Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedHousing estateDecided 13 March 2025

Drimanure, Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford

Completion of a housing development in Abbeyshrule, including finishing 6 houses and building 7 new ones.

2429 · Longford County Council · Lodged 15 May 2024

Reference
2429
Authority
Longford County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
15 May 2024
Residential units
13
Floor area
1602 m²

Summary

AI-generated

This application seeks to complete an unfinished housing development. It includes finishing external works and services, completing 6 two-storey dwellings currently at structural slab level, and constructing 3 new two-storey detached houses and 4 single-storey semi-detached houses.

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Official record

Development description

To complete a housing development as granted under pl04/1298 and pl19/179 which comprised of the construction of 26 no. Detached 2 storey dwelling houses, (with omission of 1 number two storey dwelling house) connection to adjoining utility services. The proposed works of which permission is now being sought consist of permission to finish all external works, utilities and services as granted under pl04/1298 and pl19/179 and permission to construct 6 no. Two storey dwellings which are currently at structural slab level and permission to construct 3 number two storey detached dwellings and 4 number single storey dwellings semi detached in 2 blocks of which have not been started, to include a change of house type for the semi detached units to that granted under pl04/1298 and pl19/179, and attached ancillary site work

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Recreation/Amenity/Green SpaceOS
To primarily provide for recreational open space, (environmental buffers) and ancillary structures

National zoning type: Open space, park

Objective set by the LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
17 The Corncrake, Meadow, AbbeyschruleMay 2026€330,00051 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received15 May 2024
  2. Further information requested24 June 2024
  3. Further information received26 November 2024
  4. Decision due30 March 2025
  5. Decision issued13 March 2025
  6. Grant issued16 April 2025
  7. Permission expiry15 April 2030

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