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Small multi-unit · Co. Westmeath

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

Granted 3 Jul 2026

Archived record

This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 2 Sep 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

10 homes

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

Location
Co. Westmeath Map
Planning reference
2660236
Applicant
Bower Hall Ltd
Agent
Wojciech Odrobina

Key facts

Homes
10
Floor area
1,507 m²
Indicative value
€3m–10mPlanningBrief estimate
Project type
Small multi-unit
Received
9 May 2026
Granted
3 Jul 2026
Protected structure
Yes, RPS 224

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 3 Jul 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Conservation work to a protected structureNamed in the application description
  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description

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

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2660236 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Westmeath County Council planning register, as last seen on 2 Sep 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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