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Planning report · Westmeath County Council · 1000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 16 Oct 2026, 19:39

Owel ED, The Municipal District of Mullingar — Kinnegad, County Westmeath, Leinster, Éire / Ireland

53.57461, -7.34412

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2019. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Not held yet for Westmeath County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 201950 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 42–541open for comments nearbyclose 10 Nov

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 50 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2019.

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 2001–2010. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BallynagallBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2019: 196177 · garden room, approved2019: 1 file on Ballynagall2021: 1 file on Ballynagall2022: 1 file on Ballynagall2024: 1 file on Ballynagall4 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. 2019
    196177 · garden room · approved 2019 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Clondrisse Pig Farm Limited (kockdrin) (581 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 1.0 km
Within 1.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings4The Hollies; Ballynagall
Monuments12R165873; R165880
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. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 23:31
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 23:31open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
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

A new house in a garden is harder: 100% approved, and 80% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 80%
100% · council 82%
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 · 5 nearby, 1,356 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballynagall, file by file since 2019

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

4 planning files on Ballynagall since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · rear · approved · 196177No number · 2022 · porch / front · approved · 22111Porches, roofs, otherNew house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21185No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2460488
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Ballynagall" 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 · 2019–2026

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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 42–54 (n=11)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off100% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated12 decided home extensions, 7 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Owel ED, The Municipal District of Mullingar — Kinnegad, County Westmeath, Leinster, Éire / Ireland with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for comments
    1. 1Ballynagall, Mullingar 2660540No decision yet · 48 m
    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 1.0 km; the first closes 10 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-10 2660540: application received — development which will consist of the construction of a single-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, propotoday21 Oct26 Oct31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov2660540: application received — development which will consist of the construction of a single-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, propo · 48 m away · 2026-11-10
    Comments close
    • Comments close 10 Nov 202625 days left
      12660540 · application received — development which will consist of the construction of a single-storey detached dwelling,…
      €20 to the council · 48 m away

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

    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2018. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2024: 105102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 1 approved1’192022: 1 approved1’222024: 1 approved1’24
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    • 1Ballynagall , Mullingar , Westmeath comments close 10 Nov 2026
      development which will consist of the construction of a single-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic…
      26605406 Oct 202648 m
    Every application within 1.0 km 1 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      0
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Westmeath County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here0
      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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 7

      This street block against the council

      89% owner-occupied (council 68%).

      Homes built before 1971
      34% · council 26%
      Homes built since 2001
      22% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      89% · council 68%
      Rented
      5% · council 26%
      Children under 15
      22% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      26% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      64% · council 44%
      Work mainly from home
      10% · council 9%
      This small area (249 people)Westmeath

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 237084001

      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 0

          Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 16 Oct 2026, 01:42
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          Council consultation portalsPublic16 Oct 2026, 01:34open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public16 Oct 2026, 01:42open
          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. Garden room (196177) built without official sign-off: built properly?
            Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. Application 48 m away open for comments until 10 Nov 2026: comment?
            Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
            Council
          3. 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
          Ballynagall
          Electoral division
          Owel
          Electoral area
          Mullingar
          Council
          Westmeath County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 1 application on this site; latest 196177, approved 2019, started, no sign-off needed.
          • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 10 Nov 2026.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 89% owner-occupied (council 68%); 9% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 2001–2010; 72% drive to work (council 63%); population up 9% since 2016.
          • The council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 44% are asked for more information.
          • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          What the terms mean 6 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.
          • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
          • 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.
          Sources and licences 26
          SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
          EPA strategic noise maps—CC BY 4.0—
          Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
          Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
          National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
          services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.09 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.015 Oct 2026
          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
          services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
          services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
          dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public16 Oct 2026
          www2.courts.ie—© the publisher16 Oct 2026
          cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
          dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
          services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.012 Oct 2026
          data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.012 Oct 2026
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
          meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public16 Oct 2026
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          services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
          propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence16 Oct 2026
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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 16 Oct 2026, 19:39 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.