GrantedInfrastructureDecided 28 October 2025

Ballymahon (Townland), Co. Longford

A 10-year planning permission for major upgrades and extensions to the Ballymahon Wastewater Treatment Plant.

2560086 · Longford County Council · Lodged 9 May 2025

Reference: 2560086
Authority: Longford County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 9 May 2025

Summary

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The application seeks a 10-year permission for extensive upgrade works and an extension to the Ballymahon Wastewater Treatment Plant and local network. Works include refurbishing existing tanks, constructing new inlet works, biological process units, settlement tanks, a new gravity sewer, and a treated effluent outfall headwall to the River Inny.

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Official record

Development description

10-year planning permission for proposed upgrade works and extension to the ballymahon wastewater treatment plant (wwtp) and local wastewater network. The proposed development comprises: (1) the refurbishment of existing final settlement tank, storm water tank, return-activated sludge (ras) and waste-activated sludge (was) pumping station and 2 no. Existing aeration tanks within the existing wwtp site; (2) an extension to the wwtp to include new inlet works with duty / standby combined screens and grit plant, odour control system, high-level emergency overflow chamber, flow to full treatment (fft) storm pumping station, stormwater storage tank, biological process units including 1 no. Selector tank, 2 no. Anoxic tanks, and 2 no. Aeration tanks, 2 no. Final settlement tanks with flow split chamber; (3) a new section of gravity sewer from the network pumping station serving auburn village residential estate to the new inlet works; (4) a new ras / was pumping station with sludge holding capacity; sludge drying reedbeds (8 no. Cells), return liquors pumping station, washwater pumping station, new chemical dosing plant, treated effluent outfall headwall to river inny; (5) alterations to the existing entrance and a new internal road connecting the existing internal access road to the extension area; (6) surface water drainage interceptor, manholes and surface water attenuation tank; (7) esb sub-station building, permanent generator and fuel tank, solar panels on block mounted frames; (8) decommissioning of picket fence thickener and associated dewatering equipment, ferric dosing tank, final effluent outfall chamber, complete with automatic sampler, and a redundant section of existing sewer network in the auburn village residential estate (all to remain in situ post decommissioning); (9) the decommissioning / removal of the existing inlet works and grit removal chamber; (10) decommissioning / demolition of pumping station in the auburn village residential estate; (11) site lighting (both task lighting and road lighting), boundary fencing and treatments including landscaping; (12) below ground interconnecting pipework; (13) and all ancillary site development and site excavation works above and below ground for the above referenced development. A natura impact statement (nis) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Social/Community/Education/Public UtilityCI

“To primarily provide for educational, health, social, cultural, religious and community facilities.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
5 Auburn Village, Ballymahon, Longford	Feb 2026	€262,000	117 m
14 Auburn Village, Ballymahon, Longford	Jul 2025	€245,000	182 m
Apt 3, The Mill, Rivercourt	Aug 2025	€140,000	265 m
20 The Granary, Ballymahon	Aug 2025	€148,000	309 m
The Hill, Ballymahon, Co Longford	Mar 2025	€300,000	315 m
6 Goldsmith Terrace, Ballymahon, Co Longford	Dec 2025	€198,000	356 m
32 Thomond Court, Ballymahon, Longford	Jan 2025	€162,000	398 m
34 Thomand Court, Ballymahon, Co Longford	Jun 2026	€178,000	399 m

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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

Application received9 May 2025
Further information requested17 June 2025
Further information received15 September 2025
Decision due9 November 2025
Decision issued28 October 2025
Grant issued1 December 2025
Permission expiry30 November 2030

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