57-home scheme proposed at Ashe 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 1,577 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 16 September 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

development at on lands at Ashe Road, Mullingar, County Westmeath Planning Application sought by MELA Homes, following pre-planning consultation with Westmeath County Council under reference PP6826. The proposed development consists of works to a protected structure (Rps 019-020 NIAH 15310002), the demolition of two vacant agricultural sheds, and the construction of 55 no. residential units, resulting in a total of 57 no. units. The residential development comprises: 16 no. four-bedroom, two-storey terraced houses; 18 no. three-bedroom, two-storey terraced houses; 17 no. two-bedroom, two-storey terraced houses; 4 no. one-bedroom apartments; and 2 no. three-bedroom, two-storey semi-detached houses as part of the proposed works to the protected structure (Rps 019-020 NIAH 15310002). The development also includes all associated site development works, including surface water and foul drainage infrastructure, utility services, boundary treatments, internal roads, landscaped open spaces, footpaths, and all ancillary site works