Planning near you · Longford · Ref 2660230
Change of use of a former hair/beauty salon into a coffee shop and all ancillary…
Main Street , Newtownforbes , Co. Longford
Permission granted with conditions
Council decision recorded: September 04, 2026
- Applicant
- Niamh Darcy
- Proposed use
- See council description
The story so far
Application timeline
Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.
- Application received
Source: NPAD
NPAD · source SHA-256:
837d3c268cd83a70· field: ReceivedDate6893b7e99647a1b8 f34662ee24540e21 87eb6104fd3807bd - Council decisionGranted with conditions
Source: NPAD
NPAD · source SHA-256:
837d3c268cd83a70· field: DecisionDate6893b7e99647a1b8 f34662ee24540e21 87eb6104fd3807bd
What changed
Updated in the retained record: Source status, Council outcome, Council decision.
Compare the previous and updated values
Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE; Council outcome: not supplied → CONDITIONAL; Council decision: not supplied → 2026-09-04
Legacy batch date (exact collection time unavailable): 6 September 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.
Why it matters locally
The proposal concerns Main Street , Newtownforbes , Co. Longford. Proposal excerpt: “proposed change of use of a former hair/beauty salon into a coffee shop and all ancillary site works”
Sources disagree on some fields. The latest reported value is shown; differences require review.
Location & nearby applications
Main Street , Newtownforbes , Co. Longford
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Nearby applications
Closest retained records in this county within 5 km, measured between map points. Proximity does not establish a shared site.
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Documents & sources
Longford County Council · Reference 2660230
View council file →- Acknowledgement / Validation Letter
- Application Form - Part A
- Chief Executives Order
- Elevations
- Land owner consent
- Newspaper Notice
- Notification of Decision
- Notification of Decision Letter to third parties
- Planners Report
- Plans, Sections, Elevations
- Report Received from External Body
- Report Received from External Body
- Report Received from Internal Staff
- Report Request Letter to External Body
- Report Request Letter to Internal Staff
- Site layout plan
- Site location map
- Site Notice
- Submission Acknowledgment
- Submission Acknowledgment
- Validation Check List
Source records and verification details
Change record: ePlan · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable
Proposal: NPAD · source SHA-256: 837d3c268cd83a70
Latest source observation retained: 2026-09-21T10:00:49.638440+00:00. Source dataset date: 2026-09-15.
Full description from the council file
Application details
All recorded updates to this application
Dates below show when a change was first retained, not when a planning event happened.
- 2026-09-06
- Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE
- Council outcome: → CONDITIONAL
- Council decision: → 2026-09-04
Source differences
- Proposal description: {"ePlan": "proposed change of use of a former hair/beauty salon into a coffee shop and all ancillary site works...", "NPAD": "proposed change of use of a former hair/beauty salon into a coffee shop and all ancillary site works"}
- Site address: {"ePlan": "Main Street Newtownforbes Co. Longford", "NPAD": "Main Street , Newtownforbes , Co. Longford"}
- detail_url: {"ePlan": "https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660230/0", "NPAD": "http://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660230/0"}
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