Permission sought to complete Longford Developement

Permission is being sought off Longford local authority planners to complete a south Longford housing development.

In 2019 Longford County Council granted permission for the completion of a housing development at Drimanure in Abbeyshrule. The original permission dates back to 2004.

The latest application by Peter Byrne is for the completion of the housing development previously granted which comprised of the construction of 26 detached two storey.

The applicant has reduced the number with the omission of one two-storey house. The permission covers the formation of access road and access onto public road, connection to adjoining utility services, site drainage, proposed foul effluent pumping station and rising main, landscaping, boundary walls and fences, cutting and filling works and ancillary works.

The proposed works consists of permission to finish all external works, utilities and services previously granted under and permission to construct six two-storey houses which are currently at structural slab level and permission to construct five two-storey houses of which have not been started and ancillary works

Longford County Council planner received the application last week and anticipate reaching a decision in early September.