(Former) St Joseph's National School , Rathwire Lower , Co.Westmeath

What’s proposed

EXTENSION OF DURATION for proposed chance of use and refurbishment of the former National School (a protected structure RPS Reference number 020-023) to provide 2 no 1 bed and 7 no 2 bed units and the construction of 15 no new units, 4 no 1 bed, 2 no 2 bed and 12 no 3 bed, totalling 27 no units

2529 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for eXTENSION OF DURATION for proposed chance of use and refurbishment of the former, received on 31 Jul 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 22 Sept 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2529
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 31 Jul 2025
Observations close: 4 Sept 2025 (closed 381 days ago)
Decision due: 24 Sept 2025 · decided 22 Sept 2025
Decision: Conditional on 22 Sept 2025
Proposed development: EXTENSION OF DURATION for proposed chance of use and refurbishment of the former National School (a protected structure RPS Reference number 020-023) to provide 2 no 1 bed and 7 no 2 bed units and the construction of 15 no new units, 4 no 1 bed, 2 no 2 bed and 12 no 3 bed, totalling 27 no units
As published by the register.
Site area: 8,615 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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CommencedRathwire Lower , Killucan , Co Westmeathdevelopment which will consist of · received 7 Jun 2023 · decided 24 Jan 2024 · 363 m away

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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 491823). 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/2529/0.

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(Former) St Joseph's National School , Rathwire Lower , Co.Westmeath

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 9 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

(Former) St Joseph's National School , Rathwire Lower , Co.Westmeath

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 9 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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