Monksland, Athlone, Co. Roscommon
Construction of a district centre in Athlone including a discount food store, shops, offices, and six apartments.
16266 · Roscommon County Council · Lodged 24 June 2016
- Reference
- 16266
- Authority
- Roscommon County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 24 June 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposed development features a discount food store of approximately 1,518 sq. m and a two-storey mixed-use building. This building will contain five shops, consulting rooms, and a therapy unit on the ground floor, with six apartments and two office suites on the first floor.
- Residential units
- 6
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 3,051 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
The development comprises the construction of a district centre containing a discount food store of ca 1518 sq. M gross floor area including off-licence use, a 2 storey mixed use building of ca 1533 sq. M containing 5 no. Shops (combined floor area ca 450 sq. M), consulting rooms, therapy unit, services rooms, at ground floor, with 6 no. Apartments and 2 no. Office suites at 1st floor. The proposed development also includes construction of proposed link road from the existing public road to the proposed site entrance, all site works, adjustment of ground levels, car parking, paving, landscaping and public amenity area, a feature tower structure and boundary treatments together with all underground services, connections to public mains, surface water attenuation and outfall to existing drain, plus service yard, delivery areas and electrical / plant rooms, all as per application documents at
Built & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Maria, Monksland, Athlone | Jun 2026 | €270,000 | 80 m |
| Apartment 11, The Mulberry, River Village Athlone | Apr 2026 | €231,000 | 205 m |
| 12 The Mulberry, River Village, Athlone | Oct 2025 | €220,000 | 205 m |
| Apt. 4, Corran Riada, Athlone | Apr 2025 | €127,000 | 211 m |
| 18 Corran Riada, Monksland, Athlone | Oct 2025 | €180,566 | 217 m |
| 97 Woodberry Manor, Monksland, Athloneprice excludes VAT | Mar 2026 | €377,974 | 263 m |
| 98 Woodberry Manor, Monksland, Athloneprice excludes VAT | Mar 2026 | €377,974 | 266 m |
| Monksland, Athlone, Roscommon | Jul 2025 | €200,000 | 274 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received24 June 2016
- Decision due18 August 2016
- Decision issued16 August 2016
- Appeal submitted12 September 2016
- Appeal decided23 January 2017
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