Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

73 Lynn Heights , Ballinderry , Mullingar

the development will consist of the following: permission is sought for construction of an extension (5.85 sq.m) to the existing detached garage (15.58 sqm). Permission is also sought for the change of use of the existing detached garage to provide an ancillary home office (11.11 sq.m), utility room (4.98 sq.m), and WC (5.40 sq.m), together with all associated alterations and site works

Observations close 20 Nov 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660557 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 362 m²
Received: 16 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
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/2660557/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660557 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 20 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

Recorded monument × 1
R165398

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660106	Conditional	23 Sept 2026	1	334 m	development that will consists of the demolition of the existing conservatory to rear of existing dwelling with new two storey dormer extension to southern end of dwelling, new single storey extensions to the southern end and rear western side of dwelling, to include external alterations, new garage and all associated and ancillary site works
2660229	Conditional	30 Jun 2026	1	162 m	development which will consists of demolition of existing sunroom to western side of existing dwelling and construction of new garden/dining room, minor alterations to exterior and all associated site works
2660010	Conditional	12 Mar 2026	1	38 m	development will consist of (i) the residential conversion of an existing domestic garage (ii) the extending of the existing dwelling to accommodate the converted space as part of the existing dwelling together with associated site works
2560404	Conditional	28 Nov 2025	1	288 m	residential conversion of the existing detached garage and extension onto existing dwelling and all ancillary works
2560084	Conditional	19 Jun 2025	117	420 m	development to amend a permitted SHD An Bord Pleánala Ref. No. 313099-22 comprising 130 no. residential dwellings. The proposed development will consist of a reduction in the overall number of dwellings permitted from 130 to 117 by way of the omission of 3 no 2.5 storey apartment /duplex buildings in the eastern part of the site and replacement of these with 2 no. semi-detached 2 storey dwellings identified as House Type A) to the south of the site entrance; 4 no. 2 storey semi-detached dwellings (identified as House Types A and C) to the north of the site entrance; 1 no. 2 storey detached dwelling (identified as Type A); and a 2 storey terraced block consisting of 4 no. 2 storey dwellings (identified as House Types A and B1) and associated reconfiguration of internal road and car parking layouts in the immediate vicinity. In addition, revisions consisting of elevational changes and a reduction in the gross floor area are also proposed to permitted House Types A and C. It is also proposed to replace 1 No. house type A1 with proposed House type A: 4 No. House types B to proposed House type C2; 5 No. house types B to proposed House type C; 6 No. house types C1 to proposed house type B1 and 4 No. house type C to proposed house type C2. These changes include revisions to the gross floor areas as originally permitted. All other proposed revisions to dwellings are restricted to minor elevational changes and the repositioning of housing blocks within the site. House type names have been changed and are identified on the accompanying site layout drawing. To facilitate the above amendments revisions to the internal road and car parking layout are also proposed. These include revisions to the internal access road in the south-eastern corner of the site comprising the omission of the turning area and cul-de-sac to provide for a fully connected internal street network at this location; the replacement of grouped parking spaces with in-curtilage car parking spaces to serve Blocks 3 and 4; the reconfiguration of the grouped car parking layout serving permitted blocks 20 and No. 27 to provide for parallel street parking to the front and side of these dwellings; the replacement of grouped car parking spaces serving permitted Block 28 with in-curtilage spaces to serve these dwellings. The proposed development also provides for all associated works to services and utilities, public lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments and all associated site development works
2560024	Conditional	2 May 2025	1	423 m	Permission is sought to RETAIN the following: 1. An existing 2 storey extension (59.3 sqm) (consisting of a bedroom, en-suite, utility and a living area) positioned on the Northeast Elevation attached to the existing dwelling on site. 2. An existing single storey sunroom (22.3 sqm) positioned on the Southwest elevation attached to the existing dwelling on site. 3. An existing single storey detached garage (57.3 sqm) on the Northeast of the site, and all associated site works
2460436	Refused	17 Jan 2025	1	289 m	residential conversion and extension to the existing detached garage and all ancillary works
2360202	Conditional	25 Aug 2023	0	244 m	development which will consist of retention permission of new first floor within existing Chapel building and planning permission for the change of use of chapel to ground floor and first floor day wards. To also include construction of new escape stairs and alterations to existing elevations and all associated parking, siteworks and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313099	—	Granted with conditions	27 Jul 2023	418 m
313342	—	Granted with conditions	21 Jul 2023	388 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 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 20 Nov 2026
16 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Westmeath County Council before relying on it.