Unit 9 Westpoint Business Park, MonkslandAthlone, Co.Roscommon
Change of use of a warehouse to a recreation, leisure, and educational facility with a café in Athlone.
2460228 · Roscommon County Council · Lodged 21 May 2024
- Reference
- 2460228
- Authority
- Roscommon County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 May 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to convert an existing warehouse and light industrial unit into a recreation, leisure, and educational facility. The development will include a first-floor mezzanine, a café, merchandising store, solar panels, and retention of two doors.
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
- Planning permission for
- Proposed change of use of existing warehousing & light industrial unit to a proposed recreation, leisure and educational facility with ancillary café and merchandising store
- Proposed first floor mezzanine
- Signage to front elevation
- Elevational changes: new escape doors to east elevation and widen existing escape doors to north elevation
- New bus parking bay and bicycle shelters
- Solar panels to roof area
- Retention permission for 2nr. Doors to north elevation
- Plus all ancillary site works 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Cedarwood Dr, Monksland, Athlone | May 2026 | €229,000 | 191 m |
| 26 Cearthu Na Gloch, Monksland, Athlonenot full market price | Oct 2025 | €114,000 | 214 m |
| Monksland, Athlone, Roscommon | May 2025 | €425,000 | 214 m |
| No 25 Lus Na Greine, Monksland, Athloneprice excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €356,828 | 214 m |
| Monksland, Athlonenot full market price · price excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €2,724,100 | 214 m |
| Monksland, Athlone, Roscommon | May 2025 | €850,000 | 214 m |
| 27 Lus Na Greine, Monksland, Athloneprice excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €321,585 | 214 m |
| 12 Sli An Choiste, Athlone, Roscommon | Sept 2025 | €297,000 | 404 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 received21 May 2024
- Decision due15 July 2024
- Decision issued15 July 2024
- Grant issued19 August 2024
- Permission expiry18 August 2029
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