Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Lands at , Cornamaddy Townland , Athlone

development which will consist of a new road connection that will provide for vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access to existing zoned lands and also connect to serve the residential development as granted under LRD permission reference 318736-23. The associated site development works will include for pedestrian and cyclist crossings, road markings and attenuation drainage infrastructure along with service connections installed to provide for water, foul and ESB connections and street lighting

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660488 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 4,765 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 5 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/2660488/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660488 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 16 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
2660165	Conditional	7 Aug 2026	47	174 m	to construct 49 no. residential units (comprising of 12 no. 1 bed apartments and 37 no. 2, 3 and 4 bed semi-detached and terraced houses) and a creche, and all associated site development works including 1 no. substation, footpaths, car and bicycle parking, bicycle and bin stores, drainage, public lighting and landscaping/amenity areas at Cornamaddy, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The proposed 49 no. residential units will replace 56 no. units previously permitted under planning ref. 22/253, and the proposed creche will replace a creche previously permitted under planning ref. 22/340. A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.
2560526	Conditional	11 Jun 2026	0	302 m	planning permission for a phased development (phases 1-3) to include: 1. Goods-in area including loading bays and new covered truck loading/unloading area, 2. High-bay storage facility and stock-transfer link to existing warehouse, and 3. Goods-out area including loading bays to the front of the existing warehouse, along with reconfiguration of traffic & parking facilities, together with associated demolition of plant rooms and unused detached office buildings, signage and all associated site works
2460227	Conditional	21 Aug 2024	1	229 m	RETENTION of as-constructed extension including additional floor area of 17sq.m. Permitted Floor Area of Extension under Planning Permission Ref. No. 23/60081 = 105sq.m. Floor Area of As-Constructed Extension = 122sq.m
2360374	Conditional	15 May 2024	163	0 m	Large Scale Residential Development on a site of total c. 7.31 ha comprising of a residential development and public open space comprising the following: Construction of 177 no. residential units on a gross site area of 7.31 ha, ranging in height from 2-3 storeys comprising detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses, maisonettes and 3 storey duplex apartments. 65 no. 2 bed houses, 71 no. 3 bed houses and 9 no. 4 bed houses will be provided. 24 no. 1 bed maisonette apartment units and 8 no. 3 storey duplex apartment units will be provided included all associated development works. This development will form part of a larger phase of permitted and proposed development. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement
2360314	Conditional	4 Mar 2024	1	495 m	construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, with connection to public services and all associated site works
2360074	Conditional	22 Nov 2023	257	0 m	development consisting of a 10 year permission for the provision of a total of 332no. residential units along with provision of a crèche. Particulars of the development comprise as follows: (a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and general site preparation works. (b) The provision of a total of 172no. 2storey residential dwellings which will consisting of 152no. 3 bed units and 20no. 4 bed units. (c) The provision of a total of 160no. apartments/duplex units consisting of 36no.1 bed units, 99no.2bed units and 25no. 3bed units. The apartment blocks range in height from 2 storey to 4 storey and the duplex blocks range from 2 storey to 3 storey in height. (d) Provision of a 2 storey creche. (e) Provision of associated car parking at surface level via a combination of in-curtilage parking for dwellings and via on-street parking for the creche, duplexes and apartment units. (f) Provision of electric vehicle charge points with associated site infrastructure ducting to provide charge points for residents throughout the site. (g) Provision of associated bicycle storage facilities at surface level throughout the site and bin storage facilities. (h) The provision of a new link road via adjacent lands to the west to provide for vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access. (i)The provision of internal culverts and associated bridges along with a realignment of a section of an existing drainage channel within the site to facilitate internal access roads along with associated crossing points across the drainage channel (to facilitate pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular crossing points). (j)The creation of a pedestrian footpath alongside the local road which will connect to the existing footpath aligning the N55 National road; (k)Provision of associated open space areas, residential communal open space areas to include formal play areas along with all hard and soft landscape works for private gardens and amenity spaces along with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, railings & fencing; (l)Provision of 2no. ESB substations. (m)Internal site works and attenuation systems. (n)All ancillary site development/construction works to facilitate foul, water and service networks for connection to the existing foul, water and ESB networks. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development
