Observation pack · Laois County Council

Clonkeen , Portlaoise , Co Laois

The development will consist of : -Retention of existing mobile homes on site . -planning permission for the demolition of existing shed and subsequent relocation to a new location within the site . -planning permission of a new two storey dwelling house with a carport / garage , a septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site works

Observations close 14 Dec 2026 30 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660797 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Site area: 7,170 m²
Received: 9 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/2660797/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660797 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 14 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
2660526	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	1	244 m	construct a new single storey extension to the side and rear together with all associated site works. Permission is also sought to remove the canopy over the existing front door and replace the existing front door with a larger door incorporating side lights
2660525	Conditional	16 Sept 2026		30 m	Retain Existing Garage / Storage Shed and all Associated Works
2560802	Conditional	3 Mar 2026		373 m	construct new slatted cattle shed and new machinery shed.
2264	Conditional	1 Apr 2022	2	457 m	construct new dwelling house with waste water treatment system and polishing filter, domestic garage, new site entrance and all associated works

What has happened on this file

9 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 14 Dec 2026
9 Nov 2026 Decision

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