Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Derries TD , Athlone , Co. Westmeath

retention permission for the following works: change of use of building from domestic to commercial. To retain alteration works carried out internally to this building and parking spaces created to the front of the building and within the boundaries of the site

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 8 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: 2660448 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,054 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/2660448/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660448 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
2460018	Conditional	19 Mar 2024	0	379 m	erection of a 24m high lattice tower together with antennas, dishes, associated telecommunications equipment and a proposed access track, all enclosed in security fencing
2360310	Conditional	18 Dec 2023	1	5 m	construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and associated site works
2360357	Conditional	7 Dec 2023	0	371 m	construction of a new car park at their grounds. The proposed works will also include the installation of 5 number 6m high poles with LED Lighting. The application will also include all associated ground works, drainage and landscaping
2360101	Conditional	26 Jul 2023	1	452 m	proposed Garage will be 6.6m wide and 6.1m deep with a ridge height of 2.989m high. Garden width is 9m wide which allows a 1.2m distance from boundaries all around. The garage is build with 300mm cavity wall with 1 roller door to front at 1.5m wide. there will be 2 x windows, 1 each side to front of garage 1.2m wide with precast window cills. The walls will be nap plaster finish with reveals to windows. The roof will be a cut roof with Blue/ Blue black slate finish. Foundations are 900 x 300 reinforced concrete with A393 Mesh. Footpaths 1.2 wide all around with brush finish. Roof will be insulated with 150mm to ceiling joint's with floor insulated with 100mm rigid insulation. Garage front wall will be 10m from back of existing dwelling house
22472	Conditional	21 Nov 2022	1	5 m	construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319503	—	Refused	25 Feb 2025	379 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.