Longford Town Local Area Plan 2025-2031
Stage 6: Material Alterations
The Proposed Material Alterations and associated SEA, AA and SFRA documents are on public display and may be inspected from Wednesday 5 February to 4pm on Wednesday 5 March 2025 (both dates inclusive) during normal opening hours at the following locations:
- The Planning Office, Longford County Council, Áras an Chontae, Great Water Street, Longford Town, County Longford, N39 NH5 (during normal office hours).
- All County Longford Branch Libraries – Longford, Ballymahon, Drumlish, Edgeworthstown, Granard and Lanesborough Libraries (during branch hours).
- Online at https://consult.longfordcoco.ie/en/consultation/proposed-material-alterations-draft-longford-town-local-area-plan-2025-2031
Key Stages in the Local Area Plan Process
1. Pre-Draft Stage Forming the issues to be addressed in the Plan and gathering information from consultation with relevant stakeholders and interested parties. |
2. Draft Plan StageFollowing a review of information collected at the pre-draft stage, a Draft Longford Town Local Area Plan 2025-2031 has been prepared by Longford County Council, as the planning authority. This Draft will afford the public the first opportunity to gauge the direction of the final Plan. |
3. Notice of Draft PlanThe Draft Longford Town Local Area Plan 2025-2031 will now be available for inspection for at least six weeks. We will advertise this in local newspapers letting you know that the Draft is available for inspection and inviting your submissions. |
4. Chief Executive’s Report A Chief Executive’s Report will be prepared based on the submissions received and containing the opinion of the Chief Executive and his recommendations in relation to the Plan. |
5. Consideration by Elected Members The Elected Members will consider the Chief Executive’s Report and then make, amend or revoke the Plan as appropriate in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief Executive. |
6. Material Alterations (Current Stage)In the event of material alterations or amendments, we will publish notice of this and invite further submissions. A similar process to that outlined at stages 4 and 5 is then repeated. |
7. Final PlanFollowing consultation on Material Alterations, a further Chief Executive’s Report will be prepared, to be considered by the Elected Members. The Elected Members will consider the report and then adopt the Plan. |
Previous Stages
1. Pre-Draft Stage
It involved gathering information from various consultations with stakeholders and understanding the issues to be addressed by the plan to help shape Longford Town into the future. This included giving opportunities for stakeholders to have their say on important issues such as climate action, infrastructure, heritage, housing, transportation, environmental protection, employment and enterprise, community, tourism, recreation, regeneration, and retail.
An Issues Paper was prepared to assist in preparing the new Plan and to stimulate debate. For this, a public consultation period took place from October to November 2022
A Scoping Report for the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has been prepared, as required by legislation. This report sets out the context and scope of the SEA, as well as the assessment framework for later stages of the SEA. For the Scoping Report, consultation with environmental authorities took place, with their submissions and observations taken into consideration for the final Scoping Report.
2. & 3. Draft Plan and Notice of Draft Plan
The Draft Longford Town Local Area Plan 2025-2031 and all accompanying reports were on public display from Friday, 6 September 2024 until 4pm on Friday, 18 October 2024 (both dates inclusive) during normal opening hours at Planning Department, Longford County Council, Áras an Chontae, Great Water Street, Longford N39 NH56 and all County Longford Libraries: Longford, Ballymahon, Drumlish, Edgeworthstown, Granard and Lanesborough. A public consultation drop-in event was held at the Longford Town Library on Thursday, 3 October from 2.30pm to 5.30pm and all reports were also available to view online. Submissions could be made during the public display period from Friday, 6 September 2024 until 4pm on Friday, 18 October 2024 and were accepted both in writing or by email. Please click here to view submissions received.
To view Draft Longford Town Local Area Plan 2025-2031 and accompanying reports click on links below:
4. & 5. Chief Executive's Report and Consideration by Elected Members
To view Report click here: Chief Executive Report on submissions on Draft Longford Town Local Area Plan 2025-2031