The Downes, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Planning application 2560303
DecisionConditional grant
Decided29 January 2026
Application typePERMISSION
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Nearby precedent
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- 21628To retain 1 no. Site Signage on Summerhill Road, and (b) 2 no. Site Signage on New Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois / 0.3 km away / 17 November 2021Granted
- 2231Construct a new recording studio inclusive of offices and a chapel, a new entrance onto Lismard Business Park and all associated site works / 0.3 km away / 25 April 2022Granted
- 18478Erect a 799.3 sq m single storey Kidney Dialysis Treatment Centre and connected 49.0sq m open service compound area, building and site signage together with 29 no. car parking spaces / 0.4 km away / 24 September 2018Granted
- 17362(a) change use from existing light industrial to health centre/gymnasium totalling 1728.9 sqm and (b) revisions to rear elevation, together with all associated site and development works / 0.4 km away / 25 August 2017Granted
- 2560385Construct 92 No. residential dwellings comprising 86 No. 4-bed houses and 6 No. 2-bed sheltered housing units. The proposed development will be 1 No. and 2 No. storeys in height. The development will also include: minor amendments to the Link Road permitted as part of Phases 1A & 1B and its continuation through the Phase 2 site; minor amendments to the landscape and boundary treatment to the south of the Phase 1A site; car parking; cycle parking; public open space; drainage connections; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; pumping station; lighting; and all associated site and development works above and below ground. / 0.4 km away / 13 January 2026Granted
- 19568Change use from a general warehouse to a warehouse with ancillary trade counters (for the sale of building related products principally to trade) and external amendments to the property including: additional car parking spaces towards the rear of the building. On the south east elevation: fill in existing goods ramp and existing good-in door and construct two new ramps to service a new customer entrance to the trade counters and a new good entrance. On the north east of the building include security bollards and mark out a hatched pedestrian route. On the south west elevation include an area for mechanical plant. On the north west elevation, cladding of either side of the door and insert new doors. The proposal includes all associated works to facilitate the development / 0.4 km away / 02 December 2019Granted
- 21288Alter elevations of existing commercial unit to include a new parapet cladding structure, new entrance to building, additional window openings and overhead roller doors. Permission is also sought for new boundary treatment and all associated site works / 0.5 km away / 23 August 2021Granted