Observation pack · Longford County Council

27 Moy Mews , Ballymahon , Co. Longford

The formation of a new pedestrian access opening and installation of a pedestrian gate in the existing boundary wall to provide access to the rear garden of the existing dwelling

Observations close 10 Dec 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660353 · full record
Authority: Longford County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 306 m²
Received: 5 Nov 2026
Decision due: 8 Jan 2027

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/2660353/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660353 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 10 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.
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.	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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660153	Refused	23 Jun 2026		445 m	the proposed construction of a vehicular entrance to serve a landholding
2560297	Refused	3 Feb 2026	1	445 m	the proposed construction of a dormer-type dwelling, proposed vehicular entrance, connection to public foul sewer and surface water services inclusive of all ancillary site works
2460100	Conditional	4 Dec 2024		379 m	development for a Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales. The proposed development comprises: 1) The demolition of existing single storey former school building and site clearance; 2) Construction of new footpath to (West side) of existing Church View access road and associated and ancillary road realignment; 3) Construction of new access road from Church View access road, providing vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development (and facilitating the future development of adjoining lands); 4) The construction of a single storey Discount Foodstore (with ancillary off-licence use) with mono-pitch roof measuring 2,291 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of 1,489 sqm; and, 5) Provision of car and cycle parking, boundary treatments, free standing and building mounted signage, covered trolley bay, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, hard and soft landscaping, public lighting, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, roof mounted solar panels, ESB substation, drainage, utility and services infrastructure and connections, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level
21323	Conditional	6 Jan 2022		457 m	proposed retention and completion of existing storage shed to the rear of existing dwelling house and all ancillary works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501710		Refused	24 Sept 2026	445 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

5 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
5 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.