Old Penn Factory , Lynn Road , Mullingar

What’s proposed

2 no. new primary school buildings with a total combined floor area of 3150m2 with a shared vehicular access and set down area off a new road from the existing roundabout off Lynn Road, incorporating A Gaelscoil and Choillinn, Mullingar (RN 20238V) and a new 3-storey 1,768m2 8 classroom primary school to the South End of the site including a general purpose hall, all staff and pupil facilities and ancillary spaces, with 15 no car parking spaces, ballcourt and associated site works and landscaping. Saplings school Mullingar (RN 20373E) a new 2-storey 1,934m2 6-classroom base Special Needs School to the North End of the site including a general purpose hall, all staff and pupil facilities and ancillary spaces with 25. no car parking spaces and associated site works and landscaping

186047 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for 2 no. new primary school buildings with a total combined floor area of 3150m2 with a, received on 13 Feb 2018; permission was granted with conditions on 9 Apr 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 186047
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 13 Feb 2018
Observations close: 20 Mar 2018 (closed 3113 days ago)
Decision due: 9 Apr 2018 · decided 9 Apr 2018
Decision: Conditional on 9 Apr 2018
Proposed development: 2 no. new primary school buildings with a total combined floor area of 3150m2 with a shared vehicular access and set down area off a new road from the existing roundabout off Lynn Road, incorporating A Gaelscoil and Choillinn, Mullingar (RN 20238V) and a new 3-storey 1,768m2 8 classroom primary school to the South End of the site including a general purpose hall, all staff and pupil facilities and ancillary spaces, with 15 no car parking spaces, ballcourt and associated site works and landscaping. Saplings school Mullingar (RN 20373E) a new 2-storey 1,934m2 6-classroom base Special Needs School to the North End of the site including a general purpose hall, all staff and pupil facilities and ancillary spaces with 25. no car parking spaces and associated site works and landscaping
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.80 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 490352). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/186047/0.

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