Westmeath County Council grants permission for 93-home scheme at Saunders Bridge, Ardmore Road Ballinderry Td., 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 8 July 2026. 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 comprising 93 no. residential units and a childcare facility at Saunders Bridge, Ardmore Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, on a site of 4.48 Ha. The proposed development will consist of: 81 no. 2-storey housing units; 5 no. 3 bed mid terraced units, 54 no.3 bed semi-detached units, 22 no. 4 bed semi-detached units and 12 no. 2 bed apartment units in a singular block, a creche facility (circa. 242 sqm), the formation of 3 no. vehicular access points off the established residential access road and associated residential road network, active travel route, 184 no. car parking spaces and 220 no. cycle parking spaces. The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths an ESB Sub-Station, and all other ancillary works above and below ground