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Westmeath County Council · 2660236

Our Lady's Bower , Aghacocara and Loughanaskin Lower Road Athlone , County Westmeath

  1. 9 May 2026Received
  2. 3 Jul 2026Conditional
  3. 5 Aug 2026Final grant
  4. 4 Aug 2031Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 3 Jul 2026
Council
Westmeath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Units
10
Site
2,922 m²
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What’s proposed

development at this site: Our Lady’s Bower Convent, a Protected Structure RPS No. 224 & 223, in the townlands of Aghacocara and Loughanaskin. Lower Road, Athlone. The development consists of an amendment to the previously permitted development (Reg. Ref. 20/7079 and Reg. Ref. 25/39), Part d), from a new residential apartment block on the old tennis courtyards at the south east part of the site, consisting of 22 no. 2-bed, 32 parking spaces and ancillary site works to 10 no. 4-bed detached 2-storey + attic houses and ancillary site works. The area of the site relating to this amendment is c. 0.3 hectares

2660236 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for development at this site: Our Lady’s Bower Convent, a Protected Structure RPS No. 224 &, received on 9 May 2026; permission was granted with conditions on 3 Jul 2026.

Planning details

Reference
2660236
Local authority
Westmeath County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
9 May 2026
Observations close
15 Jun 2026 (closed 104 days ago)
Decision due
3 Jul 2026 · decided 3 Jul 2026
Decision
Conditional on 3 Jul 2026
Proposed development
development at this site: Our Lady’s Bower Convent, a Protected Structure RPS No. 224 & 223, in the townlands of Aghacocara and Loughanaskin. Lower Road, Athlone. The development consists of an amendment to the previously permitted development (Reg. Ref. 20/7079 and Reg. Ref. 25/39), Part d), from a new residential apartment block on the old tennis courtyards at the south east part of the site, consisting of 22 no. 2-bed, 32 parking spaces and ancillary site works to 10 no. 4-bed detached 2-storey + attic houses and ancillary site works. The area of the site relating to this amendment is c. 0.3 hectares
As published by the register.
Site area
2,922 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

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 493268). 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/2660236/0.

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