Observation pack · Longford County Council

Unit 2 Harp Business Park , Churchquarter , Granard

existing alterations & change of use of former industrial unit into a wellness & recovery centre with outdoor sauna & plunge pool together with covered space & perimeter boundary fence located to the rear of the unit

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660297 · full record
Authority: Longford County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,528 m²
Received: 17 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 11 Nov 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660297/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660297 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.
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.
Submit before 22 Oct 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.
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.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
C6 Waterfront	Industrial/Commercial/Warehousing: To primarily provide for industrial/workshop, warehouse & commercial or business development including compatible uses such as offices & distribution	longford county development plan 2021 2027	30 Nov 2021 → 30 Nov 2027

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Longford County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Longford County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 1
R185339

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660239	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	1	462 m	to make alterations to the protected structure including reinstating windows, demolishing small sections of the external walls, creating a new window, construction of new roofs and the construction of a new single storey extension along with a new site entrance with new mains water and grey water connections and all ancillary site development works
2560282	Refused	30 Jun 2026	1	462 m	to make alternations to the protected structure including reinstating windows, creating a new window, construction of new roofs and the construction of a new single storey extension along with new mains water and grey water connections and all ancillary site development. This further Information makes alterations to the original application, including; revised site entrance, retaining site boundaries, reduced demolition of existing structure, revised window design & proportions and changes in proposed external materials
2660165	Conditional	30 Jun 2026	0	226 m	the proposed change of use of existing ground floor level retail unit into a coffee shop and all ancillary works
2660117	Conditional	2 Jun 2026	1	213 m	to demolish existing storage sheds and construct 1 No. townhouse, and garage, and associated site works
2660066	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	0	297 m	of 2 no. single-storey extensions to the rear of the existing retail premises and retention of existing signage to the south-east elevation
2460311	Conditional	6 Mar 2025	0	226 m	proposed change of use of existing ground floor level retail unit into a take-away/pizzeria and all ancillary works
2455	Conditional	12 Feb 2025	0	333 m	the removal of an existing vent stack which is a protected structure, reference 334 in the planning authority's record of protected structures. Retention of a replacement vent stack and associated pipework and ancillary site works
2460094	Conditional	17 Oct 2024	0	297 m	the proposed installation of 4 no. glamping pod accommodation to service existing public house, and connection to existing services and all ancillary works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322188	—	Refused	24 Apr 2025	226 m
320726	—	Refused	18 Dec 2024	140 m
312528	—	Refused	20 Mar 2023	174 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026
17 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Longford County Council before relying on it.