Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

42 Clonmore Heights , Mullingar , Co. Westmeath

permission/retention permission to retain the existing extension to the side of our dwelling to include living room, wet room and bedroom with three velux windows and retain porch at front and retain extended entrance 2.3 metres and to extend at the rear to include a dining area with velux window and utility with all ancillary site works

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660457 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 354 m²
Received: 28 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: —
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/2660457/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660457 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 2 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
2660214	Conditional	22 Jun 2026	1	339 m	To construct an extension at the rear of my existing dwelling to include: on ground floor removing existing stairs & chimney and installing a new stairs, chimney, w.c and hot press and on first floor a landing master bedroom with en-suite and 6 velux windows with all ancillary site works
2660107	Conditional	6 May 2026	0	207 m	to RETAIN the part change of use from light engineering/ technology to a retail area (24.5sqm) at the front (southwest) of the building (Speedyparts) and all associated site works
2660062	Conditional	15 Apr 2026	1	112 m	to construct a new 48.2 sq.m extension and to make alterations to an existing semi-detached dwelling consisting of (1) a single storey extension to the rear and side elevations and a first floor extension to the front, rear and side elevations (2) alterations to existing front elevation and all associated ancillary site services
2560079	Conditional	20 May 2025	1	45 m	development which will consist of (A) up-grading of existing bungalow to include new external finishes and minor alterations to front elevation (B) construction of a single-storey rear extension (125 sq.m) to accommodate new kitchen / dining area, living area and accessible en-suite bedroom (C) new separate garage (31 sq.m.) located to rear of the dwelling, (D) modifications to and reconnection of all ancillary services
2460468	Conditional	11 Feb 2025	1	273 m	RETENTION for development which will consist of Retention for the existing single storey extension to the rear (southeast) elevation (38.5 sqm), consisting of a living area, bedroom and ensuite and all associated site works at the above address
2460335	Conditional	16 Dec 2024	1	428 m	construction of a two storey extension to the rear of my existing dwelling to include on the ground floor a utility, stairs, kitchen, dining, living area and bathroom and on first floor two bedrooms, bathroom and landing with velux and to change hip roof on side of house to an A roof and to demolish existing garage at side of house with all ancillary site works
2446	Conditional	28 Aug 2024	0	425 m	(a) the change of use of the existing building from an Industrial Unit for car repairs, as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 00/384, to Storage Warehouse (700SqM) including associated trade shop (76 Sqm), (b) internal alterations, (c) provide new illuminated signage to west elevation and (d) carry out all associated site works. Retention Permission is also sought for 2 No. existing storage sheds (106 SqM)
2460120	Refused	7 Jun 2024	1	381 m	RETENTION of 1 no. storey and a half, two bedroom house to the rear of existing dwelling, including on ground floor entrance hall, living room, kitchen dining area and stairs and on first floor two bedrooms, bathroom, landing and velux and to demolish two dormer windows and to construct two new velux windows and for change of surface and layout and landscaping of adjoining lands to act as private open space for each dwelling with all ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
311189	—	Granted with conditions	9 May 2022	58 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

28 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 2 Oct 2026
28 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.