Main Street , Ballymahon , Co Longford

What’s proposed

change of use of existing convent building from convent use to resource centre, internal refurbishing works and services, retention of existing community resource centre in original convent chapel, construction of multipurpose room to rear of convent building, associated site development works and services

20262 is a planning application to Longford County Council for change of use of existing convent building from convent use to resource centre, internal, received on 6 Nov 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 24 Feb 2021.

Planning details

Reference: 20262
Local authority: Longford County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 6 Nov 2020
Observations close: 11 Dec 2020 (closed 2108 days ago)
Decision due: 10 Mar 2021 · decided 24 Feb 2021
Decision: Conditional on 24 Feb 2021
Proposed development: change of use of existing convent building from convent use to resource centre, internal refurbishing works and services, retention of existing community resource centre in original convent chapel, construction of multipurpose room to rear of convent building, associated site development works and services
As published by the register.
Site area: 4,962 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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Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 415463). 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/20262/0.

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Main Street , Ballymahon , Co Longford

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 12 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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