Name: Planning applications within 500 m of 12 Garrycastle Cottages, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Creator: Planning Register
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10 things worth knowing before you buy

9could change 1open now 100%get approved 0homes coming Noflood risk 583homes started

No planning applications on this site.
Not protected; no vacant land tax.
9 sites nearby could change: 9 empty zoned plots.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 15 Oct 2026.
Garrycastle (bus 819, A2) 267 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 8 from all stops within 500 m.
Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
Here (2022 census): 68% owner-occupied (council 68%); 8% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1946–1960; 61% drive to work (council 63%); population up 6% since 2016.
3 home extensions within 250 m since 2022.

On this site

None found

Zoning · no zoning in the plans we hold

No

Protected or listed · on our maps

No

Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it

Around it

1

Open for comments · you can comment

100%

Approved, when decided · 17 approved · 0 refused

60 days

Time to a decision · median; 44% asked for more information

9

Sites that could change · see the list

No

Flood risk area nearby (OPW map) · none within 500 m

0

Protected buildings nearby · not this site

68%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 68%

8%

Homes empty (2022) · council 9%

60–64 dB

Noise (EPA 2022) · road traffic, day-evening-night

8/h

Public transport, morning peak · services from stops within 500 m

Questions to ask before you buy 2

Application 132 m away open for comments until 15 Oct 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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About this home

12 Garrycastle Cottages, Athlone, Co. Westmeath is a 3-bedroom bungalow in Garrycastle, Westmeath of about 86 m² (BER D1). It was advertised as sold on daft.ie in August 2026. Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 42 planning applications: 1 open for observation, 36 granted, 1 commenced.

More about this address

The soonest observation deadline is 15 Oct 2026 on WESTMEATH 2660482 (Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board Garrycastle Campus , Garrycastle , Athlone Co. Westmeath). It is in the Garrycastle Cottages estate, where 2 planning applications were made in 10 years.

Sold: 11 Aug 2026
Type: Bungalow
Bedrooms / bathrooms: 3 / 1
Floor area: 86 m²
BER: D1
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
Estate: Garrycastle Cottages
Crèche inspected nearby: Scallywags Childcare Centre · inspected 5 Jun 2025 (70 m)

Sources: cara_listings, daft_gateway, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
cara_listings	Third-party advertisement data captured by Cara from daft.ie. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (licensed PSP name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers and all vendor/buyer identities are dropped.	11 Sept 2026, 20:14	open
daft_gateway	Third-party advertisement data read from daft.ie's own JSON gateway. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (the licensed PSP's name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers, profile images and all media URLs are dropped at fetch time and never written down. Vendor and buyer identities are not in this data.	7 Oct 2026, 05:48	open
ppr	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use-of-public-sector-information). Free re-use in any format provided the source and PSRA copyright are acknowledged, the data is reproduced accurately and not used misleadingly, and it is NOT used 'for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service'. Attribution: 'Contains PSRA Residential Property Price Register data, © Property Services Regulatory Authority.'	7 Oct 2026, 01:12	open

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12 Garrycastle Cottages, Athlone, Co. Westmeath