Large residential · Co. Westmeath

Coosan Link Road, Clonbrusk, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Decision to grant 30 Sep 2026, open to appeal until 27 Oct 2026

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2619 at Coosan Link Road, Clonbrusk, Athlone, Co. Westmeath: Extension of duration of an earlier permission (about 62 homes).
  • The applicant is Blue Ridge Developments Ltd. The agent is Damian Meehan.
  • It was received by Westmeath County Council on 6 Aug 2026.
  • Status: Decision to grant 30 Sep 2026, open to appeal until 27 Oct 2026.
  • The council decided on 30 Sep 2026 to grant permission. The decision is open to appeal until 27 Oct 2026; the final grant issues after that if there is no appeal, and building work cannot start before it. No site start has been filed yet.

Source: the Westmeath County Council planning register, checked 19 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Extension of duration of an earlier permission (about 62 homes)

Extension of Duration for 1) The construction of a total of 62 residential units consisting of (a) 28 four-bedroom semi-detached houses (b) 6 four-bedroom terraced houses (c) 16 three-bedroom terraced houses (d) 6 two-bedroom own-door apartments (e) 6 three-bedroom own-door duplex apartments; 2) Pedestrian and vehicular entrance/egress from Coosan Link Road to the north 3) All associated landscaping, vehicular surface car parking, bicycle parking, refuse storage, boundary treatments and all associated site development works and services

Location
Athlone, Co. Westmeath Map
Planning reference
2619
Application type
Extension of durationA request for more time to finish the work an existing permission allows. It is not a new scheme.
Applicant
Blue Ridge Developments Ltd
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Numbers and dates

Homes
~62estimated from the application
Estimated value of the permitted scheme
€9.1m to €17mOur estimate from stated homes and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. It is the value of the work the existing permission allows; an extension of duration adds no new work. How we estimate
Project type
Large residential
Received
6 Aug 2026
Decision to grant
30 Sep 2026
Appeals until
27 Oct 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Decision to grant

Site history

This site's history

  1. Site start under planning reference 21/17, about 20 m away: work started 11 Apr 2024.

    Construction of 50 Residential Units consisting of 28 no. 4 bed semi- detached houses, 6 no. 4 bed terrace houses, and 16 no. 3 bed terrace… About 20 m away

Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.

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What happens next

The council decided on 30 Sep 2026 to grant permission. The decision is open to appeal until 27 Oct 2026; the final grant issues after that if there is no appeal, and building work cannot start before it. No site start has been filed yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 2619 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 19 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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