Planning application 2660222
Rathgowan 278-Unit Residential Development
Rathgowan or Farranshock (townland), Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Application timeline
Key milestones
Key dated milestones from the planning record.
Application received
Further information requested
Further information received
Decision: CONDITIONAL
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Why this application matters
Homes and childcare
The scheme provides 278 homes alongside a childcare facility, creating a substantial new residential neighbourhood at Rathgowan/Farranshock in Mullingar.
Access and movement
Vehicle access is planned from Rathgowan Park, linking the existing roundabout on the R394 C-Link Road to the south with the R393 Ashe Road to the north. Footpaths and cycle lanes form part of the works.
Servicing and public realm
Infrastructure includes three ESB substations, car and bicycle parking, public lighting, landscaping and amenity areas. Works also relocate underground surface-water attenuation tanks and combine two existing foul sewer lines into a new foul drainage connection.
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Application details
- Planning reference
- 2660222
- Council
- Westmeath County Council
- Proposal description
- The following Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising of 278 no. residential units, 1 no. childcare facility and all ancillary development works including 3 no. ESB substations, footpaths, cycle lanes, car and bicycle parking, drainage, bin storage, public lighting, landscaping/amenity areas and boundary treatments. Access will be via Rathgowan Park from the existing roundabout on the R394 (C-Link Road) to the south and the R393 Ashe Road to the north. Site development works include the decommissioning and relocation of existing underground surface water attenuation tanks and the diversion of 2 no. existing foul sewer lines. The 2-no. existing foul lines will outfall to a new single foul pipe proposed as part of the new drainage network.
- Location / address
- Rathgowan or Farranshock (townland), Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Received / registered
- 30 Apr 2026
- Council decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Council decision date
- 10 Sept 2026
Location context
Nearby sold prices
Recent Property Price Register sales in Farranshock. Distances are not shown because the sale records do not contain reliable coordinates.