Planning application · Westmeath County Council

278 homes at Rathgowan or Farranshock (townland), Mullingar

Rathgowan or Farranshock (townland), Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

2660222 · WestmeathGranted

278 homes · 8.14 ha · Granted · permission to Sept 2031 (estimate)

Planning application 2660222 to Westmeath County Council for 278 homes at Rathgowan or Farranshock (townland), Mullingar. Granted by the council on 10 September 2026. The permission normally runs to September 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received
  4. Council granted
  5. Permission normally ends (estimate)

The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
2660222
Planning authority
Westmeath County Council
Received
30 Apr 2026
Decided
10 Sept 2026
Status
Granted
Use
Mixed_use
Dwellings
278
Floor area
23,743 m²
Site area
8.14 ha
Further information requested
23 Jun 2026
Further information received
13 Jul 2026

Homes and mix

  • Creche
  • 3 ESB substations

Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.

Proposed development

the following Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising of 278 no. residential units, 1 no. childcare facility and all ancillary development works including 3 no. ESB substations, footpaths, cycle lanes, car and bicycle parking, drainage, bin storage, public lighting, landscaping/amenity areas and boundary treatments. Access will be via Rathgowan Park from the existing roundabout on the R394 (C-Link Road) to the south and the R393 Ashe Road to the north. Site development works include the decommissioning and relocation of existing underground surface water attenuation tanks and the diversion of 2 no. existing foul sewer lines. The 2-no. existing foul lines will outfall to a new single foul pipe proposed as part of the new drainage network.

Planning status

Permission was granted on 10 Sept 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Sept 2031 (estimate).

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