Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedHousing estateDecided 23 December 2019

Abbeybrook, Kilbeggan, Co.Westmeath

Construction of 69 two-storey houses with public open space and land reserved for cemetery expansion in Kilbeggan.

196084 · Westmeath County Council · Lodged 22 March 2019

Reference
196084
Authority
Westmeath County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
22 March 2019
Residential units
76
Floor area
12996 m²

Summary

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The development consists of 69 two-storey dwellings, each with a private rear garden and two parking spaces. It includes a large landscaped public open space, pedestrian connections to Lower Main Street, and a reserved area for the future expansion of Kilbeggan Cemetery.

Housing estatehousing estatecemeteryopen space
Storeys
2

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Official record

Development description

Construction of 69 no. Two storey dwellings (each dwelling is served by a rear garden private amenity space and 2 no. On-curtilage parking spaces, provision of landscaped public open space (0.83 hectares/8300sqm) to serve the development (and the existing abbeybrook development) to be located west of abbeybrook view and east of kilbeggan cemetery. This public open space integrates with existing open space (playground) provided to the south east of the abbeybrook development and provides pedestrian connections to the lower main street. The development also includes a reservation of 0.412 hectares/4120sqm to provide for the future expansion of the kilbeggan cemetery and a new vehicular junction with the distributor road serving the abbeybrook residential development; street lighting; internal roadways; footpaths; foul and suds surface drainage; landscaping/boundary treatments and all ancillary infrastructural and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

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

National zoning type: Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape

Objective set by the WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Kilbeggan (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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
41 Abbeybrook Garden, Kilbeggan, Co WestmeathSept 2025€210,00027 m
35 Abbeybrook Gardens, Kilbeggan, MullingarJun 2026€336,00059 m
7 Abbeybrook View, Kilbeggan, Co WestmeathAug 2025€310,00069 m
12 Abbeybrook Gdns, Kilbeggan, WestmeathJan 2025€130,000104 m
13 Abbeybrook Gardens, Kilbeggan, County WestmeathAug 2025€255,000115 m
6 Abbeybrook Court, Kilbeggan, WestmeathJan 2026€312,000120 m
2 Walnut Lane, Kilbeggan, Co WestmeathJan 2025€275,100258 m
26 The Gallops, Tullamore Road, KilbegganAug 2025€263,500290 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

  1. Application received22 March 2019
  2. Further information requested16 May 2019
  3. Further information received29 November 2019
  4. Decision due4 January 2020
  5. Decision issued23 December 2019
  6. Grant issued6 February 2020
  7. Permission expiry5 February 2025

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