Observation pack · Longford County Council

Derryart , Moydow , Co. Longford

The proposed demolition of existing outbuildings servicing existing cottage type dwelling house together with proposed conversion of the existing cottage type dwelling house into a two storey type dwelling house, suitable onsite treatment system with polishing, construction of a detached garage, boundary fence/wall and all ancillary site works

Observations close 11 Dec 2026 27 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: 2660356 · full record
Authority: Longford County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 220 m²
Site area: 1.85 ha
Received: 6 Nov 2026
Decision due: 9 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/2660356/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660356 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 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.
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 × 2
Ringfort - rath · R162664

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322485	pending	9 May 2025	277 m
322204	pending	1 Apr 2025	278 m
318974	Other	29 Nov 2024	278 m
313897	Withdrawn	15 Jan 2024	268 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

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.