Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

101 Chestnut Drive , Balinderry Mullingar , Co.Westmeath

development which will consist of an extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, this will include a new loft conversion incorporating a dormer window and rooflights, together with all associated site development works

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 14 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2660460 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 397 m²
Received: 29 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/2660460/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660460 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
2560168	Conditional	4 Dec 2025	3	480 m	Proposed development shall consist of 1): The demolition of an existing shed and the rear 3 storey annex of an existing derelict dwelling, ‘Millmount House’(NIAH Ref: 15310088), and for 2): the provision of 7 new residential units to include a): The construction of a two storey terrace of 3 no. 2 bed houses/townhouses; and b): The conversion and new rear extension with internal and external alterations of the existing 2 storey over basement Millmount House into 2 no. 1 bed apartments within the main house and 2 no. 2 bed apartments to the rear within a new rear 3 storey extension. Works to include the conversion of the existing basement into bin and bicycle storage for the development; a new carparking and road layout; landscaping; alterations to existing boundaries including a new gate at entrance to development and a new pedestrian entrance along Ballinderry road; and all ancillary site development works. The works are to be carried out on lands that include a section of boundary wall which is on the Architectural Heritage Inventory (NIAH Ref: 15310089).
2560084	Conditional	19 Jun 2025	117	131 m	development to amend a permitted SHD An Bord Pleánala Ref. No. 313099-22 comprising 130 no. residential dwellings. The proposed development will consist of a reduction in the overall number of dwellings permitted from 130 to 117 by way of the omission of 3 no 2.5 storey apartment /duplex buildings in the eastern part of the site and replacement of these with 2 no. semi-detached 2 storey dwellings identified as House Type A) to the south of the site entrance; 4 no. 2 storey semi-detached dwellings (identified as House Types A and C) to the north of the site entrance; 1 no. 2 storey detached dwelling (identified as Type A); and a 2 storey terraced block consisting of 4 no. 2 storey dwellings (identified as House Types A and B1) and associated reconfiguration of internal road and car parking layouts in the immediate vicinity. In addition, revisions consisting of elevational changes and a reduction in the gross floor area are also proposed to permitted House Types A and C. It is also proposed to replace 1 No. house type A1 with proposed House type A: 4 No. House types B to proposed House type C2; 5 No. house types B to proposed House type C; 6 No. house types C1 to proposed house type B1 and 4 No. house type C to proposed house type C2. These changes include revisions to the gross floor areas as originally permitted. All other proposed revisions to dwellings are restricted to minor elevational changes and the repositioning of housing blocks within the site. House type names have been changed and are identified on the accompanying site layout drawing. To facilitate the above amendments revisions to the internal road and car parking layout are also proposed. These include revisions to the internal access road in the south-eastern corner of the site comprising the omission of the turning area and cul-de-sac to provide for a fully connected internal street network at this location; the replacement of grouped parking spaces with in-curtilage car parking spaces to serve Blocks 3 and 4; the reconfiguration of the grouped car parking layout serving permitted blocks 20 and No. 27 to provide for parallel street parking to the front and side of these dwellings; the replacement of grouped car parking spaces serving permitted Block 28 with in-curtilage spaces to serve these dwellings. The proposed development also provides for all associated works to services and utilities, public lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments and all associated site development works
2460272	Conditional	15 Nov 2024	1	0 m	development whch will consist of constructing one single storey extension to the rear of the dwelling, and constructing a new front porch to the existing dwelling
2460280	Conditional	4 Oct 2024	1	122 m	construction of a two storey extension to the side of my existing dwelling to include on the ground floor a Study & utility and on the first floor a bedroom with an en-suite and walk in wardrobe with all ancillary site works
2460268	Conditional	18 Sept 2024	0	40 m	Permission to retain a lean-to pergola (39.7 sq m), and a cabin (11.7 sq m) consisting of extra toilet facilities, baby changing area and storeroom, all located to the rear of the building and all associated site works at the above address, as per planning reference no. 22/518 condition no. 3.
2460201	Conditional	26 Jul 2024	1	133 m	development which will consist of permission to construct a first floor side extension (23sq m) above the existing ground floor side extension, and all associated site works at the above address. The proposed extension will comprise of 2 no. bedrooms and a bathroom
2360230	Refused	11 Sept 2023	3	480 m	1): The demolition of an existing shed and demolition of the rear annex of an existing derelict dwelling, ‘Millmount House’ and for 2): the construction of 9 new residential units to include a): 3 no. 2 bed maisionettes and 2 no. 1 bed apartments within a new 2 storey block and b): The conversion and extension with internal and external alterations of the existing 2 storey Millmount House with basement into 2 no. 2 bed apartments and 2 no. 1 bed apartments. Works to include the conversion of the existing basement into bin and bicycle storage for the development; a new carparking and road layout; landscaping; alterations to existing boundary including reduction in height of existing boundary wall to south and closing up gated entrance to Ballinderry Road; a new pedestrian entrance along Ballinderry road; and all ancillary site development works. The works are to be carried out on lands that include a section of boundary wall which is a protected structure (Reg. no. 15310089)
2360202	Conditional	25 Aug 2023	0	78 m	development which will consist of retention permission of new first floor within existing Chapel building and planning permission for the change of use of chapel to ground floor and first floor day wards. To also include construction of new escape stairs and alterations to existing elevations and all associated parking, siteworks and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317280	—	Granted with conditions	15 Nov 2024	470 m
313099	—	Granted with conditions	27 Jul 2023	127 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

29 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
29 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.