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Athlone Regional Sports Centre Ltd , Cloghanboy (Strain) Curragh Brawny Road , Athlone Co. Westmeath

development which will consist of permission and RETENTION permission for existing external stand-alone Coffee dock facility (container type design) approx. 9.3m x 3m x 2.6m high with external covered seating area with polycarbonate and cladding enclosure with polycarbonate roof measuring 9.15m x 4.3m x 2.5m high as sheltered seating area off existing coffee dock structure (Centre Perk’s) together with 3 canopy type coffee pods and 3 seating benches and all associated site works

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 11 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
2660552 · full record
Authority
Westmeath County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
185 m²
Received
12 Oct 2026
We first saw it
28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due
—
Decision
N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660552/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660552 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Westmeath County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 16 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Westmeath County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560565Conditional29 Jun 20260399 m1): The refurbishment and conversion of an existing 2 storey over basement protected structure (RPS No.127 and NIAH Ref No. 15007003) which currently contains 5 no. apartments of 2 no. 2 bed and 3 no. 1 bed units into a 6 no. apartment building of 5 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 1 bed units with works to include; a) the demolition of an existing modern glazed front porch and a two storey rear extension; b) for the construction of a new two storey rear extension; and for c) all associated internal and external alterations; 2): The refurbishment and conversion of an existing ancillary single storey outbuilding to the rear into a storey and a half structure to contain an additional 2 no. 1 bed apartments; 3): The construction of a separate new single storey apartment building consisting of 1 No. 1 bed apartment to the rear of the protected structure; 4): the provision of a revised car parking and road layout, new bin and bicycle storage, landscaping, and all ancillary site development works. On completion, the development will include 9 no. apartments consisting of 5 no. 2 bed and 4 no. 1 bed apartment units.
2660132Conditional12 May 20260182 mCHANGE OF USE of the existing club shop to a public licensed lounge/bar at their stadium. The application will also include the provision for additional storage rooms for the proposed public licensed lounge/bar
2560433Conditional24 Oct 20251459 mRetention Permission for the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of his existing house consisting of a kitchen and bathroom on the ground floor and an additional bedroom on the first floor
2560287Conditional25 Jul 20251387 mamend the single storey rear extension as was granted under pl 24/60503 and all associated site works
2460460Conditional17 Jun 20250156 mconstruction of a new facility for the Boxing Club. The proposed new boxing club facility to include a) an indoor arena, b)  changing facilities, equipment storage areas, toilets and changing facilities for  disabled persons and other ancillary facilities, c) associated site works, landscaping and drainage
2560196Conditional9 Jun 20251400 mnew front extension for extended porch and storage unit, with roof window over. Alteration to the ground floor side roof profile with a new, increased-height pitched metal roof
2460503Conditional17 Feb 20251387 mdemolition of existing single storey side projection and rear conservatory and construct a new two storey side extension with single storey projection to front and single storey rear extension to our existing dwelling house and all associated site works
2460419Conditional20 Dec 2024012 m1 No. new hockey pitch storage shed approximately 1.8m x 2.1m (3.8m2 floor area) for the storage of hockey related equipment together with all associated site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
321376—Granted with conditions11 Mar 202598 m
317796—Refused25 Apr 202498 m
316450—Other21 Aug 2023379 m
316644—Other10 Aug 2023414 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

  • 12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026
  • 12 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Westmeath County Council before relying on it.