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Changes sought to permitted 576-home scheme at Lisseywoolen Kilnafaddoge and Retreat, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
7 August 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Westmeath County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
An applicant lodged plans with Westmeath County Council on 7 August 2025 for a 576-home scheme at Lisseywoolen Kilnafaddoge and Retreat, Athlone. A decision is due by 1 October 2025.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2530
- Planning authority
- Westmeath County Council
- Location
- Lisseywoolen Kilnafaddoge and Retreat, Athlone, Co.Westmeath
- Received
- 7 August 2025
- Application type
- EXTENSION OF DURATION
- Homes
- 576
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Decision due
- 1 October 2025
- Submissions until
- 10 September 2025 (closed)
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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 1 October 2025, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.
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 of development permitted under Reference ABP-309513-21 comprising 576 No. Residential dwellings (285 No. Houses, 291 No. Apartments) Creche and associated works
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Changes sought to permitted 576-home scheme at Lisseywoolen Kilnafaddoge and Retreat, Athlone, Co. Westmeath", 7 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/westmeath-county-council/2530
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/westmeath-county-council/2530">Changes sought to permitted 576-home scheme at Lisseywoolen Kilnafaddoge and Retreat, Athlone, Co. Westmeath</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 7 August 2025.</p>
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