Planning application · Co. Laois

Block Road, Portlaoise, Laois

Further information requested 29 Apr 2026

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2660131 at Block Road, Portlaoise, Laois: Retain the as built car park.
  • The applicant is Health Service Executive. The agent is Rime Quinn.
  • It was received by Laois County Council on 10 Mar 2026.
  • Status: Further information requested 29 Apr 2026.
  • The council asked for further information on 29 Apr 2026. It decides after the applicant replies.

Source: the Laois County Council planning register, checked 16 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Retain the as built car park

retain the as built car park and all associated site works for Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, in a revised location to the east of the car park location previously granted temporary permission under Planning Register No. 23/60314. Permission is also sought to change the temporary usage of the car park (granted permission under Planning Register No. 23/60314) to permanent usage car park. As per the previous permission, the site is accessed from the existing private road on HSE lands off Block Road, being located to the southwest of the existing Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise campus. The as built car park is located within the grounds of St. Fintan’s Hospital & Healthcare Campus, which is listed as Protected Structure RPS 179 in the current Laois County Development Plan 2021-2027.

Location
Portlaoise, Co. Laois Map
Planning reference
2660131
Application type
Retention permissionPermission to keep work already carried out.
Agent
Rime Quinn
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Numbers and dates

Received
10 Mar 2026
Protected structure
Yes, RPS 179

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested

Site history

This site's history

  1. Earlier permission 2360314 for this site: granted 25 Mar 2024.

    construct a temporary car park for Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, to accommodate 106 No. car park spaces together with all… Named in this application's description

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Outlook

What happens next

The council asked for further information on 29 Apr 2026. It decides after the applicant replies.

Work packages named so far

  • Conservation work to a protected structureNamed in the application description
  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description

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Documents and evidence

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 2660131 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 16 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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