Major dairy farm expansion with new cubicle shed, extended milking parlour and slurry storage

Application incomplete – further information needed from applicant

Farmer Robert English is applying to expand his dairy farm at Clonkeen, The Pigeons, near Athlone. The plans include extending the milking parlour with a new storage shed, building an 11-bay cubicle shed for cattle, and installing underground slurry storage tanks with a soakaway system for rainwater. He's also seeking permission to keep roofing and walls that were recently added to open-sided cattle sheds.

Full description from the council file

for the following agricultural developments: (1) Agricultural storage shed extension onto the front of existing milking parlour, incorporating the covering of an existing open yard to the side of the milking parlour, resulting in the raising of and re-roofing of the existing milking parlour roof (2) construction of an 11 bay cubicle shed with 3 internal underground slurry storage tanks including the extension of 3no. existing underground slurry storage tanks and construction of a dedicated surface water collection soakaway for roof run-off, and associated site works and Permission to retain the roofing and enclosing of the open cubicles adjoining both sides of a slatted shed, all at my existing farm yard

Details

Reference: 2660189
Applicant: Robert English
Site address: Clonkeen, The Pigeons, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Status: Incompleted Application
Date received: April 18, 2026
Authority: Westmeath County Council

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Source: Westmeath County Council planning portal. Full file, drawings, observations and decision documents are on the council's own ePlan site — view application 2660189 on the council portal →.
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