Planning application · Westmeath County Council

10 homes at Our Lady's Bower, Aghacocara and Loughanaskin Lower Road Athlone

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

2660236 · WestmeathGranted

10 homes · up to 2 storeys · 0.3 ha · Granted · permission to Aug 2031

Planning application 2660236 to Westmeath County Council for 10 homes at Our Lady's Bower, Aghacocara and Loughanaskin Lower Road Athlone. Granted by the council on 3 July 2026. The register gives the permission's end as 4 August 2031.

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Council granted
  3. Permission ends (date on the register)

The end date is the one the council register states. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
2660236
Planning authority
Westmeath County Council
Received
9 May 2026
Decided
3 Jul 2026
Status
Granted
Use
Agricultural
Dwellings
10
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
1,507 m²
Site area
0.3 ha

Homes and mix

4-bed10
Total homes10

Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.

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

Planning status

Permission was granted on 3 Jul 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 4 Aug 2031.

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