Change use from convenience store to motor sales show room at Downeys Centra, Dublin Road
Downeys Centra, Dublin Road, Portlaoise
0.23 ha · Granted · permission to Sept 2027
Planning application 22126 to Laois County Council: Change use from convenience store to motor sales show room and for permission to alter the existing building, at Downeys Centra, Dublin Road, Portlaoise. Granted by the council on 8 August 2022. The register gives the permission's end as 12 September 2027.
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Further information requested
- Further information received
- Council granted
- Permission ends (date on the register)
The end date is the one the council register states. An extension or a commencement changes it.
Key facts
Proposed development
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
Planning status
Permission was granted on 8 Aug 2022. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 12 Sept 2027.
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