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Planning report · Westmeath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 17:26

Austin Friars Street

53.52663, -7.33819

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (93%). 16 homes approved 4 m away haven't started.

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Westmeath County Council: council consultations.

3planning files on this houselatest 202593%of home extensions approved nearbyn=81 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–550open for comments nearbywithin 500 m31homes approved nearby, not startednearest 4 m · 2235

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 53 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 1991–2000. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of MullingarBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2025: 2560439 · to amend the, withdrawn or invalid2023: 2235 · demolition, approved2022: 222 · demolition, withdrawn or invalid2021: 9 files on Mullingar2022: 16 files on Mullingar2023: 11 files on Mullingar2024: 11 files on Mullingar2025: 14 files on Mullingar2026: 3 files on Mullingar64 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2025
    2560439 · to amend the · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  2. 2023
    2235 · demolition · approved 2023 · not started, runs out 2028
    approvedstartedsigned off
  3. 2022
    222 · demolition · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (WM019-089038-)
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Protected building7 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory7 within 100 m house; Annebrook House
Monument zoneOn this site Water mill - unclassified, Mullingar; Building, Mullingar

Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Soltec (Ireland) Limited (591 m); Data Packaging Ltd. (669 m); Taconic International Ltd. (933 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings120Bank of Ireland; house
Monuments39R165499; R165512
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 7 on the draft 2027 map; 7 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
SMR zones of notificationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

Extensions here: 80–100% by type.

Single-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 25%
100% · council 99%
Two-storey rear10 decided · more info asked 50%
100% · council 93%
Attic or dormer10 decided · more info asked 10%
80% · council 91%
First-floor12 decided · more info asked 17%
92% · council 92%
Approved nearbyWestmeath overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 44 nearby, 314 council-wide

Figure 3

Mullingar, file by file since 2021

17 of 18 decided extensions on the road were approved.

64 planning files on Mullingar since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 5 · 2021 · two-storey rear · approved · 21103No number · 2021 · two-storey rear · approved · 21357No. 11 · 2021 · first-floor · approved · 21615No. 5 · 2021 · two-storey rear · approved · 2165No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22279No number · 2022 · porch / front · approved · 22507No number · 2022 · first-floor · approved · 22541No. 33 · 2024 · two-storey rear · approved · 2460012No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 2460035No. 44 · 2024 · first-floor · approved · 2460293No number · 2024 · garage conversion · approved · 2460452No. 5 · 2025 · first-floor · refused · 2560113No. 56 · 2025 · rear · approved · 2560374No. 5 · 2025 · single-storey rear · approved · 2560465No. 7 · 2025 · two-storey rear · approved · 2560527No. 4 · 2025 · two-storey rear · approved · 2560564No number · 2026 · other extension · approved · 2660048No. 6 · 2026 · garage conversion · approved · 2660242Porches, roofs, otherNo. 2 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21177No. 41 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21308No. 25 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21345No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21616No. 4 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21618No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 22136No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22181No. 23 · 2022 · other work · approved · 2226No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22298No. 28A · 2022 · other work · approved · 22304No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2235No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 2241No. 38 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22437No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22464No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22542No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2260015No. 22 · 2022 · other work · approved · 2260032No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2298No. 3 · 2023 · other work · approved · 23127No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23134No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2341No. 16 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2358No. 2 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360091No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360114No. 9 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360225No. 52 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360244No. 8 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360362No. 48A · 2023 · other work · refused · 2373No. 17 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2385No. 18 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460005No. 6 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460108No. 17 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460316No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460325No. 33 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460363No number · 2024 · first-floor · approved · 2460407No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460422No number · 2025 · other work · refused · 2560062No number · 2025 · other work · refused · 2560135No number · 2025 · other work · refused · 2560227No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560286No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560346No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560356No number · 2025 · other work · refused · 2560484No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560513No. 15 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560554No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660218New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

