The Square , Castlepollard , Co. Westmeath

What’s proposed

1). Change of use of the adjacent retail premises (Eircode N91 X2P0) to hotel use, providing an office, staff facilities, bedroom and stairs. 2). Relocate the existing disabled w/c and office, increasing bar space. 3). Additional window on the northen wall of the bar area. 4). Reconfigure the guest bedrooms at first floor level overlooking the Square. 5). Remove the stairs in the existing entrance lobby and replace with a lift and, 6). all associated site services. This building and its environs is a protected structure

22395 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for 1). Change of use of the adjacent retail premises (Eircode N91 X2P0) to hotel use, received on 3 Aug 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Sept 2022.

Planning details

Reference: 22395
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 3 Aug 2022
Observations close: 7 Sept 2022 (closed 1472 days ago)
Decision due: 27 Sept 2022 · decided 23 Sept 2022
Decision: Conditional on 23 Sept 2022
Proposed development: 1). Change of use of the adjacent retail premises (Eircode N91 X2P0) to hotel use, providing an office, staff facilities, bedroom and stairs. 2). Relocate the existing disabled w/c and office, increasing bar space. 3). Additional window on the northen wall of the bar area. 4). Reconfigure the guest bedrooms at first floor level overlooking the Square. 5). Remove the stairs in the existing entrance lobby and replace with a lift and, 6). all associated site services. This building and its environs is a protected structure
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Site area: 5,456 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 489229). 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/22395/0.

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