Observation pack · Longford County Council

Maria Edgeworth Visitor Centre , Ballymahon Road Edgeworthstown , Co. Longford

a protected structure, Reg No. 269. The development will consist of alterations and extension to the existing building to create new exhibition spaces, community engagement space, staff office, reception, toilets, lift, stairs and associated ancillary spaces. Alterations to the existing building include repairs and thermal upgrade to the building envelope, upgrade works to floors, repair / replacement of windows, mechanical and electrical upgrade, demolition of non-original flat roof extension to side of property, demolition of free-standing ancillary structures to the northeast of the property and partial demolition of existing entrance wall for accessibility. The proposed extension works will include the erection of two storey structures to the rear and side of the property and single storey extension with building signage to the front of the property and all associated site works

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660311 · full record
Authority: Longford County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 606 m²
Received: 30 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 24 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/2660311/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660311 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 4 Nov 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
R2 Existing residential	Residential: To provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity.	LF-001:DP:longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027	30 Nov 2021 → 30 Nov 2027
S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Social/Community/Education/Public Utility: To primarily provide for educational, health, social, cultural, religious and community facilities.	LF-001:DP: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.

Sources: LONGFORD LF-001:DP:longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027, LONGFORD LF-001:DP:longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
LONGFORD LF-001:DP:longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
LONGFORD LF-001:DP:longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 3
gates/railings/walls · house · school
Recorded monument × 2
R166822 · R166826

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660044	Conditional	23 Mar 2026	1	163 m	the retention of the existing habitable attic space to include velux windows as currently constructed servicing the existing two storey type dwelling house which was granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL07/568. Full planning permission is also being sought for the alteration of existing velux windows servicing the existing habitable attic space so as to ensure fire compliance
2460254	Conditional	6 Oct 2025	0	161 m	amendments to planning reference number 2360219 to now include demolition of existing outbuilding and construction of 2 no. blocks of self-contained tourist/short term let accommodation each block containing four no. 1 bedroom units with kitchen, bedroom, WC & living space. The site will provide upgrade of access, bicycle parking, garden/amenity wellness area, connection to public services, all to the rear of existing guest house and all ancillary site works
2560120	Conditional	23 Jul 2025	0	348 m	proposed construction of a two storey type extension to the side of existing clubhouse building together with the proposed construction of a first floor level over the existing clubhouse and all ancillary site works
2457	Conditional	3 Mar 2025	0	388 m	replacement underground pipework and reinstatement work adjacent the base of the existing vent stack which is a protected structure reference 280 in the planning authority's record of protected structures. Permission for the removal of an existing vent stack which is a protected structure reference 280 in the planning authority's record of protected structures. Permission for instillation of a replacement vent stack and associated pipework and ancillary site works
2456	Conditional	3 Mar 2025	0	346 m	minor ground investigation and reinstatement works adjacent to the base of the existing vent stack which is a protected structure reference 279 in the planning authority's record of protected structures. Permission for the removal of an existing vent stack which is a protected structure reference 279 in the planning authority's record of protected structures. Permission for the installation of replacement vent stack and associated pipework and ancillary site works
2360049	Conditional	8 May 2024	7	19 m	the proposed demolition of existing former public house & restaurant building and adjoining buildings formally known as “The Dolphin Bar,” together with the proposed construction of a residential development of 7 no. two storey terraced type dwelling houses consisting of 5 no. two bedroom dwelling houses & 2 no. three bedroom dwelling houses, proposed erection of boundary fences/walls, car parking, landscaping, vehicular & pedestrian access from Chapel Lane, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks and all ancillary works whereby it is now proposed to revise the overall site boundary so that same is increased in size than what was originally proposed
2360208	Conditional	8 Feb 2024	0	69 m	the proposed change of use of an existing ground floor unit which was previously granted full planning permission for retail under planning reference numbers PL06/11 to a restaurant/take-away outlet and all ancillary works
2360219	Conditional	23 Jan 2024	0	161 m	proposed demolition of existing outbuilding and construction of single storey extension to the rear of existing guest house, changes to relevant elevations and all ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322413	—	Other	22 Sept 2025	296 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

30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
30 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Longford County Council before relying on it.