Observation pack · Laois County Council
Timahoe , Portlaoise , Co Laois
Construct a multi-sport astroturf playing pitch facility including lighting and fencing. For use by the school and the wider community on lands
Observations close 15 Dec 2026 31 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2660802 · full record
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Site area
- 1.44 ha
- Received
- 10 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 13 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/2660802/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660802at 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 15 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Open space | Open Space and Amenity: To preserve, provide for and improve active and passive recreational public and private open space. | laois county development plan 2021 2027 | 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 | 8 Mar 2022 → 7 Mar 2028 |
| S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Community Educational and Institutional: To protect and provide for local neighbourhood, community, ecclesiastical, recreational and educational facilities. | laois county development plan 2021 2027 | 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 |
| S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Community-Educational-Institutional: To protect and provide for local neighbourhood, community, ecclesiastical, recreational and educational facilities. | 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660079 | Conditional | 23 Oct 2026 | 6 | 36 m | carry out permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Ref. No. of outline permission 22/695), for 6 no. detached, single storey dwellings, new septic tanks and percolation areas, new site entrance, boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, ancillary site services and all associated site works |
| 2634 | Conditional | 13 Jul 2026 | 1 | 144 m | Construct a window in south facing gable end of existing dwelling house and all associated site works at Timahoe |
| 2560500 | Conditional | 23 Apr 2026 | 163 m | develop a campervan park consisting of 6 No. campervan Aires along with two short stay accommodation pods, a facilities building, upgrade of existing site entrance, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and site services | |
| 2560679 | Conditional | 3 Dec 2025 | 460 m | retain a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house | |
| 23258 | Conditional | 18 Dec 2023 | 2 | 471 m | construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new entrance and all necessary and associated site works |
| 22695 | Conditional | 6 Nov 2023 | 1 | 36 m | develop 6 serviced sites including six septic tanks and percolation areas, vehicle & pedestrian entrances, boundary treatments and all associated site works and services |
| 22729 | Conditional | 22 Aug 2023 | 1 | 375 m | retain domestic garage as constructed and permission to complete same |
| 2360011 | Conditional | 8 Mar 2023 | 3 | 57 m | vary existing grant of planning permission (ref:22520) to consist of change of house design, changing the position of house, dry storage shed and garage on the site and all associated site works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317809 | Refused | 23 Aug 2024 | 207 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
- 10 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 15 Dec 2026
- 10 Nov 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Laois County Council before relying on it.