64 files with "Mullingar" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2021–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 90 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 142 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 138 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 51–55 (n=59)53 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 142 days (n=22)142 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 138 days after permission (n=24)138 days after permissionSigned off83% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated81 decided home extensions, 24 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed1 decided
    1 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Austin Friars Street with 11 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedBuilding site that stoppedEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Spout Well Lane 2235Approved, no sign building has started · 4 m
    2. 2rear of 16 Springfield Cottages, Mullingar 17/6081Building site that stopped · 397 m
    3. 339 & 41 Oliver Plunkett Street 21308Approved, not started, approval runs out within a year · 408 m
    4. 40.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 411 m
    5. 51.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 441 m
    6. 60.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 0 m
    7. 7Site formerly known as the Lake County Nightclub, Fronting Castle Street and Spoutwell Lane 2660452No decision yet · 53 m
    8. 8THE Crossed Keys Bar, Austin Friar Street Mullingar 2660218Approved with conditions · 123 m
    9. 9Unit 8B Harbour Place Shopping Centre, 15 Harbour Street 2560554Approved with conditions · 170 m
    10. 104 Millmount Terrace, Mullingar 2560564Approved with conditions · 310 m
    11. 116 Harbour Quay, Harbour Road 2660242Approved with conditions · 462 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 49 permissions since 2016, 15 show a start notice and 5 have a completion certificate.

    56 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 49 approved, 7 refused. After appeals: 49 approved. Of those: 5 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 8 started, 32 with no start notice found, 2 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT49: lodged → approved7: lodged → refused49: approved → approved7: refused → refused32: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out8: approved → started, not signed off5: approved → signed off2: approved → ran out56 lodged56 lodged49 approved49 approved7 refused7 refused49 approved49 approved7 refused7 refused32 no start notice found32 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out8 started, not signed off8 started, not signed off5 signed off5 signed off2 ran out2 ran out

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured56 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

      Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

      Figure 8

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      16 homes 4 m away were approved Jan 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jan 2028. 1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off.

      Spout Well Lane · 16 homes: 16 homes approved Jan 2023, not started; 39 & 41 Oliver Plunkett… · 15 homes: 15 homes approved, not started; runs out Mar 2027; rear of 16 Springfield… · 13 homes: 13 homes, started Nov 2021, never signed off20212022202320242025202620272028Spout Well Lane · 16 homes4 m · 223516 homes approved Jan 2023, not started16 homes approved Jan 2023, not started39 & 41 Oliver Plunkett… · 15 homes408 m · 2130815 homes approved, not started; runs out Mar 202715 homes approved, not started; runs out Mar 2027rear of 16 Springfield… · 13 homes397 m · 17/608113 homes, started Nov 2021, never signed off13 homes, started Nov 2021, never signed offtoday

      Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

      Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

      Sites that could change 6 within 500 m

      Building site that stopped 1

      • 2rear of 16 Springfield Cottages, Mullingar · 13 homes, started Nov 2021, never signed off · 397 m

      Approved, not started, approval running out 1

      Approved, not started 1

      Empty land zoned for homes 3

      • 40.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 411 m
      • 51.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 441 m
      • 60.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 m

      Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 9 and 14 a year; busiest 2025. 88% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 8, 2022: 13, 2023: 10, 2024: 9, 2025: 14, 2026: 2051015202021: 8 approved8’21*2022: 12 approved2022: 1 refused13’222023: 9 approved2023: 1 refused10’232024: 9 approved9’242025: 9 approved2025: 5 refused14’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 9 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      How we work this out
      Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
      Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Building work nearby 7 in the last 12 months
      6 not signed off1 no sign-off needed
      • Springfield Cottages, Mullingar, Westmeath · 1 Jul 2026 · 9 homes · start notice not signed off · 21616 · 480 m
      • 12 Austin Friars Street, Mullingar, Westmeath, N91 Y6P2 · 1 May 2026 · 6 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 62 m
      • Kilcumny, Barbavilla, Collinstown, Mullingar, Westmeath · 27 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 24/60273 · 270 m
      • 3 Mount Street, Mullingar, Westmeath, N91 NX73 · 16 Apr 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 265 m
      • 33 Sráid an Phiarsaigh, An Muileann gCearr, Westmeath, N91 X9RN · 16 Apr 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 2460363 · 207 m
      • 15/17 Oliver Plunkett Street, Mullingar, Westmeath, N91 Y049 · 30 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60316 · 333 m
      • 15 Harbour Street, Mullingar, Westmeath, N91 W9X7 · 24 Mar 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560554 · 203 m
      How we work this out
      Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.
      Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Homes coming 31 not started
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      An Gairdin Scoil Montessori · Crèche30 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      Bright Beginnings · Crèche14 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      Bright Star Academy · Crèche28 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      Busy Little Bees · Crèche10 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      Early Steps Childcare · Crèche23 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      First Class Montessori · Crèche14 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      Rathganny Pre- school · Crèche3 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      Steps Ahead Playschool · Crèche14 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 735 m
      How we work this out
      Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.
      Sources: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Westmeath County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here83
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here233
      Council middle2
      How we work this out
      Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 10

      This street block against the council

      30% owner-occupied (council 68%).

