Observation pack · Westmeath County Council
Pettiswood , Mullingar , Co. Westmeath
development which will consist of a new dwelling house, entrance, driveway, boundary fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated works
Observations close 5 Nov 2026 4 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660531 · 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
- 4,613 m²
- Received
- 1 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 25 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/2660531/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660531at 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 5 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560408 | Conditional | 19 Mar 2026 | 1 | 454 m | construction of a domestic structure consisting of 54Sqm located at the rear of our garden. Permission is also sought to connect to all existing on site services together with all associated site works |
| 2660006 | Refused | 4 Mar 2026 | 1 | 233 m | development will consist of the retention and completion of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, with all associated site works |
| 2460475 | Conditional | 13 Feb 2025 | 0 | 389 m | development which will consist of a single storey drive-thru restaurant including the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises with an associated corral area, elevational signage, car parking including accessible parking spaces, grill bays, EV charging spaces, bicycle parking, a height restrictor, customer order points with associated canopies, totem signage, free-standing signage, banner frames and digital menu boards, ESB substation and kiosk, landscaping including outdoor furniture/seating area with parasols, boundary treatments, lighting, reconfiguration of part of the existing car park to facilitate the development including new pedestrian crossings, and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development |
| 2460368 | Conditional | 25 Nov 2024 | 0 | 391 m | the installation of a compact modular substation and ancillary site development works; to facilitate 4 no. shared electric vehicle charging units and 8 no. charging bays and ancillary site works within a partially reconfigured parking area |
| 23151 | Refused | 6 Feb 2024 | 1 | 229 m | construction of a storey and a half type dwelling with single storey annex, site entrance/driveway, boundary fencing, landscaping, connection to services together with all associated site works |
| 2360248 | Conditional | 27 Sept 2023 | 1 | 206 m | Permission to construct an extension (65.9sqm) to the rear (east)of the existing dwelling and to add a first-floor level (61.8sqm) onto the existing dwelling house. Planning permission is sought for amendments to the structure which will include the following: 1. Increase the height of the existing roof by 1.1m 2. Proposed new windows and alterations to existing window openings to north, south& west elevations 3. Alterations to the existing bay window to the front (west elevation) 4. Remove the existing chimney 5. Remove the existing front porch on the west elevation Planning permission is also sought to install a garage (62sqm) to the southeast of the site. Permission is also sought to decommission the existing septic tank on site and connect to the existing public mains to the rear of the property and all associated site works at the above address |
| 2360252 | Conditional | 25 Sept 2023 | 0 | 291 m | The development will consist of the retention of elevational alterations to the west, east and north facades to accommodate the relocation of internal offices to external walls, reconfiguration of building footprint and addition of electrical substation and switchroom to the north facade and locating additional warehouse doors to the north facade and reconfiguration of building footprint with no nett change in approved floor area of the building approved under planning reference 206220 and the retention of four external sculptural columns to the west side of the building and all associated site works and services. |
| 22341 | Conditional | 16 Dec 2022 | 0 | 383 m | to consist of a two storey cleanroom extension to existing manufacturing facility and associated warehouse storage and plant areas and all associated site works and services to the rear of existing buildings |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322070 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jun 2025 | 389 m |
| 322034 | — | Invalid | 10 Mar 2025 | 389 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
- 1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 Nov 2026
- 1 Oct 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.