Harpur's Lane, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Proposed development
Construct an aparthotel five storeys in height. The aparthotel will consist of 25no. guest suites comprising of 13no. 1-bedroom suites and 12no. 2-bedroom suites, refuse store, bicycle store, service room, ESB substation, and rooftop amenity terrace at third floor level. The development will also consist of associated hard & soft landscaping, an external generator, boundary treatments, car parking, bicycle parking, vehicle access to the existing estate road, and all associated site works. The development will consist of works which are within the curtilage of a protected structure (NIAH reference number - 12504235, record of protected structures reference number - RPS 185_B)
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Decision due
- 18 May 2026
Timeline
Application received
23 Dec 2025
Council asked for further information
25 Feb 2026
Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)
21 Apr 2026
Decision due
18 May 2026
Decision: conditional
18 May 2026
Grant issued
22 Jun 2026
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Planning history within 750 m
change of use from residential to short-term letting.
Change of use from residential to short-term letting.
1. demolish part of the existing boundary wall; 2. Planning permission to erect 14 no. dwelling units within 2 no. blocks. Block A to contain 4 no. ground-floor apartments and 4 no. townhouses, and Block B to contain 3 no. ground-floor apartments and 3 no. townhouses; and 3. Permission for the development to include a new vehicular access, internal roadway, services, and all associated site development works.
develop first Floor, No. 6 Market Square, Portlaoise, Co. Laois (Former Portlaoise arms Building Protected Structure RPS no. 227). The application consists of permission for two-by-two bedroomed apartments, winter gardens, amendments to elevations and all associated site works at the first floor of the said property. Access to same is via Abbeyleix road side.
Retain a Single Storey Extension to the Rear of an Existing Dwelling House and to include all Associated Ancillary Works at 5 Ridge Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Retention Permission to Retain a Single Storey Extension to the Rear of an Existing Dwelling House and to include all Associated Ancillary Works at 5 Ridge Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.