Dunnes Stores Barrow Valley Retail Park, Sleaty Road Graiguecullen, Carlow Co. Laois
Retention of an online grocery pick room portacabin and permission to extend a canopy at Dunnes Stores, Graiguecullen.
2560178 · Laois County Council · Lodged 4 April 2025
- Reference
- 2560178
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 4 April 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks retention of a 43 sqm portacabin, ramp, and barrier used as an online click-and-collect grocery pick room in the supermarket service yard. It also requests permission to extend the service yard's overhead canopy.
- Floor area
- 43 m²
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
(a) retain portacabin (43 sqm), ramp, and armco barrier located within the dunnes stores supermarket service yard. The portacabin is used as an online pick room (i. E. For the processing and storage of online click-and-collect grocery orders), (b) permission to extend the service yard’s overhead canopy, and (c) all other associated and ancillary site/development works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for shopping, commercial, amenity, and community facilities of a scale and type that does not undermine the role, and vitality and viability, of Carlow Town Centre”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
Objective set by the Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030 (2024–2030). 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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Heather Hills, Portlaoise Rd, Carlow | Jun 2026 | €275,000 | 101 m |
| 36 Heather Hill Ave, Graiguecullen, Carlow | Feb 2026 | €340,000 | 102 m |
| 163 Heather Hill Avenue, Link Road, Graiguecullen | May 2026 | €346,000 | 134 m |
| 139 Heatherhill Court, Slatey Rd, Graiguecullen | Jun 2026 | €225,000 | 138 m |
| 150 Heather Hill Downs, Sleaty, Carlow | Feb 2026 | €327,000 | 161 m |
| 7 Heather Hill Mews Graigvecullen, Carlow | Aug 2025 | €285,000 | 162 m |
| 126 Heather Hill Court, Graiguecullen, Laois | Apr 2026 | €305,000 | 189 m |
| 146 The Vale, Graiguecullen, Carlow | Feb 2025 | €285,000 | 192 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 received4 April 2025
- Further information requested26 May 2025
- Further information received16 July 2025
- Decision due12 August 2025
- Decision issued5 August 2025
- Grant issued9 September 2025
- Permission expiry8 September 2030
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