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Community health facility built on former creamery site with parking and new access road

Granted with conditions on 27 April 2026

Kendrick Properties has been given the green light to build a new three-storey community health facility on the old Longford Creamery site on Connaught Road. The 1,241 square-metre building will include consultation spaces, meeting rooms and offices, along with 47 parking spaces (including disabled bays and electric vehicle charging points) and a new access road linking Connaught Road to Little Water Street.

Full description from the council file

the construction of: (1) a 1,241.25m2, three storey community health facility (comprising consultation spaces, meeting rooms, offices and support spaces); (2) 47 no. parking spaces including 39 no. standard car parking bays, 3 no. disabled parking bays, 5 no. electric vehicle charging bays, as well as associated internal circulation roadway, and drop-off bay; (3) a portion of a new vehicular access link road from Connaught Road northward towards Little Water Street, extending as far as the proposed new site entrance; (4) All associated site development works to serve the proposal including site lighting, hard and soft landscaping, and all associated signage. The significant further information relates to Road Design and Environmental matters, including revisions to the proposed link road and internal car parking layout; a revision to the development site boundary to allow for kerbing construction on the western side of the proposed link road junction and for footpaths tying into existing footpaths to the west; the inclusion of an external covered bin store; revisions to the proposed building position with an increased setback from Connaught Road; a Stage 1 Road Safety Audit; details of proposed public lighting; proposals and details for the relocation of existing ESB services; an Outline Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP); a Preliminary Contamination risk Assessment; and Stage 1 Screening for Appropriate Assessment accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Details

Reference
2560168
Applicant
Kendrick Properties Ltd.
Architect/Agent
Mark Featherstone
Site address
Lands at the former Longford Creamery Site, Connaught Road, Longford, Co. Longford
Status
Decision code: CONDITIONAL
Date received
August 06, 2025
Decision due
April 29, 2026
Date decided
April 27, 2026
Authority
Longford County Council
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Source: Longford County Council planning portal. Full file, drawings, observations and decision documents are on the council's own ePlan site — view application 2560168 on the council portal →.
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