Mount Carmel , Station Road , Athlone

What’s proposed

The development will consist of: A part change of use of an existing residential unit to a childcare facility incorporating a sessional pre school facility and also after school care located to the front of the existing residential unit, permission is also sought for minor internal alterations and all ancillary site works

177057 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for the development will consist of: A part change of use of an existing residential unit to, received on 5 Apr 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 25 May 2017.

Planning details

Reference: 177057
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 5 Apr 2017
Observations close: 10 May 2017 (closed 3425 days ago)
Decision due: 30 May 2017 · decided 25 May 2017
Decision: Conditional on 25 May 2017
Proposed development: The development will consist of: A part change of use of an existing residential unit to a childcare facility incorporating a sessional pre school facility and also after school care located to the front of the existing residential unit, permission is also sought for minor internal alterations and all ancillary site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 5,231 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 487846). 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/177057/0.

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Mount Carmel , Station Road , Athlone

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Zoning at the site

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