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: 919
County: Westmeath

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Athlone contains a total of 919 applications. Since 2016, there have been 678 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in an 87% grant rate with 591 granted, 87 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 20%, retention at 15%, commercial at 12%, and change of use at 12%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 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.

Grant rate

87%

of 678 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 591
Refused: 87
No decision recorded: 241

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

What’s being built

Extension: 20%
Retention: 15%
Commercial: 12%
Change of use: 12%
New dwelling: 12%
Housing estate: 8%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	94%	136	95%
Retention	77%	103	90%
Commercial	90%	87	88%
Change of use	91%	78	88%
New dwelling	81%	77	81%
Housing estate	74%	43	78%
Alterations	93%	42	92%
Infrastructure	93%	40	91%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Athlone

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.