Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Clonmellon , Mullingar , Co. Westmeath

a) RETENTION permission to retain existing change of roof pitch/height of existing single storey annex roof over boot room/wc & porch area to north side of existing building under construction previously granted under planning reference no 25/60317. b) permission to construct an external covered car port by extending existing single store roof

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

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: 2660525 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,975 m²
Received: 30 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
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/2660525/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660525 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 4 Nov 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 clonmellon	3 May 2021 → 2 May 2027
R2 Existing residential	Established Residential: Support high quality residential consolidation and sustainable intensification at appropriate locations in a manner that does not impact negatively on the amenities or character of an area.	wcc cdp 2021 2027 clonmellon	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 × 2
house · worker's house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560317	Conditional	15 Aug 2025	1	0 m	for a change of house design from that previously granted under Planning Ref: 166162 & and extension of duration 21211, & to change location of footprint of house and garage and all associated site development works
2460239	Refused	21 Jan 2025	1	149 m	extension & renovation of my existing dwelling to include external insulation with lime plaster finish, new windows and doors, two velux windows in the living room and one velux in the bathroom and 9 air vents and to remove roof on extension at the rear and put on a new flat roof and to demolish two chimneys and a shed at rear and to construct a French drain to the front of the dwelling with all ancillary site works
2460152	Conditional	27 Jun 2024	1	329 m	the erection of an aluminium framed awning over patio area, attached to the rear façade of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319448	—	Granted with conditions	25 Mar 2025	494 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

30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
30 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Westmeath County Council before relying on it.