Small residential · Co. Laois
Unit 8 First Floor Stradbally Shopping Centre, Main Street, Stradbally, Co. Laois
Granted 19 Feb 2026 (final grant issued 24 Mar 2026)
Key facts
- Planning application 2560876 at Unit 8 First Floor Stradbally Shopping Centre, Main Street, Stradbally, Co. Laois: Change of use from Beauty Salon.
- The applicant is Richard & Jerry Downey. The agent is Micheal McGrath.
- It was received by Laois County Council on 19 Dec 2025.
- Status: Granted 19 Feb 2026 (final grant issued 24 Mar 2026).
- Work started on site on 13 May 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.
Source: the Laois County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
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What and where
Change of use from Beauty Salon
Change of use from Beauty Salon (approved under previous Pl. Ref. 19/437) to 1 no. 3 Bed Apartment, to include internal alterations, changes to external elevations and all associated site works
- Location
- Stradbally, Co. Laois Map
- Council
- Laois County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560876
- Applicant
- Richard & Jerry Downey
- Agent
- Micheal McGrath
Numbers and dates
- Homes
- ~1estimated from the application
- Project type
- Small residential
- Received
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decision to grant
- 19 Feb 2026
- Final grant
- 24 Mar 2026
- Site start
- 13 May 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Decision to grant
- Final grant issued
- Site start
Site history
This site's history
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Earlier permission 19437 for this site: granted 17 Sep 2019.
retain the change of use to include amending Unit no.1 from the originally granted use of retail unit under reg references 05/443 and… Named in this application's description
Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.
Outlook
What happens next
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560876 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Laois County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 13 May 2026Work started · Change of use from Beauty Salon to 1 no. 3 Bed Apartment, to include internal...View the site start
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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