[Former] Manny's Pub Rathnamuddagh , Dysart , Co. Westmeath

What’s proposed

Retention of 5 no. apartment units and change of use from commercial (Class 12) public house. The development consists of the retention of the intended productive re-use for housing and the formation of 5 no. apartments [ 1 no. 3 bed, 3 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 1 bed] associated with the conversion of a qualifying vacant commercial premises, the former public house. The proposed retention development includes; alterations to the respective façades of the former commercial premises, as presents more domestic scaled window and door opes; two storey extended premises to side and rear as measures 107 sqm additional floor area to the former 317 sqm commercial (pub/residence) premises. The retention works includes the repurposing of part of the ground floor of an existing two-storey commercial store to provide storage space ancillary to the proposed retained residential units; as includes 15 no. secure cycle spaces, secure waste bin storage for 15 bins (5 x 3 no. waste bin system), 12 no. car parking spaces, 41 sqm of communal amenity space area to the rear courtyard area of the residential scheme and a maintained and improved wastewater treatment system (17 p.e. biocycle plant) and associated polishing filter percolation area, all above and below ground ancillary works, boundary and landscaping scheme

2560576 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for retention of 5 no. apartment units and change of use from commercial (Class 12) public, received on 21 Nov 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 26 Jun 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2560576
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 21 Nov 2025
Observations close: 5 Jan 2026 (closed 257 days ago)
Decision due: 29 Jun 2026 · decided 26 Jun 2026
Decision: Conditional on 26 Jun 2026
Proposed development: Retention of 5 no. apartment units and change of use from commercial (Class 12) public house. The development consists of the retention of the intended productive re-use for housing and the formation of 5 no. apartments [ 1 no. 3 bed, 3 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 1 bed] associated with the conversion of a qualifying vacant commercial premises, the former public house. The proposed retention development includes; alterations to the respective façades of the former commercial premises, as presents more domestic scaled window and door opes; two storey extended premises to side and rear as measures 107 sqm additional floor area to the former 317 sqm commercial (pub/residence) premises. The retention works includes the repurposing of part of the ground floor of an existing two-storey commercial store to provide storage space ancillary to the proposed retained residential units; as includes 15 no. secure cycle spaces, secure waste bin storage for 15 bins (5 x 3 no. waste bin system), 12 no. car parking spaces, 41 sqm of communal amenity space area to the rear courtyard area of the residential scheme and a maintained and improved wastewater treatment system (17 p.e. biocycle plant) and associated polishing filter percolation area, all above and below ground ancillary works, boundary and landscaping scheme
As published by the register.
Site area: 5,115 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 493424). 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/2560576/0.

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[Former] Manny's Pub Rathnamuddagh , Dysart , Co. Westmeath

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 6 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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