Westmeath County Council grants permission for 104-home scheme at Ardmore Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

In context

It is one of 36 housing scheme applications Westmeath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 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 6 November 2025. 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.

the development of 104 no. residential units (a Large-scale Residential Development - LRD) and supporting infrastructure at Ardmore Road, Ballinderry Td., Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, a site of circa 3.3 hectares. The proposed development will comprise the construction of 104 no. residential units as presents: 17 no. 2-bedroom mid-terrace houses all at two-storey height; 50 no. 3-bedroom houses comprising terraced and semi-detached units, all at two-storey height; 32 no. 4-bedroom houses comprising detached and semi-detached units, all at two-storey including attic height; 1 no. 4-bedroom single-storey detached house; 1 no. two-storey apartment block (circa 247.3 sqm) comprising 4 no. 1-bedroom apartment units. The proposed development will also provide: 1 no. single-storey creche / childcare facility (circa 199.3 sqm); 199 no. car parking spaces comprising of in-curtilage residential parking, out-of-curtilage apartment parking, and creche dedicated parking including accessibility parking; 232 no. bicycle parking spaces; public open space totalling 0.37 hectares; communal open space totalling 104.9 sqm; private garden / amenity areas; all associated hard and soft-landscaping, play areas, boundary treatments, roads, footpaths, cycle lanes, bin storage, 1 no. ESB sub-station, 1 no. wastewater pumping station, and all other ancillary works above and below ground. Access will be provided via the L1133 Ardmore Road.