National Enterprise Park, Knockmay Portlaoise, Co Laois
Develop (i) an office building containing office accommodation, staff welfare facilities, a showroom and auction arena with a proposed gross floor area of 2178 sqm; and (ii) a…
2660391 · Laois County Council · Lodged 22 June 2026
- Reference
- 2660391
- Authority
- Laois County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 22 June 2026
Official record
Development description
Develop (i) an office building containing office accommodation, staff welfare facilities, a showroom and auction arena with a proposed gross floor area of 2178 sqm; 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 sqm. 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.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planKey dates
Timeline
- Application received22 June 2026
- Decision due16 August 2026
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