Ballymahon (Townland) , Co. Longford
- 9 May 2025Received
- 28 Oct 2025Conditional
- 1 Dec 2025Final grant
- 30 Nov 2030Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 28 Oct 2025
- Council
- Longford County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 2.09 ha
What’s proposed
10-year planning permission for proposed upgrade works and extension to the Ballymahon Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) and local wastewater network. The proposed development comprises: (1) the refurbishment of existing final settlement tank, storm water tank, Return-Activated Sludge (RAS) and Waste-Activated Sludge (WAS) pumping station and 2 no. existing aeration tanks within the existing WwTP site; (2) an extension to the WwTP to include new inlet works with duty / standby combined screens and grit plant, odour control system, high-level emergency overflow chamber, Flow to Full Treatment (FFT) storm pumping station, stormwater storage tank, biological process units including 1 no. selector tank, 2 no. anoxic tanks, and 2 no. aeration tanks, 2 no. final settlement tanks with flow split chamber; (3) a new section of gravity sewer from the network pumping station serving Auburn Village residential estate to the new inlet works; (4) a new RAS / WAS pumping station with sludge holding capacity; sludge drying reedbeds (8 no. cells), return liquors pumping station, washwater pumping station, new chemical dosing plant, treated effluent outfall headwall to River Inny; (5) alterations to the existing entrance and a new internal road connecting the existing internal access road to the extension area; (6) surface water drainage interceptor, manholes and surface water attenuation tank; (7) ESB sub-station building, permanent generator and fuel tank, solar panels on block mounted frames; (8) decommissioning of picket fence thickener and associated dewatering equipment, ferric dosing tank, final effluent outfall chamber, complete with automatic sampler, and a redundant section of existing sewer network in the Auburn Village residential estate (all to remain in situ post decommissioning); (9) the decommissioning / removal of the existing inlet works and grit removal chamber; (10) decommissioning / demolition of pumping station in the Auburn Village residential estate; (11) site lighting (both task lighting and road lighting), boundary fencing and treatments including landscaping; (12) below ground interconnecting pipework; (13) and all ancillary site development and site excavation works above and below ground for the above referenced development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
2560086 is a planning application to Longford County Council for 10-year planning permission for proposed upgrade works and extension to the Ballymahon, received on 9 May 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 28 Oct 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560086
- Local authority
- Longford County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 9 May 2025
- Observations close
- 13 Jun 2025 (closed 462 days ago)
- Decision due
- 9 Nov 2025 · decided 28 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 28 Oct 2025
- Proposed development
- 10-year planning permission for proposed upgrade works and extension to the Ballymahon Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) and local wastewater network. The proposed development comprises: (1) the refurbishment of existing final settlement tank, storm water tank, Return-Activated Sludge (RAS) and Waste-Activated Sludge (WAS) pumping station and 2 no. existing aeration tanks within the existing WwTP site; (2) an extension to the WwTP to include new inlet works with duty / standby combined screens and grit plant, odour control system, high-level emergency overflow chamber, Flow to Full Treatment (FFT) storm pumping station, stormwater storage tank, biological process units including 1 no. selector tank, 2 no. anoxic tanks, and 2 no. aeration tanks, 2 no. final settlement tanks with flow split chamber; (3) a new section of gravity sewer from the network pumping station serving Auburn Village residential estate to the new inlet works; (4) a new RAS / WAS pumping station with sludge holding capacity; sludge drying reedbeds (8 no. cells), return liquors pumping station, washwater pumping station, new chemical dosing plant, treated effluent outfall headwall to River Inny; (5) alterations to the existing entrance and a new internal road connecting the existing internal access road to the extension area; (6) surface water drainage interceptor, manholes and surface water attenuation tank; (7) ESB sub-station building, permanent generator and fuel tank, solar panels on block mounted frames; (8) decommissioning of picket fence thickener and associated dewatering equipment, ferric dosing tank, final effluent outfall chamber, complete with automatic sampler, and a redundant section of existing sewer network in the Auburn Village residential estate (all to remain in situ post decommissioning); (9) the decommissioning / removal of the existing inlet works and grit removal chamber; (10) decommissioning / demolition of pumping station in the Auburn Village residential estate; (11) site lighting (both task lighting and road lighting), boundary fencing and treatments including landscaping; (12) below ground interconnecting pipework; (13) and all ancillary site development and site excavation works above and below ground for the above referenced development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2.09 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.56078, -7.76531
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 416058). 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/2560086/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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