Athlone
Planning applications inside the Athlone, Co. Westmeath settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 947
- inside the settlement boundary
- Westmeath
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
87%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 255
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 602 |
| Refused | 90 |
| No decision recorded | 255 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 185 | 20% |
| Retention | 146 | 15% |
| New dwelling | 113 | 12% |
| Change of use | 111 | 12% |
| Commercial | 110 | 12% |
| Housing estate | 82 | 9% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 93% | 136 | 95% |
| Retention | 77% | 100 | 90% |
| Commercial | 91% | 86 | 88% |
| Change of use | 91% | 79 | 88% |
| New dwelling | 81% | 73 | 81% |
| Housing estate | 77% | 47 | 78% |
| Alterations | 95% | 40 | 92% |
| Infrastructure | 93% | 40 | 91% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
21%
8 of 39 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 68 |
| 2017 | 94 |
| 2018 | 79 |
| 2019 | 102 |
| 2020 | 82 |
| 2021 | 98 |
| 2022 | 90 |
| 2023 | 87 |
| 2024 | 74 |
| 2025 | 102 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 49 | 39 | 80% |
| 2017 | 65 | 56 | 86% |
| 2018 | 54 | 49 | 91% |
| 2019 | 78 | 71 | 91% |
| 2020 | 57 | 51 | 89% |
| 2021 | 81 | 70 | 86% |
| 2022 | 73 | 65 | 89% |
| 2023 | 58 | 50 | 86% |
| 2024 | 63 | 56 | 89% |
| 2025 | 71 | 56 | 79% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.