22577	Conditional	31 Oct 2023	70	41 m	5-year permission for development at a site of total c.10.87 ha on lands located at Cornamaddy, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The site is generally bounded to the west by greenfield lands and Cornamagh Cemetery, to the north by greenfield lands, to the south by greenfield lands and the Ballymahon Road (N55) and to the east by the existing Drumaconn housing estate. The development will comprise of a residential development and public open space comprising the following: • Amendments to permitted application WMCC Reg Ref. 14/7103 ABP Ref. PL25.244826 for the removal of 38 no. permitted units (not constructed) to be replaced by: Construction of 70 no. residential units comprising: 4 no. 2 bed terraced houses (c.78 sq.m each), 60 no. 3 bed semidetached (c. 96-116 sq.m each) and 6 no. 4 bed semidetached houses (c. 147 sq.m each) with associated private gardens. • The creche facility, public open spaces, landscaping, roads layouts, car parking, boundary treatment works, public lighting and all associated site works associated with the 87 no. remaining units retained as permitted under WMCC Reg Ref. 14/7103 ABP Ref. PL25.244826 will remain unchanged. • All pedestrian and vehicular access roads and footpaths including a section of the planned east/west distributor road connecting to a sections of the distributor road permitted under WMCC Reg. Refs 14/7103 ABP Ref. PL25.244826 and 22/253 to the east of the site. • All associated site development works, services provision, drainage works, public open space (c.1.03ha), landscaping, boundary treatment works, public lighting, associated esb substation cabinets, bin stores, car and bicycle parking provision. • This development will form part of a larger/future phase of the development. • This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement
2360047	Conditional	21 Aug 2023	6	173 m	5-year permission for development at a site of total c.1.13ha on lands located at Cornamaddy, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The site is generally bounded to the west by greenfield lands and Cornamagh Cemetery, to the north by greenfield lands, to the south by greenfield lands and the Ballymahon Road (N55) and to the east by the existing Drumaconn housing estate. The development will consist of modifications to the permitted application WMCC Reg. Ref. 14/7103/ ABP Ref. PL25.244826 and concurrent application WMCC Reg. Ref. 22/577 to include the following: • Removal of the permitted creche c.260sqm and associated parking granted under WMCC Reg Ref. 14/7103/ ABP Ref. PL25.244826. The recently permitted creche granted under WMCC Ref. 22/340 will regularise childcare provision on site. The remaining area will form part of the public open space associated with the wider development at Cornamaddy (c.710sqm). Associated minor landscape revisions to the concurrent application WMCC Reg. Ref. 22/577; • Provision of 6 no. additional houses comprising 4 no. Type A1 4-5 bed 2-3 storey semi-detached units (c.166sqm area each) and 2 no. Type B 3 bed 2 storey semi-detached units (c.113sqm area each). All with associated rear gardens and 2 no. parking spaces per unit. No new house types are proposed under this application; • Relocation and minor alterations including changes to the floor levels, house plots and associated gardens and boundary treatments of the remaining units comprising 4 no. Type A1 4-5 bed 2-3 storey semi-detached units (c.166sqm area each), 2 no. Type B 3 bed 2 storey semi-detached units (c.113sqm area each), 1 no. Type D 5 bed 2-3 storey detached unit (c. 215sqm area) and 2 no. Type E1 3 bed 2 storey semi-detached units (c.112sqm area each) permitted under WMCC Reg. Ref. 14/7103/ ABP Ref. PL25.244826. No changes to the permitted floor area of these units; • Minor modifications to the concurrent application WMCC Reg. Ref. 22/577 to include reconfiguration and relocation of the main access roads south of the planned distributor road. Readjustment of the internal shared access road parallel to the distributor road permitted under WMCC Reg. Ref. 14/7103/ ABP Ref. PL25.244826; • All associated site development works, services provision, connection to water services and connection to the section of the distributor road proposed under WMCC Reg. Ref. 22/577, public open space (c.600sqm), landscaping, boundary treatment works and car parking provision

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323932	—	Granted with conditions	6 May 2026	337 m
323213	—	Other	10 Nov 2025	0 m
319902	—	Granted with conditions	23 Sept 2024	0 m
318510	—	Granted with conditions	24 Jul 2024	41 m
318736	—	Granted with conditions	16 Apr 2024	0 m
313637	—	Granted with conditions	11 Dec 2023	190 m
316928	—	Other	8 Aug 2023	166 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

11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
11 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Westmeath County Council before relying on it.