Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

14 St. Loman’s Terrace , Mullingar , Co. Westmeath

construction of an extension at the rear of my existing building on the first floor to include an office, landing & w.c. with three velux windows and to install a shopfront to the front of the building with all ancillary site works

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660493 · 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: 64 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 10 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/2660493/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660493 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 21 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

NIAH-recorded building × 9
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 1
R182811

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660183	Refused	9 Jun 2026	1	405 m	to construct a single storey dwelling (112.1sqm) and revise the existing site boundaries to form new site boundaries to accommodate the existing dwelling on site and the proposed dwelling. Permission is also sought to upgrade the existing domestic entrance to a new shared domestic entrance onto the public roadway and all associated site works
2560374	Conditional	13 Jan 2026	0	463 m	development (within the curtilage of recorded protected structure 019-182, NIAH ref. 15310194) The development will consist of: a) demolition of existing derelict buildings to the rear of the site b) construction of a new boundary wall c) extension of the existing customer car parking area and d) all ancillary works
2541	Conditional	11 Dec 2025	0	435 m	the construction of a sheltered canopy (c. 80 sq.m) over 3 no dedicated van parking spaces in the existing service yard and all ancillary site services and site development works
2560484	Refused	27 Nov 2025	1	434 m	Permission for change of use from Residential / Office development to Self-Catering Tourist Accommodation (Bed & Breakfast). The development will consist of: 8 No. Ensuite bedrooms over two floors, Kitchen / Dining area, Living area and office space/storage area. Permission is also sought for a fire escape stair on the southwest elevation and all associated site works with the proposed development. Retention permission is sought for fire escape doors to the side (southwest) elevation and closing of door opening to the side (northeast) elevation and replacement of timber sash windows with replacement timber sash windows to the front and side of the main building and replacement of timber sash windows with uPVC sash style windows to the rear of the building and addition of 2 rooflights to northeast (side) elevation. Retention permission is also sought for the removal of pebbledash and reinstatement of the original rendered finish to the front (northwest) elevation, replacement of roof tiles and rainwater goods, alterations made to the internal structure and all associated site works The development consists of carrying out works to a protected structure, (St. Kevins House -RPS 019-170).
2560132	Conditional	5 Nov 2025	0	361 m	1) Demolish existing storage building, 2) Close existing entrance onto public road and remove existing boundary wall, 3) Construct a new light industrial building to accommodate storage, with a retail sale warehousing area to the eastern elevation, 4) Construct a new 2 storey office building and, 5) all ancillary site services
2560113	Refused	18 Sept 2025	0	459 m	(a) alterations to the external facades to include a new entrance to first and second floor levels from street level on Oliver Plunkett Street, (b) convert the rear part of Retail Unit 2 to a one-bedroom apartment, (c) construct extension at first floor level to the rear of the property, (d) provide 4 no. one-bedroom apartments at first floor level to replace existing disused 4 no. one-bedroom and 1 no. studio apartments at first floor level, (e) provide 2 no. one-bedroom apartments at second floor level to replace existing disused 3 no. one-bedroom apartments at second floor level, (f) construct replacement boundary wall along part of east boundary of property,(g) construct new boundary wall and entrance gates along south boundary of the property facing Blackhall Street and (h) carry out all associated site works. 5 Oliver Plunkett Street is within the curtilage of 3 Oliver Plunkett Street which is included in the Record of Protected Structures in the Westmeath County Council Development Plan 2021-2027- RPS No.019-077 and NIAH No.15310066
2528	Conditional	20 Aug 2025	0	457 m	the erection of 1 no. freestanding double sided illuminated sign of 7m x 2.18m at the vehicular entrance off Ashe Road
2560034	Conditional	7 Jul 2025	5	374 m	development which will consist of the construction of 3 No. two storey terraced dwelling houses, 2 No. two storey semi-detached dwelling houses, the alteration and extension of an existing two storey semi-detached house, the provision of a new site entrance, connection to the existing public foul sewer, a new mains water connection, stormwater drainage with a new outflow to the existing public surface water system, modification of the existing footpath, the works will also include roads, footpaths, paving, parking, boundary treatments, ancillary structures and all associated site development works to complete the development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323035	—	open	15 Jul 2025	487 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

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 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.