Planning application · Laois County Council

A Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales

National Learning Network Centre / Rehabcare Killeshin / Castlecomer Road, Graiguecullen Carlow, Co. Carlow & Co. Laois

2460363 · LaoisGranted

up to 2 storeys · 0.73 ha · Granted · permission to Jul 2030

Planning application 2460363 to Laois County Council: A Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales, at National Learning Network Centre / Rehabcare Killeshin / Castlecomer. Granted by the council on 4 June 2025. The register gives the permission's end as 14 July 2030.

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received
  4. Council granted
  5. 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

Reference
2460363
Planning authority
Laois County Council
Received
21 Jun 2024
Decided
4 Jun 2025
Status
Granted
Use
Retail
Dwellings
1
Floor area
2,305 m²
Site area
0.73 ha
Further information requested
14 Aug 2024
Further information received
4 Feb 2025

Homes and mix

  • ESB substations

Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.

Proposed development

a Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales . Parts of the site are located in Co. Carlow and Co. Laois, with a concurrent planning application for each area to be lodged to Carlow County Council and Laois County Council. The proposed development comprises: 1) The demolition of existing National Learning Network Centre / Rehabcare building and site clearance; 2) The construction of a part single part two storey Discount Foodstore (with ancillary off-licence use) with mono-pitch roof measuring c. 2,305 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of c. 1,499 sqm; 3) Construction of associated car and cycle parking with site access from Killeshin / Castlecomer Road; and, 4) Provision and renewal / replacement of boundary treatments, free standing and building mounted signage, free standing trolley bay, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, hard and soft landscaping, public lighting, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, roof mounted solar panels, ESB substation, drainage, utility and services infrastructure and connections, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level.

Planning status

Permission was granted on 4 Jun 2025. 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 14 Jul 2030.

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