An Bord Pleanála refuses permission for huge Ballymahon development Reporter: '); '); An Bord Pleanála has refused and overturned the granting of permission for the development of 82 residential units and a crèche at Drinan, Ballymahon. Longford County Council had initially granted conditional planning permission to Brian Rogers, 28 The Sapphire, The Grange, Brewery Road, Blackrock, Dublin for the proposed development on September 23 of last year, however, following an appeal by Ballymahon Residents care of Enda Connaughton care of David Mooney, Town Planning Consultant of 14 Old Farm Road, Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, An Bord Pleanála refused planning permission. An Bord Pleanála deemed that the proposed development would provide for a poor living environment for future residents and would be premature pending the upgrade of the Ballymahon Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant to serve the proposed development and to facilitate the orderly expansion of the town.