PlanningRegister.ie
Back
Observation pack · Longford County Council

Ballinlough , Granard , Co. Longford

Of 21/332 - the following (a) construction of a milking parlour, milk collection room & amp; partially external bulk tank, ancillary rooms, waiting yard, handling facilities, flow channel and underground slatted tank (b) erection of a meal bin & amp; water storage tank (c) construction of an agricultural cubicle shed, straw bedded area, and 2 No. underground slatted tanks (d) construction of a silage pit, dungstead and effluent holding tank (e) construction of a machinery and straw storage shed (f) construction of a slatted shed with 2 No. underground slatted tanks and handling area and all associated site works

Observations close 11 Dec 2026 26 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Jan 2027

The application

Reference
2643 · full record
Authority
Longford County Council
Type
EXTENSION OF DURATION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Site area
2.21 ha
Received
6 Nov 2026
Decision due
9 Jan 2027

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2643/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2643 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Longford County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 11 Dec 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Longford County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

  • Recorded monument × 1
    R167496

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2460233Conditional23 Dec 20241288 mthe proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite sewerage system with polishing filter on lands that have the benefit of planning permission for a storey and a half type dwelling house under planning permission reference number PL17/243 and extension of duration of Planning Permission PL22/205 and all ancillary works
2360194Conditional5 Mar 202420 mthe proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system with suitable polishing filter, boundary fence/wall, entrance & all ancillary site works
2360019Conditional16 Jun 2023322 mthe proposed construction of a storage shed for the storage of construction related materials and all ancillary works
22205Conditional13 Oct 2022347 mof 17/243 proposed storey and a half type dwelling house, detached double garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and ancillary site works
22133Conditional21 Jul 2022347 mof PL17/243 proposed storey and a half type dwelling house, detached double garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and ancillary site works
21332Conditional26 Jan 20220 mthe following (a) construction of a milking parlour, milk collection room & amp; partially external bulk tank, ancillary rooms, waiting yard, handling facilities, flow channel and underground slatted tank (b) erection of a meal bin & amp; water storage tank (c) construction of an agricultural cubicle shed, straw bedded area, and 2 No. underground slatted tanks (d) construction of a silage pit, dungstead and effluent holding tank (e) construction of a machinery and straw storage shed (f) construction of a slatted shed with 2 No. underground slatted tanks and handling area and all associated site works

What has happened on this file

  • 6 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 11 Dec 2026
  • 6 Nov 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Longford County Council before relying on it.