Saintjohnstown , Ballinalee , Co. Longford

What’s proposed

the proposed change of use of part of existing dwelling house for use as a creche facility to run in conjunction with existing onsite creche facility previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL24/60112 and all ancillary works

2660224 is a planning application to Longford County Council for the proposed change of use of part of existing dwelling house for use as a creche, received on 10 Jul 2026; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Aug 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2660224
Local authority: Longford County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 10 Jul 2026
Observations close: 14 Aug 2026 (closed 42 days ago)
Decision due: 3 Sept 2026 · decided 19 Aug 2026
Decision: Conditional on 19 Aug 2026
Proposed development: the proposed change of use of part of existing dwelling house for use as a creche facility to run in conjunction with existing onsite creche facility previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL24/60112 and all ancillary works
As published by the register.
Site area: 3,984 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.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10 (store id 415625). 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/2660224/0.

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Saintjohnstown , Ballinalee , Co. Longford

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