Observation pack · Laois County Council

LEA , PORTARLINGTON , CO. LAOIS

Construct INDOOR TRAINING AREA BUILDING AND 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 · council decision due 12 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660799 · full record
Authority: Laois County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 3.28 ha
Received: 9 Nov 2026
Decision due: 12 Jan 2027

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/2660799/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660799 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
2660499	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	1	266 m	change the design of the two storey dwelling house with single storey element from that previously granted permission ref. no. 22/82 and associated site works
2560694	Conditional	7 Jul 2026	1	329 m	construct Two-Storey Type Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation and all associated site works
2560693	Conditional	7 Jul 2026	1	305 m	for a Two-Storey Type Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation and all associated site works.
2660237	Conditional	9 Jun 2026		0 m	construct 6 no. new 18.3 m high lamp standards and light fittings and all associated site works
2560611	Refused	30 Dec 2025		1 m	develop the following within Co. Laois: • Linear arrays of solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated cabling and ducting (including onsite control and switch gear room and underground cable grid connection to the Bracklone 110kV substation); • 2 no. proposed single storey inverter stations; • A co-located Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) park (including 16 no. containers with cells and 4 no. containers with PCS and inverters) with associated security fencing and gates; • Site Perimeter fencing; • 1 no. new site entrance with palisade double security gates; • 1 no. temporary construction compound/carpark/material storage area with associated temporary site offices, parking areas and security fencing; • 1 no. temporary and 1 no. permanent steel storage containers; • Site access tracks including passing and turning bays; • On-site pole mounted CCTV cameras; • 1 no. temporary construction stage Moby Dick type wheel wash systems; • 1 no. Concrete wash out locations (within temporary construction compound); and • All associated and ancillary works The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring 60.36 ha, of which 37.66 ha is located in Co. Kildare and 22.7 ha is located in Co. Laois. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The total capacity of Solar PV on the site is estimated to be 32 MW. An Appropriate Assessment Screening Report (AASR) and Natura Impact Statement (NlS) has been prepared for this development and submitted with this planning application. The development is covered by the provisions of the (RED III) Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413 ). The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
2560610	Conditional	12 Nov 2025	1	282 m	to change the design of the two storey dwelling house with single storey element from that previously granted permission PL. Ref. 22/83 and associated site works
2560066	Conditional	29 Apr 2025	1	205 m	remove 2 No. existing steel sheds; the construction of 3 No. single occupancy, single-storey residential care units (each with an individual gross floor area of 65 sq m), provided in 2 No. standalone buildings A and B (with gross floor areas of 147 sq m and 74 sq m respectively) to the rear of the main residential care unit; the decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area and provision of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area in a revised location; hard and soft landscaping; soakaways; EV charging stations; plant; bicycle parking; and all associated site and development works, both above and below ground. Additionally retention permission is sought for 2 No. laundry sheds (14 sq m and 18 sq m respectively) and a 282 sq m car parking area.
2560048	Refused	25 Mar 2025	1	304 m	construct a Two-Storey Type Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500706		Granted with conditions	22 Jul 2026	1 m
324055		pending	5 Feb 2026	1 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

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

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