Dunnes Hardware , New Row , Abbeyleix Co. Laois
CONDITIONALPlanning application 2460769
Laois - Laois County Council
Proposed Development
construct 28no. residential dwelling units comprising of 3no. two storey 4 bed 7 person terraced house type A, 4no. two storey 3 bed 5 person terrace house type B, 3no. dormer 3 bed 5 person terraced house type C, 10no. bungalow 2 bed 3 person terraced & semi-detached house type D, two storey duplex block consisting of 4no. 1 bed 2 person units at ground level and 4no. 1 bed 2 person units at first floor level, communal bin & bicycle store, demolition of existing furniture store, vehicular entrance from New Row, parking, boundary treatments, landscaped amenity space, local road and footpaths, and all associated site infrastructure works.
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Application received
17 Dec 2024
Further information requested
19 Feb 2025
Further information received
23 Jul 2025
Decision: CONDITIONAL
12 Aug 2025
Decision due
19 Aug 2025
Appeal submitted
10 Sept 2025
Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL
20 Jan 2026
Application Details
- Location
- Dunnes Hardware , New Row , Abbeyleix Co. Laois
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Laois County Council
- Site Area
- 0.71 ha
- Floor Area
- 50726 sq m
- Residential Units
- 26
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 17 December 2024
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 12 August 2025
- Permission Expires
- 19 January 2031
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- ACCP-323593-25
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Submitted
- 10 September 2025
- Decided
- 20 January 2026
Location
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amend the residential development previously permitted under Laois County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 24/60769, as upheld by An Coimisiún Pleanála under ACP Case No. 323593. The permitted development provided for the demolition of the existing furniture store and the construction of a residential development comprising 26no. residential units. The proposed amendments relate to the permitted 26no. residential unit scheme and comprise revisions to the permitted house types, housing mix and associated site layout, providing for 20no. houses and 6no. duplex units, as follows: 6no. House Type A semi-detached / terraced two-storey 4-bed dwellings; 1no. House Type A.1 dual-fronted end-of-terrace two-storey 4-bed dwelling; 2no. House Type B dormer 3-bed semi-detached dwellings; 4no. House Type C dormer 3-bed semi-detached dwellings; 1no. House Type C.1 dormer 3-bed detached dwelling; 6no. House Type D semi-detached 2-bed bungalow dwellings; and a two-storey duplex block comprising 6no. 2-bed units, with 3no. units at ground floor level and 3no. units at first floor level, with an associated detached single-storey refuse store. The proposed development also includes associated amendments to site layout, parking, boundary treatments, landscaped amenity space, local road and footpaths, site infrastructure, and all associated site development and ancillary works.
Dunnes Hardware , New Row , Abbeyleix Co. Laois
The development will consist of amendments to the residential development previously permitted under Laois County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 24/60769, as upheld by An Coimisiún Pleanála under ACP Case No. 323593. The permitted development provided for the demolition of the existing furniture store and the construction of a residential development comprising 26no. residential units. The proposed amendments relate to the permitted 26no. residential unit scheme and comprise revisions to the permitted house types, housing mix and associated site layout, providing for 20no. houses and 6no. duplex units, as follows: 6no. House Type A semi-detached / terraced two-storey 4-bed dwellings; 1no. House Type A.1 dual-fronted end-of-terrace two-storey 4-bed dwelling; 2no. House Type B dormer 3-bed semi-detached dwellings; 4no. House Type C dormer 3-bed semi-detached dwellings; 1no. House Type C.1 dormer 3-bed detached dwelling; 6no. House Type D semi-detached 2-bed bungalow dwellings; and a two-storey duplex block comprising 6no. 2-bed units, with 3no. units at ground floor level and 3no. units at first floor level, with an associated detached single-storey refuse store. The proposed development also includes associated amendments to site layout, parking, boundary treatments, landscaped amenity space, local road and footpaths, site infrastructure, and all associated site development and ancillary works.
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