GrantedInfrastructureDecided 6 November 2018

Fearbranagh, Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath

Development of a new Gaelic Football pitch with floodlights, a 224-space car park, and a walkway.

186233 · Westmeath County Council · Lodged 3 August 2018

Reference: 186233
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 3 August 2018

Summary

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This proposal in Multyfarnham is for a sports and recreational development adjacent to the existing Community Centre. It includes a new full-size Gaelic Football pitch with 21-meter-high LED floodlighting, a new 224-space car park with 2 bus bays, a 710-meter lit walkway, security fencing, and site entrance upgrades.

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Official record

Development description

A proposed sports and recreational development adjacent to the existing community centre and playing filed, the proposed development consists of the construction of a new full size gaelic football pitch together with associated drainage works and led pitch floodlighting with supporting masts extending to 21 meters in height. Permission is also sought to construct the following (a) upgrade the existing car parking area and to construct a new car parking area both to be finished with tarmacadam with a total number of 224 spaces and 2 no. Bus parking bays with associated kerbing, to erect safety signage, to install street furniture, bins and safety bollards together with landscaping soft areas, (b) to construct a 3 metre wide walkway measuring 710 metres with led safety lighting, (c) to erect a 2 m high security fence around main boundaries and pitch railing around the perimeter of the proposed playing pitch and (d) to upgrade and widen the existing site entrance. Permission is also sought to (e) install a new surface water drainage system with road gullies, attenuation tanks and petrol interceptors with outlet pipe connected to existing stream and for permission to connect to all on-site ancillary services together with all associated site works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Sporting RecreationalOS

“Provide for, protect and enhance the provision, attractiveness, accessibility and amenity of public open space.”

National zoning type: Active open space

Objective set by the WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Multyfarnham (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
7 Cois Abhainn, Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath	Jan 2025	€600,000	277 m
St Judes, Multyfarnham, Mullingar	Apr 2026	€321,000	492 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received3 August 2018
Further information requested20 September 2018
Further information received12 October 2018
Decision due8 November 2018
Decision issued6 November 2018
Grant issued13 December 2018
Permission expiry12 December 2023

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