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Rathgowan or Farranshock

Rathgowan or Farranshock (townland) , Mullingar · Mullingar · Westmeath

278 homes permitted, not started. 278 homes granted 10 Sep 2026, expires 10 Sep 2031

Site area
8.18 ha (20.22 acres)
Zoning
R1
Homes permitted
278, permission to 10 Sept 2031
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Why this site

  • Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
    278 homes permitted, not started · 278 homes granted 10 Sep 2026, expires 10 Sep 2031 · 10 Sept 2026 · source

Planning on this site

Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)

Developers active near this site

Questions about Rathgowan or Farranshock

When does the planning permission at Rathgowan or Farranshock expire?
Its planning permission 2660222 for 278 homes, granted 10 Sept 2026, expires on 10 Sept 2031.
Has building started at Rathgowan or Farranshock?
No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2660222.

Who owns it

The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.52847, -7.36618 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.

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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full

Planning on and around the site

Radius m
250

Near

Total
1
Years
5

Appeals

Total
1
Tagged
0

Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 12 Oct 2026

Deadlines running

Count
1
Radius m
250

Clocks (1)

KindBasisSummaryDays leftDeadline atDeadline kind
permission_expirysignalPermission 2660222 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000)1,79310 Sept 2031permission_expiry

Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 13 Oct 2026; moderngov, 13 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Note
This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes.
On site
Yes
Available
Yes

Zones (1)

CodeLabelMeaningObjective text
R1New residentialZoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit…Proposed Residential: Provide for high quality residential development and associated services in line with the provision of the necessary social and physica…

Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026

Constraints

Buffer m
50
Available
Yes
Flood close m
100
Opw flood extent close
No
Opw flood extent nearby
No

Kinds (1)

KindCountLabel
smr2Recorded monument

Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 27 Sept 2026

Homes planned nearby

Radius m
1,000

As of

Computed at
2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
Sites in table
4,197

Totals

Homes
680
Sites
4
Started
402
Unbuilt
278
Not started
278
Started pct
59
Sites lapsed
0
Sites lapsing
0
Sites started
3
Sites unbuilt
1
Sites appealed
0

Sites (4)

CouncilLatLEALonRefName
WESTMEATH53.53Mullingar-7.372660222Rathgowan or Farranshock
WESTMEATH53.53Mullingar-7.3622515Rathgowan
WESTMEATH53.53Mullingar-7.362360270Rathgowan
WESTMEATH53.53Mullingar-7.36196121Ashe Road

Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026

Public land nearby

Radius m
1,000

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 13 Oct 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m
1,000
Stop count
12
Facility count
5

Stops (10)

NameAgencyStop idDistance m
Rathgowan Parknta8330PB14117259.3
Rathgowan Parknta8330PB14118263.4
Farranshock Parknta8330PB14096379.4
Farranshock Parknta8330PB14095400.5
Ardilaun Heightsnta8330PB14081414.3
Ardilaun Heightsnta8330PB14080417.8
Ardleigh Parknta8330PB14085693.1
Ardleigh Parknta8330PB14084710.3
Ashefieldnta8330PB14086883.5
Ashefieldnta8330PB14087928.5

Schools (2)

CouncilRefKindNamePathDistance m
WESTMEATH20188Jschool_primaryMullingar Educate Together NS/school/mullingar-educate-together-ns-20188j330
WESTMEATH20002Pschool_primaryGAELSCOIL AN MHUILINN/school/gaelscoil-an-mhuilinn-20002p625.1

Sources: gtfs, 11 Oct 2026; schools, 27 Sept 2026

Other sites nearby

Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (12 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (13 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (13 Oct 2026); npad (12 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).

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