Abbeygate, Market Square, Abbeyleix
Conversion of office space and a ground floor unit into four residential units in Abbeyleix.
2363 · Laois County Council · Lodged 24 February 2023
- Reference
- 2363
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 24 February 2023
- Residential units
- 5
- Floor area
- 6296 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to vary previous permissions at a protected public house structure. It proposes converting first-floor office space into three apartments, converting a ground-floor unit into a two-storey residential unit, raising the rear roof, and creating private amenity spaces.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Vary previous grants to planning permission no. 14/369 and an bord pleanala no. 11.245208, with extension of duration 20/518 and grant of planning ref. 22/692 at folkhouse public house rps 084, niah 12900706, abbeygate, market square, abbeyleix. The variations are for phase 2 to include (a) change of use from office space to 3 no. Apartments on the 1st floor, (b) changing unit on ground floor to a two storey residential unit and to include new windows and doors and extension to same including raising existing roof, (c) to raise the roof and walls to the rear of main roof to form a flat rood and (d) to form private amenity spaces to the three 1st floor apartments and all associated and necessary works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the existing town centre and to provide for and improve retailing and commercial activities.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Main St, Abbeyleix, Portlaoise | Dec 2025 | €640,000 | 68 m |
| Hill Cottage, Abbeyleix, Co Laois | May 2025 | €194,000 | 69 m |
| Cypres, Stucker Hill, Abbeyleix | Jun 2025 | €260,000 | 125 m |
| The Bungalow, Ballnakill Road, Abbeyleix | Feb 2026 | €290,000 | 223 m |
| Ballyroan Rd, Abbeyleix, Laois | Mar 2025 | €422,000 | 300 m |
| The Grove, Abbeyleix, Laois | Feb 2026 | €212,000 | 416 m |
| Rathmoyle, Abbeyleix, Laois | Jan 2026 | €150,000 | 423 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received24 February 2023
- Further information requested19 April 2023
- Further information received9 June 2023
- Decision due6 July 2023
- Decision issued29 June 2023
- Grant issued11 August 2023
- Permission expiry29 November 2025
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