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Westmeath County Council · 2560464

St Mary Square & Link Road , Athlone , Co Westmeath

  1. 22 Sept 2025Received
  2. 14 Nov 2025Refused
  3. 19 May 2031Permission expires
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Status
Appeal decided — other
Decision
Refused · 14 Nov 2025
Council
Westmeath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
652 m²

What’s proposed

to alter existing house on St. Mary’s Square including the removal of its existing link garage and the part of the kitchen behind same and associated changes to elevations, to form an archway and pedestrian laneway to serve a comprehensively revised proposed development of 2 no duplex two bedroom units with 2 no studio apartments below same plus 3 no studio apartments in separate block, all in the area to the south of the existing adjoining buildings on St. Mary’s Square. The proposed development combines 1-storey, 2-storey and 3-storey parts organised around a large landscaped courtyard linked directly to St. Mary’s Square via the proposed archway and laneway and via access for emergency vehicles and waste trucks etc to the link road at east end of site. The development includes boundary modifications, demolition of small rear shed, drainage and underground services connections to St. Mary’s Square services, associated new small sheds/bike stores, plus associated landscaping and siteworks

2560464 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for to alter existing house on St. Mary’s Square including the removal of its existing link, received on 22 Sept 2025; permission was refused on 14 Nov 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2560464
Local authority
Westmeath County Council
Status
Appeal decided — other · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
22 Sept 2025
Observations close
28 Oct 2025 (closed 333 days ago)
Decision due
16 Nov 2025 · decided 14 Nov 2025
Decision
Refused on 14 Nov 2025
Proposed development
to alter existing house on St. Mary’s Square including the removal of its existing link garage and the part of the kitchen behind same and associated changes to elevations, to form an archway and pedestrian laneway to serve a comprehensively revised proposed development of 2 no duplex two bedroom units with 2 no studio apartments below same plus 3 no studio apartments in separate block, all in the area to the south of the existing adjoining buildings on St. Mary’s Square. The proposed development combines 1-storey, 2-storey and 3-storey parts organised around a large landscaped courtyard linked directly to St. Mary’s Square via the proposed archway and laneway and via access for emergency vehicles and waste trucks etc to the link road at east end of site. The development includes boundary modifications, demolition of small rear shed, drainage and underground services connections to St. Mary’s Square services, associated new small sheds/bike stores, plus associated landscaping and siteworks
As published by the register.
Site area
652 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

The register records appeal PL-500372-WH-25 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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 492092). 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/2560464/0.

    Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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