20 Woodlands Avenue , Mullingar , Co Westmeath

What’s proposed

(a) Retention permission for the sub-division of the existing detached house into 2 no. housing units, consisting of one 3 bedroom unit - know as 20(B) and consisting of one 2 bedroom unit - know as 20(A). (b) Planning permission for a single storey extension to the side (east) elevation of unit no. 20(A) and the insert of first floor means of escape window on side (east) elevation of unit no. 20(A) and (c) Planning permission for new vehicular entrance to serve house unit 20(B) and boundary divisional walls and all associated site works

21391 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for (a) Retention permission for the sub-division of the existing detached house into 2 no., received on 14 Jul 2021; permission was refused on 7 Sept 2021.

Planning details

Reference: 21391
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 14 Jul 2021
Observations close: 18 Aug 2021 (closed 1865 days ago)
Decision due: 7 Sept 2021 · decided 7 Sept 2021
Decision: Refused on 7 Sept 2021
Proposed development: (a) Retention permission for the sub-division of the existing detached house into 2 no. housing units, consisting of one 3 bedroom unit - know as 20(B) and consisting of one 2 bedroom unit - know as 20(A). (b) Planning permission for a single storey extension to the side (east) elevation of unit no. 20(A) and the insert of first floor means of escape window on side (east) elevation of unit no. 20(A) and (c) Planning permission for new vehicular entrance to serve house unit 20(B) and boundary divisional walls and all associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 532 m² 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 488047). 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/21391/0.

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20 Woodlands Avenue , Mullingar , Co Westmeath

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