Cllr Peggy Nolan insists that housing priority be afforded to people born in Longford
Search
20 Oct 2025
Search
20 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
'Glamping' has become popular for many families in recent years. Photo: File picture
The local authority has provided conditional approval for the construction of glamping accommodation at Enybegs, Longford.
The planning permission is sought by Claire and Terrance Og Campbell Kiernan Steel Group Ltd and it was received by Longford County Council on October 25, 2024.
The decision was made by the local authority on October 6 last and it has 18 attached conditions.
Longford County Council granted conditional approval for six self-catering cabins consisting of two self catering cabins to accommodate two people, two cabins to facilitate five persons and two self-catering cabins large enough for eight people.
Conditional approval was also granted for the conversion of an existing agricultural outhouse building Into a visitors centre-shop-café and the proposed erection of two polytunnels and the construction of a retreat area.
Local authority planners also granted conditional permission for proposed onsite car parking areas with proposed alternations to existing vehicular entrance together with the proposed construction of an internal access road to facilitate the above.
The planning application had initially sought planning approval for glamping accommodation that would include 12 self catering cabins with a number suitable for couples and others suitable for five persons eight persons when the application was submitted on October 25, 2024.
The area of the site is 7,700 hectares and the gross floor space of the proposed works was listed at 1,956 square metres.
The plans also included the proposed construction of a storage shed, proposed installation of an onsite wastewater treatment system with polishing filter to service the proposed development and landscaping and all ancillary site works and this also received conditional approval.
A submission was received from Uisce Eireann on November 6, 2024 in relation to the planning application.
Read this week's Longford Leader for the full story.
READ NEXT: Over €300,000 funding available to Longford to build low carbon communities
READ NEXT: 'Close to the bone' Longford GAA film 'Lakelands' to be screened by RTÉ
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
