Observation pack · Westmeath County Council

Williamstown , Delvin , Co. Westmeath

For RETENTION permission and planning permission for (a) RETENTION Permission for the existing dwelling & planning permission to construct an extension onto side of existing dwelling & include internal alterations & modifications, b) RETENTION permission to retain existing garage/store

Observations close 9 Dec 2026 25 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660594 · full record
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Site area: 3,044 m²
Received: 4 Nov 2026
Decision due: 7 Jan 2027

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/2660594/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660594 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 9 Dec 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560268	Conditional	13 Jul 2026		279 m	A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.
2660140	Conditional	21 May 2026	1	78 m	for a change of (i) house plans, garage plans and site boundaries and (ii) house, garage and septic tank and percolation area position from that which was previously granted under planning file 25/60305 with all ancillary site works
2560305	Conditional	5 Aug 2025	1	69 m	planning permission to construct a dwelling house, detached garage with septic tank and percolation area with all ancillary site works
2360412	Conditional	26 Jan 2024	1	230 m	the proposed demolition of an existing utility room, bathroom & boiler room to rear of an existing dwelling house along with the proposed construction of a single storey extension to the side of the same dwelling house, the decomissioning of an exisitng septic tank and percolation area which is to be replaced with a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works
22555	Refused	26 Apr 2023		69 m	outline permission consisting of the construction of a two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, proposed entrance off public road, tertiary treatment system and infiltration/treatment area and all ancillary site works

What has happened on this file

4 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 9 Dec 2026
4 Nov 2026 Decision

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