Refused · decision due 20 Aug 2026Refused decision

41 dwellings, Castlelost Road, Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath

Rochfortbridge, Westmeath · Westmeath County Council · Plan 2660344 · PB ref PB-3191142792

development which will consist of: 41 no. 2-storey housing units, comprising 36 no. 3 bed semi-detached units and 5 no. 4 bed detached units; the formation of a new vehicular access point and a separate pedestrian / cycle access both directly off the Castlelost Road; 56 no. car parking spaces, 41 no. in curtilage...

Indicative value €3m–10m PB indicative band
Units applied for 41 public application record
Floor area 3,993 m² published reliable figure
Decision due 20 Aug 2026 public planning date
Commenced None indexed public commencement index
Decision-stage scope

The public decision state is shown, but conditions and later amendments can still change delivery scope.

Application scope

Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.

Not procurement evidence

No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.

Opportunity & supplier intelligence

What is known, and what may happen next

Source-linked

Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.

Likely procurement timing Held after refusal

No near-term procurement timing is inferred from a refused planning decision.

REFUSED / Confidence: High for planning state
Decision REFUSED

Decision recorded 18 Aug 2026.

Commencement activity No linked activity indexed

No commencement indexed / This is an index state, not proof that no works have started.

Source limited
Drawings availability Drawing availability not indexed

No drawing entry is available in this lead's bounded document evidence.

Source limited

Confirmed application scope

development which will consist of: 41 no. 2-storey housing units, comprising 36 no. 3 bed semi-detached units and 5 no. 4 bed detached units; the formation of a new vehicular access point and a separate pedestrian / cycle access both directly off the Castlelost Road; 56 no. car parking spaces, 41 no. in curtilage (5 no. EV and 2 no. accessible) and 15 no. visitor (1 no. EV and 2 no. accessible) and 22 no. visitor cycle parking spaces. The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary...

Ref 2660344 Source-linked Official application description for exact planning reference 2660344

Public source roles

Strongly Ltd
Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.

Explicit source signals only

0 packages

No work package meets the explicit source, reference and locator threshold. PlanningBrief does not pad this list with generic trades.

Confidence & provenance 0 official sources
Authority
Westmeath County Council
Exact reference
2660344
Evidence reviewed
31 Aug 2026
Confidence
Source-linked

Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.

Application-stage scope

What the public record evidences

3 source-supported signals
Large residential

Large residential - 41 dwellings

The public application record identifies 41 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.

2660344Explicit application record
Site works

Roads and site-development scope

The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.

2660344Explicit description signal
Services

Services / drainage scope

The public application description explicitly references services / drainage scope.

2660344Explicit description signal

Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.

Project facts

Named source parties

Promoter
Strongly Ltd
Planning agent
Mel McGerr
Agent address
9 Church Street Athlone Co. Westmeath N37 K6F5
Official description

Application text

development which will consist of: 41 no. 2-storey housing units, comprising 36 no. 3 bed semi-detached units and 5 no. 4 bed detached units; the formation of a new vehicular access point and a separate pedestrian / cycle access both directly off the Castlelost Road; 56 no. car parking spaces, 41 no. in curtilage (5 no. EV and 2 no. accessible) and 15 no. visitor (1 no. EV and 2 no. accessible) and 22 no. visitor cycle parking spaces. The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths, a wastewater pumping station and all other ancillary works above and below ground

Source-aware chronology

Application to site progress

Empty lanes explain their state.
PlanningCouncil planning register
  1. Applied 26 Jun 2026 2660344
  2. Decision Refused 18 Aug 2026
AppealsAn Coimisiún Pleanála
  1. Appeal No appeal indexed No public appeal record is indexed against this application.
CommencementPublic commencement index
  1. Commenced No commencement indexed This planning record has no linked public commencement evidence.
CompletionPublic completion projection
  1. Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register

Source, scope and limits

Public planning record
Application description and scale 2660344

development which will consist of: 41 no. 2-storey housing units, comprising 36 no. 3 bed semi-detached units and 5 no. 4 bed detached units; the formation of a new vehicular access point and a separate pedestrian / cycle access both directly off the Castlelost Road; 56 no. car parking spaces, 41 no. in curtilage (5 no. EV and 2 no. accessible) and 15 no. visitor (1 no. EV and 2 no. accessible) and 22 no. visitor cycle parking spaces. The proposal includes all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths, a wastewater pumping station and all other ancillary works above and below ground

AuthorityWestmeath County Council
Reference2660344
StatusChecked 31 Aug 2026
Open official record