Westmeath County Council grants permission for 54-home scheme at Dublin Road R446, Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath

In context

It is one of 32 housing scheme applications Westmeath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,597 nationally. Of the 3,043 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 21 September 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 which will consist of the construction of 54 no. dwellings comprising: 6 no. terraced 3 bed 2 storey houses (Type A1), 8 no. semi-detached/ terraced 3 bed 2 storey houses (Type B1), 22 no. semi-detached 3 bed 2 storey houses (Type B2), 1 no. semi-detached 3 bed 2 storey house (Type C1), 1 no. semi-detached 3 bed 2 storey house (Type C2), 2 no. detached/ semi-detached 4 bed 2 storey houses (Type D2), 2 no. detached/ semi-detached 4 bed 2 storey houses (Type E1), 2 no. semi-detached 4 bed 2.5 storey houses (Type F1), 2 no. semi-detached 4 bed 2.5 storey houses (Type F2) and 8 no. 1 bed own hall door self-contained apartments in 1 no. 2 storey block. The development will also include car parking, bin and bicycle stores, public / communal open spaces, site services including foul pumping station & associated rising main, landscaping, boundary treatments and all ancillary site development works, with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Dublin Road (R446) all on site of circa 1.84 Ha.