Main Street , Rathowen , Co Westmeath

What’s proposed

The change of use from hairdressing salon and sub-division of existing shop to provide units and associated facilities for the provision of Childcare. Also existing car parking to be rearranged, provide secure boundaries to new play area with protected walkways, new connection to public sewer and all associated site development works

176107 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for the change of use from hairdressing salon and sub-division of existing shop to provide, received on 6 Apr 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 12 Jul 2017.

Planning details

Reference: 176107
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 6 Apr 2017
Observations close: 11 May 2017 (closed 3419 days ago)
Decision due: 16 Jul 2017 · decided 12 Jul 2017
Decision: Conditional on 12 Jul 2017
Proposed development: The change of use from hairdressing salon and sub-division of existing shop to provide units and associated facilities for the provision of Childcare. Also existing car parking to be rearranged, provide secure boundaries to new play area with protected walkways, new connection to public sewer and all associated site development works
As published by the register.
Site area: 2,089 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 488328). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/176107/0.

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Main Street , Rathowen , Co Westmeath

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