Awaiting decisionIndustrial

Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

Construction of a new 4,450 sqm plastics recycling building in Portlaoise.

22653 · Laois County Council · Lodged 19 October 2022

Reference: 22653
Authority: Laois County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 19 October 2022

Summary

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This application is for Phase 2 of a recycling facility at Knockmay, Portlaoise. The development requires a Waste Licence and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been submitted.

Industrialrecyclingindustrialwaste

Floor area: 4,450 m²

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Official record

Development description

Construct a 4,450 sqm plastics recycling building together with associated carparking, tard, footways, drainage, services, boundary treatment and ancillary works at lands at knockmay, portlaoise, co. Laois. The development will be phase 2 of a recycling facility; planning permission for phase 1 of the facility was granted in 2-21 [planning register ref. No. 21/394]. The development is for the purposes of an activity that will require a waste licence. An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise and EmploymentSI

“To provide lands for enterprise and employment use, more specifically low input and emission manufacturing, campus-style offices, storage uses, wholesaling and distribution, commercial services with high space and parking requirements.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Old Knockmay, Togher, Portlaoise	Mar 2026	€265,000	364 m

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Application received19 October 2022

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