Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Daybreak , Collinstown , Co. Westmeath.

EXTENSION of DURATION for development which will consist of change of use of existing retail area to retail with ancillary off-licence use

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2621 · 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: 223 m²
Received: 31 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 25 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/2621/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2621 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 5 Oct 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	Units	Distance	Description
2660381	Refused	10 Sept 2026	8	491 m	development which will consist of 8No. two-storey dwelling houses (comprised of 6No. four-bedroom detached dwelling houses, and 2No. three-bedroom semi-detached dwelling houses), new site entrance from Church Street (R395), vehicular access road and associated onsite parking (cars and bicycles), pedestrian access, private amenity space, private storage sheds, private refuse storage, public green space, public pavilion, pumping station plus connection to existing foul sewer, and all ancillary and associated works
2560114	Conditional	9 Jun 2025	2	421 m	renovate and restore the existing two derelict semi-detached dwellings, including reinstating the first floor and roof, constructing an outhouse to the rear of the dwellings, connecting to the existing drainage infrastructure, reusing the existing site entrance, and carrying out all ancillary site services The building is a protected structure (RPS No. 008-024 and NIAH No. 15400810).
2460126	Refused	13 Jun 2024	23	82 m	development will consist of a mixed use residential/commercial development including 2 No.detached four-bedroom dormer dwellings, 7 No.detached two bedroom single storey dwellings, 10 No.semi-detached three bedroom two storey dwellings, 4 No. terraced two bedroom two storey dwellings, block with 2 No. two bedroom apartments at first floor level and 2 No. 101 sq.m. commercial unit’s at ground floor level, a new vehicular entrance and access road, car parking and bicycle parking, landscaped open space with pedestrian link to adjoining Clog Na Léinn, connections to existing foul sewer via temporary treatment system on adjoining land, surface water drainage systems and all ancillary services
2387	Conditional	31 Jul 2023	15	107 m	development which will consist of a proposed variation to permission granted under planning reference 22/549 to replace 5 No. Type D detached dwellings with 6 No. Type A2 detached dwellings
22549	Conditional	12 Apr 2023	14	105 m	development consisting of 14 No. detached dwellings which comprises of a mix of 5 No. one and half storey four-bedroom type D dwellings, 6 No. one and half storey four-bedroom type A2 dwellings and 3 No. one and half storey four-bedroom type A3 dwellings and will include the extension of the existing roads and footpaths, landscaped open space, connections to existing foul and surface water drainage system and all ancillary services
21567	Conditional	1 Mar 2022	10	166 m	The development will consist of 10 detached dwellings which comprise of a mix of 4 no. four bedroom one and a half storey type A2 dwellings, 3 no one and a half storey four bedroom type D dwellings and 3 no. dormer four bedroom type E dwellings and will include the extension of the existing roads, footpaths, landscaped open space, connection to existing foul and surface water drainage system and all ancillary services
21437	Conditional	2 Dec 2021	1	392 m	to construct a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, make internal alterations to existing dwelling, demolish existing garage/store to rear and construct a replacement garage, upgrade existing site entrance and all associated site development works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

31 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
31 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.