Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

288 GREENPARK MEADOWS , MULINGAR , CO. WESTMEATH

retention permission for replacement of garage door with window to front of existing dwelling and ancillary site works

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660458 · 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: 537 m²
Received: 28 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 22 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/2660458/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660458 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
2560563	Conditional	28 Aug 2026	50	425 m	Demolition of an existing residential dwelling house (169 sq.m); Construction of 58 no. two-storey dwelling house units, consisting of; o 43 no. 3 bed dwellings, o 15 no. 4 bed dwellings. Construction of 16 no. three-storey duplex units, consisting of; o 6 no. 1 bed dwellings, o 10 no. 2 bed dwellings. Provision of ancillary facilities for the duplex units including communal amenity space, secure bicycle parking and bin storage facilities; Provision of car parking arrangements (104 no. on curtilage parking spaces for 52 no. dwellings; 32 no. grouped parking and 6 no. visitor spaces for 22 no. dwellings; 2 no. accessible spaces); Provision of new vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access provided from/to the existing R-390; Provision of vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist connections to the eastern and western boundaries of the site for future connections to adjoining landholdings to be facilitated; Provision of pedestrian and cyclist pathways to the southern boundary of the site to facilitate future connections to the Royal Canal; Provision of public open space (3,828.02 sq.m or 17.1%) located in the central and southern portions of the site including landscaped elements (children’s play areas, landscaped vegetation, associated boundary treatments, footpaths and pathways, public lighting, bin stores, car and bicycle parking and site services); Provision of all associated surface water, foul drainage services and connections with associated site works and ancillary services to include the provision of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) features; All ancillary and associated site development works. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
2660279	Conditional	27 Aug 2026	1	279 m	construction of an extension to existing dwelling and all ancillary site works
2660087	Conditional	29 Apr 2026	1	281 m	development that will consist of a new single storey extension to the side/rear with minor alterations all to the existing semi-detached dwelling house with ancillary site services
2560449	Conditional	31 Oct 2025	1	272 m	to construct an extension at the side of our dwelling to include a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen with two velux windows and to increase the entrance to the front of the site by 1.6 metres with all ancillary site works
2360197	Conditional	17 Aug 2023	1	84 m	construction of an extension at the side and rear of our existing dwelling to include at the side on ground floor a pantry and utility and on the first floor two bedrooms and at the rear a kitchen & dining area with all ancillary site works
22531	Refused	21 Dec 2022	0	434 m	development of 60 no. new residential units on a site of 3.00 hectares. The planning application comprises the provision of 60 no. residential units of which 24 no. 3 bed housing units, 17 no. 3 bed duplex units, 1 no. 4 bed duplex units, 18 no. 2 bed apartments, the formation of 1.39 hectares of open space areas, as incorporates boundary tree and hedgerow retention; 81 no. dedicated car parking spaces (60 no. residential, 21 no. visitor); 60 no. cycle parking spaces, and a new primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development off the R390. The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths and all other ancillary works above and below ground
22243	Conditional	4 Jul 2022	1	281 m	consisting of a new two storey side extension, single storey lean-to rear extension and renovations to existing semi-detached dwelling house with all ancillary site services
22137	Conditional	2 Jun 2022	1	320 m	Planning permission to extend my existing dwelling at the side to include a utility, w.c and study with all ancillary site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321643	—	Other	13 May 2025	282 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.