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Westmeath County Council grants permission for 426-home scheme at Cornamagh Clonbrusk & Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

5 August 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Westmeath County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026

Westmeath County Council granted permission on 5 August 2025 for a 426-home scheme at Cornamagh Clonbrusk & Coosan, Athlone, an application first lodged on 17 June 2025.

Key facts

Reference
2525
Planning authority
Westmeath County Council
Location
Cornamagh Clonbrusk & Coosan, Athlone, Co.Westmeath
Received
17 June 2025
Application type
EXTENSION OF DURATION
Homes
426
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision date
5 August 2025

In context

It is one of 36 housing scheme applications Westmeath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 5 August 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Westmeath County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

EXTENSION OF DURATION for SHD application made to An Bord Pleanala (ABP Ref 307508) for 426 no. residential units (237 no. houses, 189 no. apartments ) creche and associated works

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Westmeath County Council grants permission for 426-home scheme at Cornamagh Clonbrusk & Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath", 5 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/westmeath-county-council/2525

For the web (with link)
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/westmeath-county-council/2525">Westmeath County Council grants permission for 426-home scheme at Cornamagh Clonbrusk & Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 5 August 2025.</p>
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