      Homes built before 1971
      30% · council 26%
      Homes built since 2001
      15% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      30% · council 68%
      Rented
      64% · council 26%
      Children under 15
      16% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      21% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      11% · council 44%
      Work mainly from home
      22% · council 9%
      This small area (125 people)Westmeath

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 237106012

      Bus
      80 m
      Austin Friars St · 115, 115C, 115X · busiest stop within 500 m: 6 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      261 m
      S N na Naomh Uile, 86 pupils
      Homes sold nearby
      10
      in 3 years (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • S N na Naomh Uile · primary · 86 pupils · 261 m
      • Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire · primary · 307 pupils · 353 m
      • Presentation Convent (Jnr) · primary · 277 pupils · 353 m
      • Mullingar Community College · postprimary · 367 pupils · 365 m
      • St Brigids Spec Sch · primary · 93 pupils · 465 m
      • Colaiste Mhuire, · postprimary · 873 pupils · 580 m
      • Scoil na mBraithre · primary · 409 pupils · 586 m
      • Loreto College · postprimary · 825 pupils · 629 m

      Stops 28

      • Austin Friars St · 115, 115C, 115X, 167, 190, 23 · 5/hour at peak · 80 m
      • Austin Friars Street · 190, MU2 · 3/hour at peak · 84 m
      • Austin Friars St · 819, MB01 · 0/hour at peak · 95 m
      • Mullingar Castle Street · 816, 818, 819, MU1, MU2 · 5/hour at peak · 116 m
      • Castle Street · 115, 115C, 115X, 167, 23, 70 · 6/hour at peak · 123 m
      • Presentation Convent · MU1, MU2 · 4/hour at peak · 351 m
      • Presentation Convent · MU1, MU2 · 4/hour at peak · 389 m
      • Oliver Plunkett Street · MU1 · 2/hour at peak · 400 m

      Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

      • S N na Naomh Uile · 261 m-1.1% pupils (86)
      • Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire · 353 m0% pupils (307)
      • Presentation Convent (Jnr) · 353 m-2.5% pupils (277)
      • Mullingar Community College · 365 m-2.1% pupils (367) · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions
      • St Brigids Spec Sch · 465 m+8.1% pupils (93)
      • Colaiste Mhuire, · 580 m+4.6% pupils (873)
      Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
      Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
      cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
      National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
      Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
      dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
      EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
      Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
      Question 6

      What to ask, and who

      1. Demolition (2235) approved 2023, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
        Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
        Seller · council
      3. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
        Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
        Solicitor
      4. 16 homes approved 4 m away (Spout Well Lane), not started: what is planned?
        Ask for: The planning file for 2235.
        Council
      5. Any work done without planning permission?
        Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
        Seller · solicitor
      Reference

      Where this is, the terms, the sources

      Townland
      Mullingar
      Electoral division
      Mullingar North Urban
      Electoral area
      Mullingar
      Council
      Westmeath County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 3 applications on this site; latest 2560439, withdrawn.
      • Monument zone; on the vacant land tax map.
      • 6 sites nearby could change: 1 stalled build, 2 approved schemes, 3 empty zoned plots.
      • 31 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 16 at Spout Well Lane.
      • Castle Street (bus 115, 115C) 123 m away: 6 an hour at morning peak; 31 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 64% rent (council 26%); 22% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1991–2000; 50% drive to work (council 63%); population up 5% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 59 days (about 8 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 28 in the last year, 49 three years before.
      What the terms mean 8 terms
      • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
      • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
      • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
      • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
      • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
      • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
      • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
      • Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.
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      Measured
      counted from a public register
      Calculated
      a rate or median we worked out from those counts
      Our classification
      we sorted it by reading each description
      Estimate
      inferred from another source (census, map data)
      Rule summary
      the law, simplified: check before relying on it
      How we work this out
      Generated 1 Nov 2026, 17:26 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.