Saint Mary's Primary School, Grace Park Road Loughanaskin, Athlone Co. Westmeath
Construction of a standalone two-storey classroom building at Saint Mary's Primary School.
2560366 · Westmeath County Council · Lodged 22 July 2025
- Reference
- 2560366
- Authority
- Westmeath County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 22 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves building a new two-storey school building comprising eleven mainstream classrooms, a Special Educational Needs unit, offices, and staff facilities. It also includes a new vehicle and pedestrian entrance, road upgrades, and parking reconfiguration.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 2,093 m²
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Official record
Development description
A standalone two-storey classroom building (gross floor area 2,093 sq. M) comprising of eleven additional mainstream classrooms, a dedicated special educational needs (sen) unit with two safe-base classrooms and a multi-sensory room, a new school office, nine special education tuition rooms, one home school liaison, staff facilities, and associated ancillary accommodation the development will also include a new vehicle and pedestrian entrance from john paul park, road and junction upgrades on john paul park, and relocation and reconfiguration of parking spaces along john paul park. Within st mary's primary school curtilage, a fire tender access to the new building, new boundary treatments along the site frontage, and all associated site development and landscaping works above and below ground
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Protect, provide and improve community, civic and educational facilities and to preserve the open character of institutional lands and the setting of heritage buildings contained within such lands.”
Objective set by the ATLAP 2014-2020 (2014–2025). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 St Marys Terrace, Athlone, Westmeath | Jun 2025 | €290,000 | 142 m |
| 7 Newtown Terrace, Athlone Town, Westmeath | Mar 2025 | €298,000 | 172 m |
| 16 Sarsfield Sq, Athlone, Westmeath | Aug 2025 | €135,000 | 225 m |
| 3 Sarsfield Square, Athlone, County Westmeath | Nov 2025 | €155,000 | 242 m |
| Emmanuel, 1 Ashley Crescent, Ballymahon Rd | Jan 2025 | €265,000 | 252 m |
| 93 Sean Costello St, Athlone, Westmeath | Apr 2026 | €200,000 | 261 m |
| Glenina, Southern Station Rd, Athlone | Aug 2025 | €364,000 | 266 m |
| 98 Sarsfield Sq, Athlone, Co Westmeath | Oct 2025 | €182,000 | 286 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 received22 July 2025
- Decision due15 September 2025
- Decision issued15 September 2025
- Grant issued21 October 2025
- Permission expiry20 October 2030
In the area
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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