Observation pack · Laois County Council

Clonlyon , Clonaslee , Co. Laois

Construct a new two-storey dwelling house, site entrance, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

Observations close 7 Dec 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660787 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Site area: 3,695 m²
Received: 2 Nov 2026

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/2660787/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660787 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 7 Dec 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660372	Conditional	5 Oct 2026	1	92 m	retain modifications carried out to an existing agricultural unit, including raising the external walls/roof and increasing the overall height of the building structure and full permission for the change of use from an agricultural building to a 2-Bedroom dwelling unit including upgrade of the existing on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
2583	Conditional	6 Nov 2025	1	92 m	retain amendments to addition to existing dwelling house
24109	Conditional	22 Nov 2024	1	91 m	construct a rear and side single storey extension, installation of new wastewater treatment system, carry out internal and elevational alterations to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
2360496	Conditional	18 Jan 2024	2	64 m	alter planning reference No. 23/60136, alter boundaries, location & position of dwelling house & garage, site entrance and to include all associated site works
2360136	Conditional	29 May 2023	2	48 m	for a proposed Dormer Bungalow, Garage, Site Entrance, Septic Tank & Percolation Area and to include all associated site works..

What has happened on this file

2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
2 Nov 2026 Decision

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