St. Bernard's Church , Abbeylara , Co. Longford.

What’s proposed

development which consists of (1) to demolish existing chimney stack to existing boiler house (2) modifications to existing boiler house (3) construct single storey extension to side of existing boiler house to incorporate toilets and storage (4) place new gable roof over entire building (5) connect to existing treatment unit and complete all ancillary site works

17321 is a planning application to Longford County Council for development which consists of (1) to demolish existing chimney stack to existing boiler, received on 22 Dec 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 22 Feb 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 17321
Local authority: Longford County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 22 Dec 2017
Observations close: 5 Feb 2018 (closed 3152 days ago)
Decision due: 24 Feb 2018 · decided 22 Feb 2018
Decision: Conditional on 22 Feb 2018
Proposed development: development which consists of (1) to demolish existing chimney stack to existing boiler house (2) modifications to existing boiler house (3) construct single storey extension to side of existing boiler house to incorporate toilets and storage (4) place new gable roof over entire building (5) connect to existing treatment unit and complete all ancillary site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.27 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years

GrantedSt. Bernard's Church , Abbeylara , Co. LongfordpL17/321 - development which consists of (1) to demolish existing… · received 29 Mar 2022 · decided 10 May 2022 · 0 m away

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 415076). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/17321/0.

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St. Bernard's Church , Abbeylara , Co. Longford.

What’s proposed

Planning details

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Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

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