Observation pack · Laois County Council
Portlaoise road , Carlow , Co. Laois.
retain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site works
Observations close 10 Nov 2026 15 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660714 · 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
- 1,567 m²
- Received
- 6 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 30 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/2660714/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660714at 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 10 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise and Employment: To promote and provide for the development of enterprise and employment generating uses | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 9 Sept 2024 → 8 Sept 2030 |
| G1 Open space with recreation | Open Space and Amenity: To protect, provide for and enhance open space, amenity facilities, and recreational uses | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 9 Sept 2024 → 8 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 9 Sept 2024 → 8 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 9 Sept 2024 → 8 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 9 Sept 2024 → 8 Sept 2030 |
| 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. | 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 |
| G4 Open space | Open Space/Amenity: To preserve, provide for and improve active and passive recreational public and private open space. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660470 | Conditional | 3 Sept 2026 | 1 | 273 m | revise dwelling deign at ‘site B’ as previously approved under planning reference P24/60470. Revised design to provide for a new single storey two bedroom dwelling. All previously approved site entrance, site services and all associated site works to remain as permitted under P24/60470 |
| 2660445 | Conditional | 18 Aug 2026 | 1 | 121 m | construct a single storey extension to the West elevation of my existing dwelling and all associated site works |
| 2660365 | Conditional | 5 Aug 2026 | 0 | 201 m | construct the following works: a) a running embankment, b) the erection of 3no. Pitch side LED Floodlights c) boundary security fencing d) and all ancillary site works, at Graiguecullen GAA Club |
| 2660166 | Conditional | 14 Jul 2026 | 1 | 179 m | construct a two-storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling house, together with a pedestrian gate to the side boundary wall, the provision of an additional car parking space, and all associated site works |
| 2660246 | Conditional | 12 Jun 2026 | 0 | 92 m | install 2 single storey prefabricated units to be used as class rooms in conjunction with our existing childcare facility, connection to existing services and all associated site works |
| 2660148 | Conditional | 30 Apr 2026 | 0 | 334 m | change the use of existing building to a Leisure Complex comprising of a pool, snooker and Golf Simulator rooms. Interior works including the demolition and alteration of internal ground floor walls, erection of signage on front façade of building and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development. |
| 2660060 | Conditional | 31 Mar 2026 | 1 | 364 m | construct a two-storey dwelling, a domestic shed and all associated site works |
| 2660034 | Conditional | 20 Mar 2026 | 0 | 13 m | 1) Retain permission for the removal of existing trees and hedges to a 22.5m portion of the front boundary adjacent to entrance gate and replacement with a 2.7m high paladin fence, affixing safety and opening-hours signage along the front boundary fence and entrance gate, and erection of building signage onto existing structures within the site. 2) Planning permission for the provision of beech hedging to the external side of the front boundary paladin fence and all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501175 | — | Granted with conditions | 6 Aug 2026 | 13 m |
| 500965 | — | Withdrawn | 5 Jun 2026 | 360 m |
| 501153 | — | Invalid | 13 Apr 2026 | 13 m |
| 323101 | — | Refused | 10 Nov 2025 | 13 m |
| 323179 | — | Invalid | 27 Jul 2025 | 415 m |
| 322915 | — | Withdrawn | 23 Jul 2025 | 415 m |
| 315227 | — | Withdrawn | 15 Jan 2024 | 364 m |
| 312805 | — | Granted with conditions | 2 Jun 2023 | 85 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
- 6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026
- 6 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.