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Planning applications · Co. Laois

Planning permission in Co. Laois: register, 499 applications

499 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 2 towns in Co. Laois in the last three years, 22 of them for ten homes or more (1,253 units). Below: how to search the Co. Laois register, the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

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499 planning applications around 2 towns in Co. Laois in three years, 22 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Co. Laois: planning applications within 300 m of that Eircode, the house's own planning file, flood zone, radon, BER, sale history. Thirty-eight checks in all, each linked to the public record.

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499

planning applications within 2 km of 2 town centres in the last three years

22

of them for 10 homes or more

1,253

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Co. Laois

Short answer: open the National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie, type the address or Eircode, and every application lodged with any council appears as a dot you can click. For the full file (drawings, reports, conditions, appeal) go to the council’s own register, Laois County Council. Both are free.

  1. National map first. Search the address on the National Planning Application Map (MyPlan.ie), then zoom out to the 300 m around it. Each dot is an application with its reference number, description and decision.
  2. Then the council register. Search by the reference number, the address or a map area on the Laois County Council register.
  3. Laois County Council: search planning applications. The council uses the shared ePlanning system, so the search works the same way as in 22 other councils: search by reference, by address, by date range or by drawing a box on the map.
  4. Zoning last. The MyPlan.ie zoning map shows what the land around the house is allowed to become under the current development plan, which the register cannot tell you until someone applies.

For a house you are about to bid on, the paid report does all three for the Eircode: every application within 300 m with its decision, the house’s own planning and building-control files, and the zoning of the fields around it.

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Laois

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Portlaoise331 applications, 13 large
Portarlington168 applications, 9 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Laois

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

  • 174 units, Portlaoise, lodged 2026-05, decision made (Laois County Council): construct a Large Scale Residential Development at this site: Dargan Woods, Borris Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The development will consist of: the provision of 174 no. residential house and apartment units and a creche
  • 97 units, Portarlington, lodged 2025-04, application finalised (Laois County Council): amend the design and layout of the development permitted under Laois County Council Reg. Ref. 19/432 (as amended by Laois County Council Reg. Ref. 24/46) comprising: A reduction in site area from 4.01 to 3.91 hectares to
  • 92 units, Portlaoise, lodged 2025-06, application finalised (Laois County Council): construct 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
  • 88 units, Portlaoise, lodged 2026-03, application finalised (Laois County Council): construct 88 no. residential units and all associated site development works including footpaths, parking, boundary treatments, drainage, bicycle and bin stores and landscaping/amenity areas at Colliers Lane, Ballyroan (
  • 76 units, Portlaoise, lodged 2026-01, application finalised (Laois County Council): carry out development which will consist of: A proposed residential and commercial development on a brownfield site of 4.96 hectares to include the construction of 217 no. single to four storey residential units; 2 No. m
  • 74 units, Portarlington, lodged 2026-06, further information (Laois County Council): construct a 74 unit Residential Development, consisting of 6 No. Type A/ A1 two storey semi-detached 4 bedroom houses, 6 No. Type B two storey semi-detached 4 bedroom houses, 12 No. Type C/ C1 two storey terraced 3 bedro
  • 49 units, Portarlington, lodged 2024-08, application finalised (Laois County Council): construct 49 no. residential units to include 27 no. type A, two storey three bed semi-detached , 17 no. type C, two storey two bed terrace and 5 no. house type D, two storey three bedroom, all site works including drain
  • 42 units, Portlaoise, lodged 2026-05, further information (Laois County Council): Demolish the former Coughlan Fireplaces Sales Room and workshop and boundary walls; the construction of a new access road off Colliers Lane with new boundary walls for the two existing roadside dwellings immediately to t

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

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Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Laois?
Two ways. The National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for Co. Laois is Laois County Council; each runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision, on the shared ePlanning.ie system. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Laois have the most planning activity?
By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Portlaoise (331), Portarlington (168). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Co. Laois?
The rules are national, not local. Since 27 July 2026 an extension to the rear of a house is exempt up to 45 square metres (40 before that date), counting every earlier extension, with limits on height, distance from boundaries and the garden left over (at least 25 square metres). Anything to the front, or beyond those limits, needs permission from the council. A Section 5 declaration from the council confirms in writing whether a specific job is exempt. Details in the guide on the 2026 planning exemptions.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?
A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.