Planning near you · Westmeath · Ref 2660236

Proposal for 10 homes

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

Permission granted with conditions

Council decision recorded: July 03, 2026

Applicant: Bower Hall Limited
Proposed use: Residential
Homes in source: 10
Reported floor area: 1507.41 m²

View council file →Timeline ↓Map & nearby Documents & full proposal

The story so far

Application timeline

Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.

9 May 2026Application received
Source: NPAD
NPAD · source SHA-256: 09c0a3aaa2c19a240f86ee8dcf23fa5575194170f385a93d04d25e7e7065f1e9 · field: ReceivedDate
3 Jul 2026Council decisionGranted with conditions
Source: NPAD
NPAD · source SHA-256: 09c0a3aaa2c19a240f86ee8dcf23fa5575194170f385a93d04d25e7e7065f1e9 · field: DecisionDate
5 Aug 2026Grant recorded
Source: NPAD
NPAD · source SHA-256: 09c0a3aaa2c19a240f86ee8dcf23fa5575194170f385a93d04d25e7e7065f1e9 · field: GrantDate

What changed

Updated in the retained record: Source status, Council outcome, Council decision.

Compare the previous and updated values

Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE; Council outcome: not supplied → CONDITIONAL; Council decision: not supplied → 2026-07-03

Legacy batch date (exact collection time unavailable): 8 July 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.

Why it matters locally

The proposal concerns Our Lady's Bower , Aghacocara and Loughanaskin Lower Road Athlone , County Westmeath. The source lists 10 proposed homes. This is a proposal count, not evidence of completed or occupied housing.

Sources disagree on some fields. The latest reported value is shown; differences require review.

Location & nearby applications

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

The marker is the source location, not the site boundary. Open larger map · Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby applications

Closest retained records in this county within 5 km, measured between map points. Proximity does not establish a shared site.

RED III development which will consist of: The installation of a single biomass boiler enclosure and two new 2,000 litre LPG…About 200 m · Retreat Rd , Aghacocara , Athlone Co. WestmeathRef 2660302 · Further Information
Retention Permission is being sought for a stand alone beauty parlour at the rear of her existing hairdressers. The applicati…About 200 m · “Fashion Lady” Brideswell Street , Athlone , Co. WestmeathRef 2660454 · Incompleted Application
Change of use from class 2 (financial services) to class (medical centre/doctors surgery) together with minor interior altera…About 300 m · 15 Castlemaine St , Athlone , Co. WestmeathRef 2660468 · New Application
development which will consist of the installation of a single-storey café unit comprising two connected modular structures (…About 400 m · The Diskin Centre , Golden Island , AthloneRef 2660227 · Refused
to construct new housing development consisting of 1 Terrace , 3 No Bed , two storeys (3 houses) and 4 Blocks of Semi Detache…About 700 m · Magheranerla , Athlone , Co WestmeathRef 2660478 · Pre_Validation

Documents & sources

Westmeath County Council · Reference 2660236

View council file →

Individual document links are not available in this retained record. Use the council file for the available drawings, reports and decisions.

Source records and verification details

Change record: ePlan · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Proposal: NPAD · source SHA-256: 09c0a3aaa2c19a240f86ee8dcf23fa5575194170f385a93d04d25e7e7065f1e9

Latest source observation retained: 2026-09-21T10:01:03.638490+00:00. Source dataset date: 2026-09-15.

Full description from the council file

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

Application details

Reference: 2660236
Applicant: Bower Hall Limited
Site address: Our Lady's Bower , Aghacocara and Loughanaskin Lower Road Athlone , County Westmeath
Homes in source field: 10 (proposal, not completions)
Reported floor area (m²): 1507.4099999999996
Application type: PERMISSION
Latest reported outcome: Permission granted with conditions
Date received: May 09, 2026
Decision due: July 03, 2026
Council decision date: July 03, 2026
Authority: Westmeath County Council

All recorded updates to this application

Dates below show when a change was first retained, not when a planning event happened.

2026-07-08
- Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE
- Council outcome: → CONDITIONAL
- Council decision: → 2026-07-03

Source differences

Source status: {"ePlan": "DECISION MADE", "NPAD": "APPLICATION FINALISED"}
Proposal description: {"ePlan": "development at this site: Our Lady’s Bower Convent, a Protected Structure RPS No. 224 & 223, in the ...", "NPAD": "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.\r\nThe 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"}
Site address: {"ePlan": "Our Lady's Bower Aghacocara and Loughanaskin Lower Road, Athlone County Westmeath N37 W403", "NPAD": "Our Lady's Bower , Aghacocara and Loughanaskin Lower Road Athlone , County Westmeath"}
detail_url: {"ePlan": "https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660236/0", "NPAD": "http://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660236/0"}

Source: local authorities / National Planning Applications. Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0 where supplied by NPAD. Linked documents may have separate reuse terms.