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Westmeath County Council · 187159

Lower Rd , (Bounding Lower Rd & Bower Lane) , Athlone

  1. 24 Aug 2018Received
  2. 12 Aug 2019Conditional
  3. 30 Sept 2019Final grant
  4. 4 Jan 2022Commenced
  5. 29 Sept 2024Permission expires
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Status
Commenced
Decision
Conditional · 12 Aug 2019
Council
Westmeath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Units
55
Site
1.50 ha
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What’s proposed

Planning permission for a development of 55no. residential units with public open space and associated site works including attenuation area for surface water drainage at this site of circa 1.45 hectares at Lower Rd, (Bounding Lower Rd & Bower Lane), Athlone. The proposed development comprises of the construction of 1no 2/3 storey block (facing Lower Road) comprising of 5no 2 bed duplexes, 1 no 2 bed apartment, 1no 2 bed terrace house; 3 no 4 bed terrace houses and 5 no 1bed apartments (with vehicular access through archway to this block to car parking, bin storage & bicycle enclosures to rear); 5no 2/3 storey blocks comprising of 15 no 3bed & 1 no 2bed terraced houses and 12 no 2/3 storey semi-detached blocks comprising of 16 no 3bed, 6 No 4bed & 2 no 2bed houses. Pedestrian access to duplexes & apartments from the Lower Road. Primary vehicular access off Lower Road with pedestrian accesses from both Lower Road & Bower Lane; 2150 sqm of public open space areas including a centralised landscaped area; all hard & soft landscaping, associated car parking, boundary treatments, footpaths and associated site works

187159 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for planning permission for a development of 55no. residential units with public open space, received on 24 Aug 2018; permission was granted with conditions on 12 Aug 2019.

Planning details

Reference
187159
Local authority
Westmeath County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
24 Aug 2018
Observations close
28 Sept 2018 (closed 2920 days ago)
Decision due
13 Aug 2019 · decided 12 Aug 2019
Decision
Conditional on 12 Aug 2019
Proposed development
Planning permission for a development of 55no. residential units with public open space and associated site works including attenuation area for surface water drainage at this site of circa 1.45 hectares at Lower Rd, (Bounding Lower Rd & Bower Lane), Athlone. The proposed development comprises of the construction of 1no 2/3 storey block (facing Lower Road) comprising of 5no 2 bed duplexes, 1 no 2 bed apartment, 1no 2 bed terrace house; 3 no 4 bed terrace houses and 5 no 1bed apartments (with vehicular access through archway to this block to car parking, bin storage & bicycle enclosures to rear); 5no 2/3 storey blocks comprising of 15 no 3bed & 1 no 2bed terraced houses and 12 no 2/3 storey semi-detached blocks comprising of 16 no 3bed, 6 No 4bed & 2 no 2bed houses. Pedestrian access to duplexes & apartments from the Lower Road. Primary vehicular access off Lower Road with pedestrian accesses from both Lower Road & Bower Lane; 2150 sqm of public open space areas including a centralised landscaped area; all hard & soft landscaping, associated car parking, boundary treatments, footpaths and associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area
1.50 ha 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

  • Commencement notice CN0084624WH
    4 Jan 20224 Lower Road, Athlone, Westmeath, N37 KT91matched by ref_exact

Zoning at the site

No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

Designations within 250 m

No OPW flood extent nearby.

No other designation nearby.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 489006). 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/187159/0.

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