Westmeath County Council grants permission for 67-home scheme at Hillquarter, Coosan, Co. Westmeath

In context

It is one of 36 housing scheme applications Westmeath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,548 nationally. Of the 3,018 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 19 June 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Westmeath County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

development which will consist of: (i) The construction of 67 no. dwellings, comprising of 4 no. four-bedroom two-storey detached dwellings, 28 no. four-bedroom two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 30 no. three-bedroom terraced dwellings, 5 no. two-bedroom terraced dwellings; (ii) Upgrading section of existing public sewer beneath public road west of the site, and new connection to said infrastructure; (iii) All associated site development works including new site entrance from public road, internal roads, paths, paving, parking, bin stores, drainage, amenity space, landscaped public open space, street lighting, boundary treatments, water services, a foul sewer pump station, storm drainage, underground stormwater attenuation tank with attenuated outflow to existing open drain, ESB substation and all associated site works to complete the development. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.