Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

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.

Applications
931
County
Westmeath

What the data shows

The Athlone planning register contains 931 total applications, with 686 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, 597 applications were granted, 89 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, representing an 87% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 20%, retentions at 16%, commercial developments at 12%, and new dwellings at 12%. Recent application lodgements include 87 in 2023, 74 in 2024, and 102 in 2025.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

87%

of 686 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
597
Refused
89
No decision recorded
245

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

Extension
20%
Retention
16%
Commercial
12%
New dwelling
12%
Change of use
12%
Housing estate
9%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Athlone, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension93%13695%
Retention76%10190%
Commercial91%8688%
Change of use90%8088%
New dwelling82%7382%
Housing estate76%4578%
Alterations95%4092%
Infrastructure93%4091%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Categories with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

21%

of 39 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2017–2026.

Decision upheld
12
Upheld, conditions varied
19

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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Athlone

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Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.