Small multi-unit · Co. Longford

Newtownforbes, Co. Longford

Granted 28 Oct 2025

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2536 at Newtownforbes, Co. Longford: ~8 homes.
  • It was received by Longford County Council on 8 Sep 2025.
  • Status: Granted 28 Oct 2025.
  • Permission was granted on 28 Oct 2025 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Source: the Longford County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

~8 homes

of PL 19/204 - proposed construction of a residential development of 8 no. dwelling houses consisting of 6 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, 2 no. two bedroom single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, entrances, access road, boundary fence/walls, green open space, demolition of existing detached domestic garage to the rear of the applicants existing dwelling house, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks servicing the village of Newtownforbes and all ancillary works

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location
Newtownforbes, Co. Longford Map
Planning reference
2536

Numbers and dates

Homes
~8estimated from the application
Estimated construction value
€1.1m to €1.8mOur estimate from stated homes and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Project type
Small multi-unit
Received
8 Sep 2025
Granted
28 Oct 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Site history

This site's history

  1. Earlier permission 19204 for this site: granted 20 Feb 2020.

    proposed construction of a residential development of 8 no. dwelling houses consisting of 6 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached type… Named in this application's description

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Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 28 Oct 2025 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 2536 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Longford County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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