Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Zone C , Mullingar Business Park , Mullingar

The development consisting of the following works, warehouse and process hall with offices and welfare facilities (circa 1895 sq m) new road entrance, 2 no dock levellers to north facing elevation, new concrete yard, staff and visitor parking with all associated site works

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2620 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 6,208 m²
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 18 Oct 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2620/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2620 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Westmeath County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 28 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Westmeath County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660109	Conditional	6 May 2026	467 m	is sought for: (1) Change of use from existing light industrial (P01/299 Refers) to recreational/Leisure facility (2) building signage to front elevation (3) Amend existing car parking and provide bicycle parking, (4) and the carrying out of all associated ancillary site works
2660013	Conditional	13 Mar 2026	201 m	proposed new 2 storey Enterprise unit consisting of 4 No. light Industrial Units for start-up & Incubation Business in the food industry, including single storey maintenance and staff canteen units with associated PV Panels, New signage, new covered EV charging carport with associated PV Panels, adjustment to existing site entrance gate to provide new pedestrian entrance gate, extension to existing internal access road with new carparking layout, loading areas, bicycle parking including stands/shelter, external bin, bicycle and liquid gas stores, all associated hard and soft landscaping, public lighting, connections to existing services and to carry out all associated ancillary site works above and below ground
2560306	Conditional	5 Aug 2025	201 m	for a development which will consist of proposed mezzanine level to existing manufacturing /industrial unit and associated works
2560104	Conditional	7 May 2025	117 m	a) An extension to existing southern elevation to allow for the expansion of the existing production area along with additional office space on ground and first floor and change of use of a section of the existing production area on ground floor to office, along with the relocation of some existing plant to accommodate the extension and all associated elevational changes. b) Change of use of the existing decommissioned oil tank storage area to the northern elevation of the main building into staff facilities along with the construction of a link structure between the main building and existing decommissioned oil tank storage area along with all associated elevational changes. c) The rendering of the existing lower section of the elevations to match the proposed extension finishes, with new cladding to the west and north elevations, with remaining existing cladding painted. d) The removal of existing water storage tank to the southern elevation and part demolition of transformer room to accommodate the proposed southern extension. e) The installation of a perimeter mesh fencing with the provision of additional parking and relocated new truck-only entrance from the existing estate road. f) ancillary site works, and all works above and below ground to accommodate the above works
22553	Conditional	31 Jan 2023	114 m	EXTENTION OF DURATION for production and recovery facility for producing solvents from waste/recovered materials; 2 no. product manufacturing units, 6 no associated air circulation stacks; a tank farm for the recovered (raw material) and manufactured liquids, two storey administration building, a sprinkler tank, a surface water attenuation tank, a single storey pump house, a weighbridge and 22 no. carparking spaces, 6 no.cycle parking spaces, 2 no. HGV/container parking spaces, all ancillary works above and below ground, landscaping and boundary treatments. The application as described is for an activity which will be subject of an Industrial Emissions, (IE) Licence. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) together with revised plans to detail the reduced scale of the tank farm relocated away from boundary, roofed and with an enhanced landscaped buffer on all boundaries and retained tree groupings, has been submitted. Planning File: 17/6150 refers.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
24 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Westmeath County Council before relying on it.