Dun Riada Bonavalley , Athlone , Co. Westmeath

What’s proposed

a change of use of existing 7-bedroom B&B with ensuites bathrooms together with kitchen, dining, breakfast, and living rooms, host rooms granted permission under planning reference 22/403 to a Midlands Regional Family Hub, to include 2 additional bedrooms, reception/administration area at basement level, and other minor internal changes. Overall floor area of 295 sq. m. together with revised onsite car parking, entrance gates, front boundary wall, children’s play area, landscaping and all associated site works

2560252 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for a change of use of existing 7-bedroom B&B with ensuites bathrooms together with kitchen, received on 23 May 2025; permission was refused on 1 Sept 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2560252
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 23 May 2025
Observations close: 27 Jun 2025 (closed 454 days ago)
Decision due: 1 Sept 2025 · decided 1 Sept 2025
Decision: Refused on 1 Sept 2025
Proposed development: a change of use of existing 7-bedroom B&B with ensuites bathrooms together with kitchen, dining, breakfast, and living rooms, host rooms granted permission under planning reference 22/403 to a Midlands Regional Family Hub, to include 2 additional bedrooms, reception/administration area at basement level, and other minor internal changes. Overall floor area of 295 sq. m. together with revised onsite car parking, entrance gates, front boundary wall, children’s play area, landscaping and all associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 1,878 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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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 492835). 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/2560252/0.

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Dun Riada Bonavalley , Athlone , Co. Westmeath

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