Observation pack · Longford County Council

Carrowbeg , Newtowncashel , Co. Longford

To construct an extension to existing single storey dwelling and all ancillary site works

Observations close 24 Nov 2026 10 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660335 · full record
Authority: Longford County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 76 m²
Site area: 1,020 m²
Received: 20 Oct 2026
Decision due: 14 Dec 2026

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/2660335/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660335 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 24 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2460308	Conditional	3 Mar 2025	364 m	the following; (a) partial demolition works to a side annex of an existing dwelling (b) internal renovations and elevational changes to the existing dwelling together with the construction of extensions to the sides and rear along with the conversion of a flat roof annex to a pitched roof (c) revised site boundaries with modifications to the existing vehicle entrance (d) upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment system with the installation of a new sewerage treatment unit and percolation area (e) along with all other associated site works
2327	Conditional	23 Mar 2023	327 m	proposed astroturf surface football pitch with associated fencing and ancillary site works

What has happened on this file

20 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 24 Nov 2026
20 Oct 2026 Decision

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