Awaiting decisionChange of use

Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

Conversion of a convenience store into a motor sales showroom.

22118 · Laois County Council · Lodged 7 March 2022

Reference: 22118
Authority: Laois County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 7 March 2022

Summary

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The project involves changing the use of a convenience store to a motor sales showroom. Works include internal and facade modifications, removing the forecourt canopy and underground tanks, and adding a customer handover space.

Change of usechange of usecommercialmotor trade

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Official record

Development description

Change use from convenience store to motor sales show room and for permission to alter the existing building. The development will consist of modifications to existing building internally and modifications to existing façade, removal of existing forecourt canopy and existing underground tanks and to upgrade existing totem sign, to add new customer handover space to rear with canopy over, new boundary treatments and all associated site works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

General BusinessLC

“To provide for and improve commercial activities”

National zoning type: Commercial, retail

Objective set by the LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
29 Rinuccini, Dublin Road, Portlaoise	Jul 2025	€382,000	64 m
146 Rinuccini Court, Dublin Road, Portlaoise	Apr 2025	€192,000	138 m
54 Dunmasc, Dublin Rd, Portlaoise	Feb 2025	€493,000	145 m
141 Rinuccini Court, Dublin Road, Portlaoise	Aug 2025	€205,000	150 m
139 Rinuccini Court, Dublin Road, Portlaoise	Jan 2025	€190,000	150 m
Apt 30 Bridle Walk, Kilminchy Village, Portlaoise	Jul 2026	€205,000	178 m
61 Rinnuccini, Dublin Rd, Portlaoise	Jan 2025	€220,500	179 m
19 Stradbrook Block D, Stradbrook Apts, Stradbally Rd	Apr 2025	€170,000	181 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

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Application received7 March 2022

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