Observation pack · Laois County Council

Ballytegan , Portlaoise , Co. Laois

develop at Ballytegan Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 WK2N. Permission will consist of a proposed dwelling house, garage, site entrance, and all associated site works. Permission is also sought for a new septic tank to service existing dwelling house at Eircode R32 WK2N. Existing septic tank on site to service new dwelling house

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 25 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660726 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,667 m²
Received: 8 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: —
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/2660726/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660726 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 12 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
2660542	Conditional	2 Oct 2026	0	487 m	retain a domestic shed/studio as constructed, for use ancillary to the enjoyment of the existing dwelling, together with all associated site works
2560883	Conditional	23 Feb 2026	1	392 m	erect a domestic office pod to the rear garden and all associated site works
2560317	Conditional	13 Feb 2026	0	163 m	construct - An additional Stormwater Storage Tank • A new inlet works • Three Primary Settlement Tanks • Three new Aeration Tanks • Four new Final Settlement Tanks • The decommissioning and demolishing of two existing Final Settlement Tanks • Two new Tertiary Filters • A Sludge Storage Tank for primary sludge • An additional centrifuge for Sludge Dewatering • Minor chambers and sumps • Odour control measures • Solar PV panels • A Biodiversity Enhancement Area • Ancillary infrastructure as follows: o A new 2.4m high security fence o Site lighting o Internal roads and footpaths o Control and automation upgrades o An electrical supply upgrade
2560468	Conditional	23 Sept 2025	1	453 m	construct new extension to my existing dwelling
2460734	Conditional	21 Jan 2025	1	20 m	Revise site boundaries and associated site works, from that previously approved under PL. Ref. 24/60442
24141	Conditional	6 Dec 2024	1	327 m	retain timber gates and fence with stone clad piers to front garden, and matching stone cladding to walls of bay window and side annex
2460442	Conditional	16 Sept 2024	2	20 m	to construct new dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance, ancillary site services and all associated site works
21806	Conditional	27 Jan 2022	1	307 m	construct cubicles shed with slatted tanks and all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 Nov 2026
8 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.