GrantedDecision recorded

2 dwellings, 5 The Avenue, Forest Park, Portlaoise

Portlaoise, Laois · Laois County Council · Plan 2560567 · PB ref PB-10000307180

construct a rear extension to dwelling as part of a granny flat conversion and retention permission for an existing covered pergola area

Indicative value €500k–1m PB indicative band
Units applied for 2 public application record
Floor area 13 m² (per planning documents) published reliable figure
Decision 3 Nov 2025 public planning date
Commenced 13 Apr 2026 public commencement index
Decision-stage scope

The public decision state is shown, but conditions and later amendments can still change delivery scope.

Application scope

Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.

Not procurement evidence

No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.

Opportunity & supplier intelligence

What is known, and what may happen next

Document-derived

Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.

Likely procurement timing Site activity evidenced

A linked public commencement record can signal site-stage demand. It does not confirm that any package remains unawarded or publish a procurement date.

13 Apr 2026 / CN0140504LS / Confidence: Medium
Decision CONDITIONAL

Decision date 3 Nov 2025.

Commencement activity Official activity indexed

13 Apr 2026 / CN0140504LS

High for recorded activity

Confirmed application scope

Full planning permission for a rear extension to a dwelling as part of a granny flat conversion and retention permission for an existing covered pergola area.

Ref 2560567 Document-derived Application Form - Part A; structured facts for exact planning reference 2560567

Public source roles

No named firm role is published in this panel's source contract. PlanningBrief does not infer a contractor or supplier.

Explicit source signals only

0 packages

No work package meets the explicit source, reference and locator threshold. PlanningBrief does not pad this list with generic trades.

Confidence & provenance 0 official sources
Authority
Laois County Council
Exact reference
2560567
Evidence reviewed
8 Jul 2026
Confidence
Document-derived

Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.

Application-stage scope

What the public record evidences

1 source-supported signals
Small residential

Small residential - 2 dwellings

The public application record identifies 2 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.

2560567Explicit application record

Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.

Project facts

Named source parties

Promoter
Santhos Varghese
Planning agent
Frank Casey
Agent address
Rathmore Stradbally Stradbally Portlaoise R32PR68
Document-derived evidence

Facts extracted from official planning documents

Source-specific, not inferred
Floor area (per planning documents)
13 m²
Site area
0.067 ha
Scope
Full planning permission for a rear extension to a dwelling as part of a granny flat conversion and retention permission for an existing covered pergola area.

Facts only; drawings and document packs are not republished.

Source: Application Form - Part A, Laois County Council planning file
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Official description

Application text

construct a rear extension to dwelling as part of a granny flat conversion and retention permission for an existing covered pergola area

Source-aware chronology

Application to site progress

Empty lanes explain their state.
AppealsAn Coimisiún Pleanála
  1. Appeal No appeal indexed No public appeal record is indexed against this application.
CommencementPublic commencement index
  1. Commenced 13 Apr 2026 CN0140504LS
CompletionPublic completion projection
  1. Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register

Source, scope and limits

Public planning record
Application description and scale 2560567

construct a rear extension to dwelling as part of a granny flat conversion and retention permission for an existing covered pergola area

AuthorityLaois County Council
Reference2560567
StatusChecked 2 Jun 2026
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