Battery Road , Athlone , Co. Westmeath

What’s proposed

Permission and Retention for development at this site. The development will consist of: i. Retention of the building located to the rear of the site as a Baptist church including a chapel, creche, office and associated uses. ii. Permission for a change of use of part of the existing Baptist church building to a Sunday school and for renovations and a proposed extension to the existing Baptist Church to form a new chapel and associated uses. iii. Permission for a single storey side and rear extension onto the existing parochial house to accommodate the subdivision of the house to provide a one-bedroom self-contained apartment and all associated site works. iv. Demolition of existing mobile home

2560224 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for permission and Retention for development at this site. The development will consist of, received on 9 May 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 28 Oct 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2560224
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 9 May 2025
Observations close: 13 Jun 2025 (closed 463 days ago)
Decision due: 28 Oct 2025 · decided 28 Oct 2025
Decision: Conditional on 28 Oct 2025
Proposed development: Permission and Retention for development at this site. The development will consist of: i. Retention of the building located to the rear of the site as a Baptist church including a chapel, creche, office and associated uses. ii. Permission for a change of use of part of the existing Baptist church building to a Sunday school and for renovations and a proposed extension to the existing Baptist Church to form a new chapel and associated uses. iii. Permission for a single storey side and rear extension onto the existing parochial house to accommodate the subdivision of the house to provide a one-bedroom self-contained apartment and all associated site works. iv. Demolition of existing mobile home
As published by the register.
Site area: 1,767 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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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 492727). 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/2560224/0.

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