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Leitrim County Council · 2560196

Flynn's Field, Townspark, Carrick on Shannon

Approved in 2026. No sign of building yet.

  1. 25 Jul 2025Received
  2. 8 Jan 2026Conditional
  3. 10 Feb 2026Final approval
  4. 9 Feb 2031Approval runs out
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Status
Approved
Decision
Conditional · 8 Jan 2026
Council
Leitrim County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
2,093 m²

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What’s proposed

construction of a 3-storey mixed-use building comprising a 72-room tourist hostel with associated facilities and three ground floor retail units with maintained pedestrian access to Bridge Street via a ground-level right of way. The ground floor will accommodate hostel reception, café, staff facilities, admin office, linen store, toilets, service areas including bin and bike storage, and three retail units (507m²) with direct access to the street. ESB substation and switch room accessed from Flynn’s field. The 1st and 2nd floor will contain guest accommodation in a range of room types including double, family, accessible, and shared dormitory-style rooms, designed to accommodate up to 244 guests. The development includes all ancillary hostel facilities such as co-working area, luggage storage, utility/service rooms and extensive roof-mounted solar panels to optimise Energy consumption. There is provision for 5 staff parking spaces to the rear. The total gross floor area of the proposed development is 3,522m², comprising 3,015 square metres allocated to hostel use and 507 square metres for retail use

Planning details

Reference
2560196
Local authority
Leitrim County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
25 Jul 2025
Observations close
29 Aug 2025 (closed 404 days ago)
Decision due
15 Jan 2026 · decided 8 Jan 2026
Decision
Conditional on 8 Jan 2026
Proposed development
construction of a 3-storey mixed-use building comprising a 72-room tourist hostel with associated facilities and three ground floor retail units with maintained pedestrian access to Bridge Street via a ground-level right of way. The ground floor will accommodate hostel reception, café, staff facilities, admin office, linen store, toilets, service areas including bin and bike storage, and three retail units (507m²) with direct access to the street. ESB substation and switch room accessed from Flynn’s field. The 1st and 2nd floor will contain guest accommodation in a range of room types including double, family, accessible, and shared dormitory-style rooms, designed to accommodate up to 244 guests. The development includes all ancillary hostel facilities such as co-working area, luggage storage, utility/service rooms and extensive roof-mounted solar panels to optimise Energy consumption. There is provision for 5 staff parking spaces to the rear. The total gross floor area of the proposed development is 3,522m², comprising 3,015 square metres allocated to hostel use and 507 square metres for retail use
As published by the register.
Site area
2,093 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Zoning

M2 — Major town centre

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 38
    Carrick-on-Shannon Bridge; The Old Barrel Store
  • Recorded monument · 7
    Historic town; Fortification

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03.

Source: npad · fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
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Summary

2560196 is a planning application to Leitrim County Council for construction of a 3-storey mixed-use building comprising a 72-room tourist hostel with, received on 25 Jul 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 8 Jan 2026.