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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 22 Oct 2026, 07:50

Clonminam Business Park

53.02276, -7.31990

Homes here mostly date from the 1950s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 2021100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=41 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–521open for comments nearbyclose 22 Oct

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 50 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 7 months after
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 1946–60, before planning permission was needed. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021.

Timeline from 1942: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 1946–1960. 1 planning file on this house.19501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of KnockmayBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1946–1960 (census estimate)most built2021: 21375 · construct 6,108 sqm, withdrawn or invalid2017: 1 file on Knockmay2019: 1 file on Knockmay2020: 1 file on Knockmay2021: 3 files on Knockmay2022: 4 files on Knockmay2024: 3 files on Knockmay2025: 1 file on Knockmay14 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2021
    21375 · construct 6,108 sqm · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
C2.1
Zoning · Economic development and employment
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningC2.1 · Economic development and employment
What it says

Enterprise and Employment: To provide lands for enterprise and employment use, more specifically low input and emission manufacturing, campus-style offices, storage uses, wholesaling and distribution, commercial services with high space and parking requirements.

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

laois county development plan 2021 2027 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028

ZoningC2.1 · Economic development and employment
What it says

Enterprise and Employment: To provide lands for enterprise and employment use, more specifically low input and emission manufacturing, campus-style offices, storage uses, wholesaling and distribution, commercial services with high space and parking requirements.

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

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

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Corcoran Autobody Works (Portlaoise) Limited (502 m); Tirlán Limited (577 m); Leprino Foods EU Limited (779 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 90% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 50%
90% · council 91%
Approved nearbyLaois overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 10 nearby, 1,497 council-wide

Figure 3

Knockmay, file by file since 2017

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.

14 planning files on Knockmay since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · rear · approved · 17379No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22151Porches, roofs, otherNo. 3 · 2019 · other work · approved · 19296No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20700No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21394No. 15 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21578No. 14 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21723No. 15 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22100No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22358No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22657No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460385No. 2 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460524No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460586No. 9 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560800New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

14 files with "Knockmay" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2017–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days. Building starts about 7 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 206 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 mo21 mo24 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 47–52 (n=34)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 206 days after permission (n=12)206 days after permissionSigned off54% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated41 decided home extensions, 13 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 7 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed7 decided
    0 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Clonminam Business Park with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Togher, Portlaoise 2660660No decision yet · 325 m
    2. 2Site 9, National Enterprise Park Knockmay 2560800Approved with conditions · 94 m
    3. 3Site 5a / 5b, National Business Park 2660210No decision yet · 318 m
    4. 4National Enterprise Park, Knockmay Portlaoise 2660391No decision yet · 334 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 36 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate.

    38 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 36 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 36 approved. Of those: 3 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 15 with no start notice found, 16 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT36: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused36: approved → approved2: refused → refused15: approved → no start notice found2: approved → started, not signed off3: approved → signed off16: approved → ran out38 lodged38 lodged36 approved36 approved2 refused2 refused36 approved36 approved2 refused2 refused15 no start notice found15 no start notice found2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off3 signed off3 signed off16 ran out16 ran out

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured38 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 22 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-22 2660660: application received — construct New 2 storey office building, new site boundary treatments, hardstanding area, new public sewer connection, antoday27 Oct1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov2660660: application received — construct New 2 storey office building, new site boundary treatments, hardstanding area, new public sewer connection, an · 325 m away · 2026-10-22
    Comments close
    • Comments close 22 Oct 2026closes today
      12660660 · application received — construct New 2 storey office building, new site boundary treatments, hardstanding area, new…
      €20 to the council · 325 m away

    Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 8 a year; busiest 2021. 95% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 4, 2018: 5, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 8, 2022: 5, 2023: 5, 2024: 7, 2025: 205102017: 4 approved4’17*2018: 5 approved5’182019: 1 approved1’192020: 1 approved1’202021: 8 approved8’212022: 5 approved5’222023: 4 approved2023: 1 refused5’232024: 6 approved2024: 1 refused7’242025: 2 approved2’25
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    • 1Togher , Portlaoise , Co. Laois comments close 22 Oct 2026
      construct New 2 storey office building, new site boundary treatments, hardstanding area, new public sewer…
      266066017 Sept 2026325 m
    Every application within 500 m 7 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    How we work this out
    Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Laois County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here6
    Council middle1
    How we work this out
    Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    65% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 49% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    65% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    26% · council 44%
    Owner-occupied
    49% · council 71%
    Rented
    33% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    23% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    12% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    25% · council 49%
    Work mainly from home
    5% · council 9%
    This small area (340 people)Laois

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107079002/107079001/107079007

    Road noise
    55–59 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 0

        Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:38
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Council consultation portalsPublic22 Oct 2026, 01:44open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public22 Oct 2026, 02:38open
        Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
        cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
        National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
        Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
        dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
        EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
        Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
        Question 6

        What to ask, and who

        1. Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment), not for homes: could you extend?
          Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
          Solicitor · planner
        2. Application 325 m away open for comments until 22 Oct 2026: comment?
          Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
          Council
        3. Any work done without planning permission?
          Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
          Seller · solicitor
        Reference

        Where this is, the terms, the sources

        Townland
        Knockmay
        Electoral division
        Portlaoighise Rural
        Electoral area
        Portlaoise
        Council
        Laois County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 21375, withdrawn.
        • Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment); not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 22 Oct 2026.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
        • Here (2022 census): 49% owner-occupied (council 71%); 6% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1946–1960; 58% drive to work (council 65%); population up 8% since 2016.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 36% are asked for more information.
        What the terms mean 4 terms
        • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
        • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
        • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
        • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
        Sources and licences 24
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        Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
        Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
        National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
        services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public22 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher21 Oct 2026
        cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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        Measured
        counted from a public register
        Calculated
        a rate or median we worked out from those counts
        Our classification
        we sorted it by reading each description
        Estimate
        inferred from another source (census, map data)
        Rule summary
        the law, simplified: check before relying on it
        How we work this out
        Generated 22 Oct 2026, 07:50 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.