Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

The Crescent , KIlbeggan , Co.Westmeath

convert existing office area into a family room with reposing station and all associated site works at existing funeral directors premises, Retention Permission is also sought for existing fascia signage erected to the front of the property which forms part of protected structure B37, Protected Structure RPS number - RPS 038-046 NIAH 15321051

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660491 · 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: 106 m²
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 8 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/2660491/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660491 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 19 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M2 Major town centre	Mixed Use: Provide for, protect and strengthen the vitality and viability of town centres, through consolidating development, encouraging a mix of uses and maximising the use of land.	wcc cdp 2021 2027 kilbeggan	3 May 2021 → 2 May 2027

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Westmeath County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Westmeath County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 13
house · shop/retail outlet · house
Recorded monument × 1
R143853

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660199	Conditional	21 Sept 2026	46	252 m	development which will consist of the construction of 54 no. dwellings comprising: 6 no. terraced 3 bed 2 storey houses (Type A1), 8 no. semi-detached/ terraced 3 bed 2 storey houses (Type B1), 22 no. semi-detached 3 bed 2 storey houses (Type B2), 1 no. semi-detached 3 bed 2 storey house (Type C1), 1 no. semi-detached 3 bed 2 storey house (Type C2), 2 no. detached/ semi-detached 4 bed 2 storey houses (Type D2), 2 no. detached/ semi-detached 4 bed 2 storey houses (Type E1), 2 no. semi-detached 4 bed 2.5 storey houses (Type F1), 2 no. semi-detached 4 bed 2.5 storey houses (Type F2) and 8 no. 1 bed own hall door self-contained apartments in 1 no. 2 storey block. The development will also include car parking, bin and bicycle stores, public / communal open spaces, site services including foul pumping station & associated rising main, landscaping, boundary treatments and all ancillary site development works, with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Dublin Road (R446) all on site of circa 1.84 Ha.
2560636	Conditional	2 Apr 2026	0	268 m	the Proposed Conversion Of A Former Shop Unit With Habitable Accommodation To The Rear & Over Same Into 3 No. Apartments Consisting Of 2 No. Studio Type Apartments On Ground Floor Level With 1 No. Two Bedroom Type Apartment At First Floor Level, Internal & External Alterations, Onsite Car Parking, Public Open Space And All Ancillary Site Development Works. The Above Mentioned Development Consists Of Works To A Protected Structure, NIAH No. 15321014 In The National Inventory Of Architectural Heritage, RPS No. 038-013 In The Record Of Protected Structures, Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027, located in Kilbeggan Architectural Conservation Area (ACA).
2560649	Conditional	25 Feb 2026	1	320 m	development consisting of the retention of an existing single-storey and an existing two-storey extension to the rear of the existing house. Retention permission is also sought for an existing shed positioned in the central portion of the site, directly behind the existing house
2560631	Conditional	18 Feb 2026	0	405 m	proposed development which will consist of decommissioning of the existing Kilbeggan Tullamore Road Wastewater Pumping Station comprising: 1. Demolition of existing control building; 2. Gravity diversion sewers; 3. Removal of existing fencing and hedging and erection of new fencing; 4. Decommissioning existing pipelines and 5. Associated ancillary works including surface reinstatement, all on a site of 0.51 hectares
2560410	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	1	183 m	to construct a new extension to existing dwelling, to retain all existing public services and all associated site works
2560269	Refused	23 Jul 2025	0	268 m	development which will consist of works to a protected structure, NIAH no 15321014 in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, RPS no 038-013 in the Record of Protected Structures, Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027, located in Kilbeggan Architectural Conservation Area (ACA). The works will include: a change of use from the existing single dwelling to 4 no. self-contained one-bedroom apartments, and will include internal alterations to all floor layouts, replacing all existing Main Street façade windows, refurbishment of Main Street façade, retention of existing vehicular access gate, and all associated site works
2460385	Conditional	4 Jul 2025	13	415 m	development of 13 no. new residential units on a site of 0.50 hectares. The planning application comprises the provision of 13 no. residential housing units of which there are 4 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses and 9 no. 3 bed townhouses, the provision of public open space areas, associated car parking spaces to include visitor parking and primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development off the existing residential development of The Gallops. The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths and all other ancillary works above and below ground
2516	Conditional	25 Jun 2025	1	209 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION for development consisting of site works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and general site preparation works, removal of existing foundation on-site, use of existing entrance serving Coola Lawns along with associated access roads and footpaths to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian access, provision of a residential development comprising 36 no. units in total as follows: House type A - 10 No. 1 Bed/2 person apartment units, House type B - 10 No. 2 Bed/4 person duplex units, House type C - 4 No. 3 Bed/5 person semi-detached dwellings, House type D - 4 No. 2 Bed/4 person semi-detached dwellings, House type E - 4 No. 2 Bed/4 person terrace dwellings, House type F - 2 No. 3 Bed/5 person terrace dwellings, House type G - 2 No. 3Bed/5 person terrace dwellings (dual-frontage), provision of associated garden areas and in-curtilage works for each dwelling to include boundary fencing and boundary walls as required, provision of residential communal open space areas to include all hard and soft landscaping works within the site which includes public lighting, public seating, planting works, a children's play area, bicycle storage and boundary treatment, associated site works to facilitate site drainage with provision of an attenuation system, connection to the foul sewer network with upgrade works to the existing foul pumping station, water connections and ESB connections

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316366	—	Refused	16 Jul 2024	0 m
311890	—	Refused	11 May 2023	406 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

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 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.