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Costa Coffee at Avondale Neighbourhood Centre, Ballymahon Road, Cornamagh Athlone

Extension to a Costa Coffee shop to add a new seating area, toilets, and signage.

2386 · Westmeath County Council · Lodged 6 June 2023

Reference: 2386
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 6 June 2023

Summary

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The project involves extending an existing coffee shop to create a new 65 square metre seating area at the front. It also includes internal alterations for new toilets, an extended bin store, and new external signage.

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Floor area: 65 m²

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Official record

Development description

Extension to existing coffee shop to comprise of new seating area to front (west) of shop (65sqm), external signage to include new signage and support framework, internally illuminated letters, internal alterations to include new toilets and extended bin store on east elevation

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

CommercialLC

“Provide for appropriately scaled commercial development that compliments the town centre.”

National zoning type: Commercial, retail

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
11a Clonbrusk, Ballymahon Rd, Athlone	Jul 2025	€255,000	164 m
30 Clonbrusk, Ballymahon Road, Athlone	Jun 2025	€307,000	184 m
3 Cloghanboy, Athlone, Co Westmeath	Mar 2026	€320,000	206 m
Clonbrusk, Athlone, Co Westmeath	Apr 2026	€372,000	267 m
Apt 12, Sonas Village, Cloghanboy	Jun 2026	€152,000	273 m
Unit 5, Sonas Village, Cloghanboy	Mar 2025	€145,000	277 m
12 Cloghanboy Crescent, Athlone, Co Westmeath	Dec 2025	€495,000	287 m
9 Cloghanboy Crescent, Ballymahon Road, Athlone	Feb 2026	€375,000	316 m

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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.

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Application received6 June 2023

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