Actor gets planning permission for glamping site close to Kilkenny

Plans for a new glamping site just over the Kilkenny border have been granted planning permission from Laois County Council.

The applicant is well-known actor Charlie Hughes, a stage and television performer who has starred in notable productions including Fair City, Red Rock, Iscariot, Pygmalion and Waiting for Godot.

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Last year, Hughes lodged a planning application with the local authority to build a glamping ('glamorous camping') development beside his home in Mullaghmore, Wolfhill in south-east Laois.

Plans sought permission to construct a glamping development consisting of six self-contained glamping pods, plus reception / workshop / canteen and toilet facilities, effluent treatment system and a percolation area.

Retention permission was also sought for a den unit as constructed and all associated site works.

The plans were approved by Laois County Council earlier this month, subject to 15 conditions.

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