Name: Planning applications within 500 m of Newtown, Drum, Athlone, Co. Roscommon
Creator: Planning Register
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No planning applications on this site.
Not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Noise from road traffic mapped at 70–74 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
Here (2022 census): 92% owner-occupied (council 74%); 10% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 1991–2000; 73% drive to work (council 67%); population up 6% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 98 days (about 14 weeks); 57% are asked for more information.
6 applications nearby in 5 years.

On this site

None found

Zoning · no zoning in the plans we hold

No

Protected or listed · on our maps

No

Vacant land tax · not on the map

No

Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B

Around it

0

Open for comments · none today

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Approved, when decided · 2 approved · 0 refused

98 days

Time to a decision · median; 57% asked for more information

0

Sites that could change · none found

No

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

0

Protected buildings nearby · not this site

92%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 74%

10%

Homes empty (2022) · council 17%

70–74 dB

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

0/h

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

Questions to ask before you buy 2

Mapped at 70–74 dB from road traffic: will you hear it inside?
Ask for: A visit at rush hour (and at night), and the windows' glazing specification.
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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Newtown, Drum, Athlone, Co. Roscommon is a property in Belrea, Roscommon of about 3966 m². It is advertised for sale on daft.ie (last seen live on 6 Oct 2026). Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 7 planning applications: 1 open for observation, 3 granted.

Type: Property
Bedrooms / bathrooms: — / —
Floor area: 3,966 m²
BER: —
Local authority: Roscommon County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
Schools within 1.0 km: S N ARD CIANAIN (primary school · 77 pupils, 960 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.	6 Oct 2026, 05:53	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.'	6 Oct 2026, 01:12	open

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Newtown, Drum, Athlone, Co. Roscommon