Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Site G , Greatdown The Downs , Mullingar Westmeath

to construct a new storey and a half type dwelling, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated ancillary site services

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660545 · 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: 2,437 m²
Received: 9 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 3 Dec 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/2660545/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660545 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 13 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
2560428	Conditional	22 May 2026	1	361 m	construction of dwelling, domestic Garage, installation of septic and percolation area, construction of entrance vehicular entrance off the public road, and to carry out all ancillary site works
2560337	Conditional	28 Oct 2025	0	297 m	Construction and erection of an outdoor sauna, outdoor plunge pools, erection of outdoor changing facilities, office space/ reception area, outdoor seating and all associated ancillary site services
2560046	Conditional	28 Mar 2025	1	131 m	development which will consist of the demolition of the existing attached outbuildings to the rear and relocating existing shed, and the construction of a single storey extension to the rear, the West side of the existing dwelling. The development will also consist of amendments to the existing fenestration, the construction of a domestic garage, the decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area, and the installation of a new septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works
2560018	Conditional	18 Mar 2025	0	246 m	a 90.3sq.m single storey extension to the existing club gym building and all associated ancillary site services
2360373	Conditional	28 Feb 2024	1	225 m	construction of a dwelling house with treatment system & percolation area with all ancillary site works
2360449	Refused	20 Feb 2024	1	0 m	construction of a new storey and a half type dwelling, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, septic tank and percolation area, and all associated ancillary site services
2360118	Conditional	14 Jun 2023	1	154 m	development which will consist of the change of house type from previously granted planning permission (file ref: 176285), to the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, proposed entrance off public road, traditional septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works
2360048	Conditional	24 Apr 2023	0	251 m	construction of a new Children’s Playground Facility to include the widening of the existing vehicular entrance and a 1 metre wide footpath to the rear of proposed playground and all associated ancillary site services

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
9 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.