renovations to the existing dwelling; (iii) the demolition of an existing rear extension to facilitate the proposed works; (iv) the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated ancillary site development works

Observations close 5 Nov 2026 closes today

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660705 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 103 m²
Site area: 2,641 m²
Received: 1 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 25 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/2660705/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660705 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 5 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.

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
2660482	Refused	8 Sept 2026	1	221 m	remove condition number 14 of previously granted planning permission 19/699.
2460645	Conditional	18 Dec 2024	1	356 m	Minor alterations to dwelling house, entrance and boundary treatments site layout and all associated site works from proposed works granted under planning file ref no. 22/447.
2360494	Conditional	19 Jan 2024	1	231 m	renovate a Existing Dwelling House with Single Storey Extensions to the Front & Side of the Existing Dwelling House, new Septic Tank & Percolation area and to include all associated site works.
2360486	Conditional	10 Jan 2024	1	436 m	retain domestic shed as constructed and associated site works
23276	Conditional	8 Jan 2024	2	412 m	construct two storey dwelling house with a single storey element, domestic garage, install a proprietary treatment system and polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated and necessary site works
22408	Conditional	17 Jan 2023	2	477 m	extend and renovate existing dwelling house, erect domestic garage, relocate existing entrance and all associated site works
22570	Conditional	9 Jan 2023	2	7 m	construct a dwelling house, detached garage, onsite wastewater treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works
22542	Conditional	15 Dec 2022	2	367 m	construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, secondary treatment system and polishing filter with new site entrance, along with all ancillary site services and associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321695	—	Granted with conditions	20 May 2025	356 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

1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 Nov 2026
1 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Laois County Council before relying on it.