Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Kildallan North Slanemore , Mullingar , Co.Westmeath

development which will consist of constructing a new dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system & polishing filter. Permission is also sought for a new farm entrance, new boundaries and all associated site works

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660447 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,182 m²
Received: 25 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 19 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/2660447/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660447 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 29 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	Units	Distance	Description
2660168	Conditional	4 Jun 2026	0	186 m	(i)to construct a slatted shed with slatted area and ancillary concrete area (ii) Retention permission for a storage shed and a Loose bedded shed and all ancillary site works
2660049	Refused	8 Apr 2026	1	300 m	The development will consist of permission to construct a single-storey dwelling (91.65 sq m) and to upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to a domestic vehicular entrance. Permission is also sought for the installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter, and all associated site works
2560178	Refused	20 Jan 2026	1	482 m	construction of a new dwelling house, site entrance, private garage, domestic wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services.
2560161	Conditional	28 May 2025	1	37 m	development which will consist of constructing a new dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system & percolating area and all associated site works
2460050	Conditional	10 Sept 2024	0	298 m	development which will consist/consists of: a 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 140 hectares consisting of the following: 781,578sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 17 hardstanding locations for the installation of electrical skids; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L-5802, R-393, L-5913, L-1811 and the L-5808 public roads; a new access point and an upgrade to an existing access point along the R-393 public road and a new access point along the L-5808 public road; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; boundary fencing; and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320999	—	Granted with conditions	31 Mar 2025	298 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

25 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 29 Sept 2026
25 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.