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Planning permission in Co. Longford: 107 applications

107 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 1 town in Co. Longford in the last three years, 5 of them for ten homes or more (194 units). Below: how to search the Co. Longford register, the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

Check one house in Co. Longford

107 planning applications around 1 town in Co. Longford in three years, 5 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Co. Longford: planning applications within 300 m of that Eircode, the house's own planning file, flood zone, radon, BER, sale history. Thirty-eight checks in all, each linked to the public record.

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107

planning applications within 2 km of 1 town centre in the last three years

5

of them for 10 homes or more

194

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Co. Longford

Short answer: open the National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie, type the address or Eircode, and every application lodged with any council appears as a dot you can click. For the full file (drawings, reports, conditions, appeal) go to the council’s own register, Longford County Council. Both are free.

  1. National map first. Search the address on the National Planning Application Map (MyPlan.ie), then zoom out to the 300 m around it. Each dot is an application with its reference number, description and decision.
  2. Then the council register. Search by the reference number, the address or a map area on the Longford County Council register.
  3. Longford County Council: search planning applications. The council uses the shared ePlanning system, so the search works the same way as in 22 other councils: search by reference, by address, by date range or by drawing a box on the map.
  4. Zoning last. The MyPlan.ie zoning map shows what the land around the house is allowed to become under the current development plan, which the register cannot tell you until someone applies.

For a house you are about to bid on, the paid report does all three for the Eircode: every application within 300 m with its decision, the house’s own planning and building-control files, and the zoning of the fields around it.

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Longford

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Longford107 applications, 5 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Longford

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

  • 80 units, Longford, lodged 2025-01, deemed withdrawn (Longford County Council): the construction of 80 no. two storey residential units comprising 18 no. 3 bed semi-detached units (115 sq. m. floor area each) and 62 no. 3 bed terrace units (24 no. @ 115 sq. m. and 38 no. @ 124 sq. m. floor area) and
  • 54 units, Longford, lodged 2026-01, publication required (Longford County Council): the demolition of on-site derelict structures, together with the construction of a residential development of 54 no. dwelling houses, comprising 10 no. one-bedroom, single-storey semi-detached houses, 2 no. two-bedroom s
  • 30 units, Longford, lodged 2024-07, application finalised (Longford County Council): proposed demolition of existing dwelling house together with the proposed construction of a residential development of 30 no. dwelling houses consisting of 28 no. three bedroom two storey terraced type dwelling houses of
  • 20 units, Longford, lodged 2026-07, further information (Longford County Council): a) demolition of existing industrial building boundary fences, b) proposed construction of 20 no. dwellings consisting of 16 no. 3 bed semi-detached / terrace type two storey dwellings and 4 no. 2 bed semi detached / ter
  • 10 units, Longford, lodged 2025-04, application finalised (Longford County Council): (a) demolition of existing disused industrial building, and (b) construction of a 3 storey residential development consisting of 5 no. two bedroom apartments and 5 no. one bedroom apartments, external private and public

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

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Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Longford?
Two ways. The National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for Co. Longford is Longford County Council; each runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision, on the shared ePlanning.ie system. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Longford have the most planning activity?
By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Longford (107). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Co. Longford?
The rules are national, not local. Since 27 July 2026 an extension to the rear of a house is exempt up to 45 square metres (40 before that date), counting every earlier extension, with limits on height, distance from boundaries and the garden left over (at least 25 square metres). Anything to the front, or beyond those limits, needs permission from the council. A Section 5 declaration from the council confirms in writing whether a specific job is exempt. Details in the guide on the 2026 planning exemptions.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?
A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.