Rathcronan , Granard , Co. Longford.

What’s proposed

Construction of an extension to existing buildings recently granted full planning permission for change of use into a Café/Restaurant and an Interpretive Centre under planning reference numbers PL 16/51 & PL 16/42 respectively so as to link the two above mentioned buildings together and all ancillary site works

179 is a planning application to Longford County Council for construction of an extension to existing buildings recently granted full planning, received on 18 Jan 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 28 Feb 2017.

Planning details

Reference: 179
Local authority: Longford County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 18 Jan 2017
Observations close: 22 Feb 2017 (closed 3499 days ago)
Decision due: 14 Mar 2017 · decided 28 Feb 2017
Decision: Conditional on 28 Feb 2017
Proposed development: Construction of an extension to existing buildings recently granted full planning permission for change of use into a Café/Restaurant and an Interpretive Centre under planning reference numbers PL 16/51 & PL 16/42 respectively so as to link the two above mentioned buildings together and all ancillary site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 6,288 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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Appeal

Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 414193). 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/179/0.

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Rathcronan , Granard , Co. Longford.

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