Public / civic · Co. Westmeath
Saint Mary's Primary School, Grace Park Road Loughanaskin, Athlone Co. Westmeath
Granted 15 Sep 2025 (final grant issued 21 Oct 2025)
Key facts
- Planning application 2560366 at Saint Mary's Primary School, Grace Park Road Loughanaskin, Athlone Co. Westmeath: Standalone two-storey classroom building.
- The applicant is Board of Management of Saint Mary’S Primary School. The agent is Van Dijk Architects Ltd.
- It was received by Westmeath County Council on 22 Jul 2025.
- Status: Granted 15 Sep 2025 (final grant issued 21 Oct 2025).
- Work started on site on 5 Jan 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.
Source: the Westmeath County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
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What and where
Standalone two-storey classroom building
a standalone two-storey classroom building (Gross Floor area 2,093 sq. m) comprising of eleven additional mainstream classrooms, a dedicated Special Educational Needs (SEN) unit with two safe-base classrooms and a multi-sensory room, a new school office, nine special education tuition rooms, one home school liaison, staff facilities, and associated ancillary accommodation The development will also include a new vehicle and pedestrian entrance from John Paul Park, road and junction upgrades on John Paul Park, and relocation and reconfiguration of parking spaces along John Paul Park. Within St Mary's Primary school curtilage, a fire tender access to the new building, new boundary treatments along the site frontage, and all associated site development and landscaping works above and below ground
Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.
- Location
- Grace Park Road Loughanaskin, Co. Westmeath Map
- Council
- Westmeath County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560366
- Applicant
- Board of Management of Saint Mary’S Primary School
Numbers and dates
- Floor area
- 2,093 m²
- Estimated construction value
- €3.7m to €5.0mOur estimate from floor area and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
- Project type
- Public / civic
- Received
- 22 Jul 2025
- Decision to grant
- 15 Sep 2025
- Final grant
- 21 Oct 2025
- Site start
- 5 Jan 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Decision to grant
- Final grant issued
- Site start
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560366 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Westmeath County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 5 Jan 2026Work started · A standalone two-storey classroom building comprising eleven additional mainstream...View the site start
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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