Carragh , Granard , Co. Longford

What’s proposed

the proposed change of use of the remainder of existing bungalow type dwelling house into a Creche/Playschool/Montessori School part of which was previously granted full planning permission for a Creche/Playschool/Montessori School under planning reference number PL16/69 together with seeking full planning permission for changes to the front façade of the existing building, construction of car park and all ancillary works

1947 is a planning application to Longford County Council for the proposed change of use of the remainder of existing bungalow type dwelling house, received on 22 Feb 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 16 Apr 2019.

Planning details

Reference: 1947
Local authority: Longford County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 22 Feb 2019
Observations close: 29 Mar 2019 (closed 2730 days ago)
Decision due: 18 Apr 2019 · decided 16 Apr 2019
Decision: Conditional on 16 Apr 2019
Proposed development: the proposed change of use of the remainder of existing bungalow type dwelling house into a Creche/Playschool/Montessori School part of which was previously granted full planning permission for a Creche/Playschool/Montessori School under planning reference number PL16/69 together with seeking full planning permission for changes to the front façade of the existing building, construction of car park and all ancillary works
As published by the register.
Site area: 958 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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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 413931). 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/1947/0.

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