Ballinafid , Mullingar , Co.Westmeath

What’s proposed

development which will involve the creation of a soil and stone screening mound along the entire length of the southern boundary of my property adjacent to the N4 road and will be approximately 102.555 metres in length. The screening mound will be constructed on the house side of the existing boundary wall. It is being created so as to mitigate the impact of noise that is caused by passing traffic. The screening mound will be approximately 2.75 metres high and will be approximately 3 metres wide at the base. When planning permission is granted a Certificate of Registration will be applied for, to authorise the acceptance of soil and stone fill onto the property which will be used to create the screening mound

23126 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for development which will involve the creation of a soil and stone screening mound along, received on 31 Aug 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 18 Dec 2023.

Planning details

Reference: 23126
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 31 Aug 2023
Observations close: 5 Oct 2023 (closed 1084 days ago)
Decision due: 18 Dec 2023 · decided 18 Dec 2023
Decision: Conditional on 18 Dec 2023
Proposed development: development which will involve the creation of a soil and stone screening mound along the entire length of the southern boundary of my property adjacent to the N4 road and will be approximately 102.555 metres in length. The screening mound will be constructed on the house side of the existing boundary wall. It is being created so as to mitigate the impact of noise that is caused by passing traffic. The screening mound will be approximately 2.75 metres high and will be approximately 3 metres wide at the base. When planning permission is granted a Certificate of Registration will be applied for, to authorise the acceptance of soil and stone fill onto the property which will be used to create the screening mound
As published by the register.
Site area: 8,164 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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Appeal

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 491717). 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/23126/0.

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