Commercial new build, Raheen, Abbeyleix, Co Laois - Planning Application 2660456

Status / decision

New Application / 22 Jun 2026

Authority / ref

Laois County Council / 2660391

Development facts

Commercial new build / units unknown / 5,567 m² (floor estimated)

Estimated lead value

€10m–30m / indicative estimate

Likely packages

Compliance, Electrical, Fire Safety, Fit-out, Health & Safety

Activity window

Early planning cue: qualify promoter, scale and likely future package needs.

Evidence / confidenceOfficial file: linked; card date 22 Jun 2026. Value confidence: Medium: value band is present and size evidence is available; verify against source documents.

Source descriptionDevelop (i) an office building containing office accommodation, staff welfare facilities, a showroom and auction arena with a proposed gross floor area of 2178 m²; and (ii) a workshop building containing a spray booth, loading docks, office accommodation and staff welfare facilities with a proposed gross floor area of 3389 m². The development will also comprise associated vehicular entrances, machinery storage yards, loading bays, vehicle wash bay, car parking areas, street lighting, bicycle shelter facilities, signage, site services, landscaping works, including perimeter fencing, walls and piers, stormwater management system incorporating attenuation tanks, nature based SUDs solutions, flow-control chamber, petrol interceptor, and outfall connection and all ancillary and associated site development works at National Enterprise Park, Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The site area is 7.662Ha.

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Status / decision

New Application / 17 Jun 2026

Authority / ref

Laois County Council / 2660378

Development facts

Commercial new build / units unknown / 5,567 m² (floor estimated)

Estimated lead value

€10m–30m / indicative estimate

Likely packages

Compliance, Electrical, Fire Safety, Fit-out, Health & Safety

Activity window

Early planning cue: qualify promoter, scale and likely future package needs.

Evidence / confidenceOfficial file: linked; card date 17 Jun 2026. Value confidence: Medium: value band is present and size evidence is available; verify against source documents.

Source descriptiondevelop (i) an office building containing office accommodation, staff welfare facilities, a showroom and auction arena with a proposed gross floor area of 2178 m²; and (ii) a workshop building containing a spray booth, loading docks, office accommodation and staff welfare facilities with a proposed gross floor area of 3389 m². The development will also comprise associated vehicular entrances, machinery storage yards, loading bays, vehicle wash bay, car parking areas, street lighting, bicycle shelter facilities, signage, site services, landscaping works, including perimeter fencing, walls and piers, stormwater management system incorporating attenuation tanks, nature based SUDs solutions, flow-control chamber, petrol interceptor, and outfall connection and all ancillary and associated site development works at National Enterprise Park, Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The site area is 7.662Ha.

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Status / decision

Further Information / 1 Dec 2025

Authority / ref

Laois County Council / 2560800

Development facts

Commercial new build / units unknown / 8,357 m² (floor estimated)

Estimated lead value

€10m–30m / indicative estimate

Likely packages

Compliance, Electrical, Fire Safety, Fit-out, Health & Safety

Activity window

Active file: design clarifications may still change scope before decision.

Evidence / confidenceOfficial file: linked; card date 1 Dec 2025. Value confidence: Medium: value band is present and size evidence is available; verify against source documents.

Source descriptiondevelop the following • Construction of a warehouse unit with associated office accommodation. • Overall combined floor area is c. 4,612 sq.m. See following breakdown: • warehouse unit is c. 3,745 sq.m • office space is c. 632 sq.m, with a plantroom of c. 94 sq.m. • external drivers’ toilet is 6 sq.m. • Sprinkler Tank & Pump House is 110 sq.m. • ESB substation is 25 sq.m. • The height of building is 14.5 meters to its parapet on all 4 sides. • 2 access are proposed from the east (existing), and west (new entrance). • Provision of no. 50 car parking spaces (comprising 3 no. accessible spaces, and 5 no. EV spaces), and 50 bicycle spaces to serve the proposed development. • All ancillary works including landscaping, boundary treatments, internal roadways, car parking, service yard and associated infrastructure both above and below ground level.

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