Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Irishtown , Mullingar , Co. Westmeath

consisting of the retention of changes to the previously granted Planning Application 23/60181. Retention is sought for site boundaries and site levels as constructed, revised location of the garden room, changes to all elevations of the house and garden room, hard and soft landscaping and surfaces of the development along with front piers and walls. Permission is sought to replace the front boundary hedge with hedging to match the existing northeast boundary and all associated site development works

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660475 · 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: 2,284 m²
Received: 7 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 1 Nov 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/2660475/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660475 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 12 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
2560531	Conditional	18 Dec 2025	1	351 m	Retention permission to retain the following: 1) Minor amendments to dwellinghouse Type E, namely alterations to elevations and floor plans 2) Retain and complete domestic garage along with all ancillary site development works
2560471	Conditional	19 Nov 2025	1	427 m	construction of a domestic garage to service existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
2560003	Conditional	3 Mar 2025	1	137 m	new detached garage for ancillary use to the dwelling house with all services and site works.
2560004	Conditional	3 Mar 2025	1	155 m	new detached garage for ancillary use to the dwelling house with all services and site works
2460357	Conditional	20 Nov 2024	1	226 m	new detached garage for ancillary use to the dwelling house with all services and site works
2460359	Conditional	15 Nov 2024	1	192 m	new detached garage for ancillary use to the dwelling house with all services and site works
2460309	Conditional	23 Oct 2024	1	231 m	development which will consist of the following works: New detached garage for ancillary use to the dwelling house with all services and site works
2460212	Refused	13 Aug 2024	1	460 m	development which will consist of the construction of a part two-storey, part single storey detached dwelling, detached garage, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, proposed entrance off the public road and all ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided
322902	—	pending	1 Jul 2025
319406	—	Other	13 Feb 2025
309770	—	Refused	20 Mar 2024

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

7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 Oct 2026
7 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Westmeath County Council before relying on it.