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Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Glenatore , Clonbrusk , Athlone

development which will consist of the construction of a Phase 2 Residential Development to previously granted development (ref; 22/484- 22 units). This second phase will comprise the construction of 14 units, comprising 3x 1 Bed units (triplex), 6x 3-bed terraced units and 5x 4-bed terraced units, together with connection to existing services, associated private, communal and public open space, landscaping, street lighting, works to site boundaries, creation of new pedestrian link, roads, paving and parking, and all other associated site works and services

Observations close 10 Nov 2026 21 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660539 · full record
Authority
Westmeath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
3,739 m²
Received
6 Oct 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
30 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660539/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660539 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 10 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2619Conditional30 Sept 20260397 mExtension of Duration for 1) The construction of a total of 62 residential units consisting of (a) 28 four-bedroom semi-detached houses (b) 6 four-bedroom terraced houses (c) 16 three-bedroom terraced houses (d) 6 two-bedroom own-door apartments (e) 6 three-bedroom own-door duplex apartments; 2) Pedestrian and vehicular entrance/egress from Coosan Link Road to the north 3) All associated landscaping, vehicular surface car parking, bicycle parking, refuse storage, boundary treatments and all associated site development works and services
2660170Conditional4 Jun 20261185 mthe construction of new extensions to an existing dwelling. The works will include new front & rear single storey extensions, a new dormer roof side extension, internal reconfiguration of accommodation, and all ancillary site works
2660159Conditional29 May 20260297 ma) demolition of an existing concrete slab; b) construction of a new community house comprising 4 no. residents bedrooms, a staff bedroom, kitchen and ancillary facilities; c) new connection to the existing public foul sewer; and d) new road entrance and all associated site ancillary works
2660002Conditional26 May 20261397 mthe following: 1. Amendments to site boundaries 2. Amendments to house types A, B, C, I, J & K (No’s 1-17 and 41-57 inclusive), comprising of the removal of the rear single storey ground floor projection and minor alterations to each house. 3. Amendments to house types D, E & F (No’s 30 to 40 inclusive), comprising of the optional attic conversion of the 3 bed houses to allow for an additional bedroom to give the option of a 3 or 4 bedroom house. 4. Minor amendments to site layouts and all ancillary works at Fionnán Mór, Coosan Link Road, Clonbrusk, Athlone. Previous planning ref no. 21/17
2660028Conditional30 Mar 20260459 mdevelopment will consist of the construction of a Geodome polytunnel in the Sensory Garden at the above address, and all site development works
2560515Conditional12 Dec 20250374 mdevelopment at B&Q Unit RW1, Arcadia Retail Park, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The development will consist of the removal of existing external signage on all external elevations and replacement with new external elevational signage on all external elevations, changes to elevational treatment including window graphics on the front/southern elevation, trolley safety signage at the existing trolley bays, disabled and parent & child parking signage at the existing parking spaces, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development
2560296Conditional27 Nov 2025131 msingle storey extension by 37sqm of the existing single storey detached 16sqm garage (total 53 sqm) to the rear of the dwelling house
259Conditional20 May 20251470 mEXTENSION OF DURATION for construction of two dwellings and one detached garage, new combined site entrance onto public road, connection to public surface water and foul sewer systems and public watermain and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
320146—open10 Jul 2024251 m
313492—Refused22 Nov 2023327 m
316842—Other8 Aug 2023139 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

  • 6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026
  • 6 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.