Ranelagh , Grace Road , Athlone — planning application WESTMEATH 2560579

What’s proposed

Retention for a lightweight Structure enclosing 3 No Paddle courts with an entrance lobby. The development islocated and delineated within the existing Site and at the eastern end of the Planet Athlone Bowling and leisure centre, replacing existing 5 A side Astra turf and its 2M enclosing fence . The development includes site works to existing structure , including interalia: Storm water drainage disposal

2560579 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for retention for a lightweight Structure enclosing 3 No Paddle courts with an entrance, received on 22 Nov 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Jan 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2560579
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 22 Nov 2025
Observations close: 5 Jan 2026 (closed 267 days ago)
Decision due: 25 Jan 2026 · decided 23 Jan 2026
Decision: Conditional on 23 Jan 2026
Proposed development: Retention for a lightweight Structure enclosing 3 No Paddle courts with an entrance lobby. The development islocated and delineated within the existing Site and at the eastern end of the Planet Athlone Bowling and leisure centre, replacing existing 5 A side Astra turf and its 2M enclosing fence . The development includes site works to existing structure , including interalia: Storm water drainage disposal
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.22 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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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 493431). 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/2560579/0.

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Ranelagh, Grace Road, Athlone

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Ranelagh, Grace Road, Athlone

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