B&Q Unit RW1 , Arcadia Retail Park Athlone , Co. Westmeath

What’s proposed

development at B&Q Unit RW1, Arcadia Retail Park, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The development will consist of the removal of existing external signage on all external elevations and replacement with new external elevational signage on all external elevations, changes to elevational treatment including window graphics on the front/southern elevation, trolley safety signage at the existing trolley bays, disabled and parent & child parking signage at the existing parking spaces, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development

2560515 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for development at B&Q Unit RW1, Arcadia Retail Park, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The, received on 21 Oct 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 12 Dec 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2560515
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 21 Oct 2025
Observations close: 25 Nov 2025 (closed 307 days ago)
Decision due: 15 Dec 2025 · decided 12 Dec 2025
Decision: Conditional on 12 Dec 2025
Proposed development: development at B&Q Unit RW1, Arcadia Retail Park, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The development will consist of the removal of existing external signage on all external elevations and replacement with new external elevational signage on all external elevations, changes to elevational treatment including window graphics on the front/southern elevation, trolley safety signage at the existing trolley bays, disabled and parent & child parking signage at the existing parking spaces, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.30 ha 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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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 493306). 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/2560515/0.

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B&Q Unit RW1 , Arcadia Retail Park Athlone , Co. Westmeath

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