Fearmore , Coole , Co. Westmeath
- 19 Dec 2024Received
- 21 Feb 2025Refused
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused · 21 Feb 2025
- Council
- Westmeath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3.53 ha
What’s proposed
mixed use development. The development comprises of the following: (a) 2 storey 80-bed nursing home complete with all necessary roof mounted plant and a service yard to accommodate additional plant and equipment including a sprinkler tank, an ESB sub-station with switch room and bin stores; (b) change of use for from an existing derelict chapel to a convenience store. Permission is also sought for the internal and external modifications to the existing derelict chapel and an outdoor seating area 18.6m2; (c) 44 no. residential units including (i) 22 no. 1 storey 2 bed semi-detached bungalow units; (ii) 17 no. 1 storey 1 bed detached units; (iii) 2 no. 2 storey 3 bed semi-detached units; (iv) 2 no. 2 storey 4 bed semi-detached units; (v) 1 no. 2 storey 3 bed detached unit; (d) lawn bowls green (466m2), allotments (110m2) and park areas (5,668m2); (e) all associated site works including (i) foul and surface water drainage, and water mains; (ii) vehicular/pedestrian entrance and access roads from the existing R395 road to the north and the existing laneway off the R395 road to the east of the site; (iii) bicycle parking (iv) landscaping (v) building signage; and (vi) all other associated site development works. The development is within the curtilage of a protected structure, RPS no.: 003-047, St. Joseph's Orthopaedic Hospital complex as recorded in the Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027
2460491 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for mixed use development. The development comprises of the following: (a) 2 storey 80-bed, received on 19 Dec 2024; permission was refused on 21 Feb 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460491
- Local authority
- Westmeath County Council
- Status
- Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 19 Dec 2024
- Observations close
- 4 Feb 2025 (closed 591 days ago)
- Decision due
- 21 Feb 2025 · decided 21 Feb 2025
- Decision
- Refused on 21 Feb 2025
- Proposed development
- mixed use development. The development comprises of the following: (a) 2 storey 80-bed nursing home complete with all necessary roof mounted plant and a service yard to accommodate additional plant and equipment including a sprinkler tank, an ESB sub-station with switch room and bin stores; (b) change of use for from an existing derelict chapel to a convenience store. Permission is also sought for the internal and external modifications to the existing derelict chapel and an outdoor seating area 18.6m2; (c) 44 no. residential units including (i) 22 no. 1 storey 2 bed semi-detached bungalow units; (ii) 17 no. 1 storey 1 bed detached units; (iii) 2 no. 2 storey 3 bed semi-detached units; (iv) 2 no. 2 storey 4 bed semi-detached units; (v) 1 no. 2 storey 3 bed detached unit; (d) lawn bowls green (466m2), allotments (110m2) and park areas (5,668m2); (e) all associated site works including (i) foul and surface water drainage, and water mains; (ii) vehicular/pedestrian entrance and access roads from the existing R395 road to the north and the existing laneway off the R395 road to the east of the site; (iii) bicycle parking (iv) landscaping (v) building signage; and (vi) all other associated site development works. The development is within the curtilage of a protected structure, RPS no.: 003-047, St. Joseph's Orthopaedic Hospital complex as recorded in the Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027As published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.53 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.69721, -7.36435
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
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 491560). 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/2460491/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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