Proposed Development
1. retain the change of use of the existing bar on the ground floor and private accommodation on the first floor for use as a guesthouse/hostel on both ground and first floor. 2. Construct a single storey extension to the rear of the existing building to be used as a guesthouse/hostel consisting of 4 additional bedrooms, a living/dining room, 4 water closets, minor revisions to windows on both sides of the existing elevations and all associated site works
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Application received
5 Nov 2024
Further information requested
20 Dec 2024
Further information received
4 Apr 2025
Application withdrawn
7 Apr 2025
Application Details
- Location
- Peadar's Bar , Mary Street , Durrow
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Laois County Council
- Site Area
- 0.073 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 5 November 2024
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Decision
- N/A
- Withdrawn
- 7 April 2025
Location
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carry out development which consists of accommodation to be used as accommodation for persons seeking international protection under the IPAS Scheme. The permission relates to the following works: 1) The retention and change of use of the existing bar on the ground floor and private accommodation on the first floor for use for accommodation on both ground floor and first floor, comprising of 5 no. ground floor bedrooms and 3 no. first floor bedrooms, and ancillary living room 16.1 sq.m. Kitchen dining room 19.8 sq.m, store 3.7 sq/m and bathroom 8.2 sq.m., permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing building to be used for accommodation consisting of 3 no. additional bedrooms, ground floor kitchen 15 sq,m, communal; living/dining room 41.3 sq.m, laundry Room 12.1 sq.m, Male and Female Bathroom and Showering facilities
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