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Residential land off Retreat Park, Athlone

Athlone · Westmeath

On the RZLT map, no permission. On the RZLT map with no live permission for 10+ homes on it

Site area
3.42 ha (8.44 acres)
Zoning
R2
Townland
Retreat
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Why this site

  • On the RZLT map, no permission· Residential Zoned Land Tax
    On the RZLT map, no permission · On the RZLT map with no live permission for 10+ homes on it · 1 Jan 2027 · source
  • On the RZLT map (3% land tax)· Residential Zoned Land Tax
    On the RZLT map (3% land tax) · On the 2027 draft RZLT map · 1 Jan 2027 · source

Planning on this site

  • 197004 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 14 Jan 2019

Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)

Developers active near this site

Who owns it

We name an owner route only when the public record has one: the planning agent on the council file, the company’s registered office, or its liquidator. We never name a private individual. Where there’s none, there’s no public route. Title isn’t checked.

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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full

Planning on and around the site

Radius m
250

Near

Total
7
Years
5

Appeals

Total
2
Tagged
0

Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 19 Oct 2026; acp, 16 Oct 2026; bcms, 19 Oct 2026

Deadlines running

Count
0
Radius m
250

Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 16 Oct 2026; consult, 19 Oct 2026; moderngov, 19 Oct 2026; npad, 19 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 Oct 2026

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Note
The council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax.
On site
No
Available
Yes

Zones (1)

CodeLabelMeaningObjective text
R2Existing residentialAn established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'…Established Residential: Support high quality residential consolidation and sustainable intensification at appropriate locations in a manner that does not im…

Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 18 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 Oct 2026

Constraints

Buffer m
50
Available
Yes
Flood close m
100
Opw flood extent close
No
Opw flood extent nearby
No

Kinds (2)

KindCountLabel
niah1NIAH-recorded building
smr2Recorded monument

Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.niah, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 27 Sept 2026

Homes planned nearby

Radius m
1,000

As of

Computed at
2026-10-15T22:31:43+00:00
Sites in table
4,208

Totals

Homes
424
Sites
8
Started
161
Unbuilt
263
Not started
263
Started pct
38
Sites lapsed
0
Sites lapsing
0
Sites started
4
Sites unbuilt
4
Sites appealed
0

Applicants (3)

NameHomesSites
Wincove Land Limited991
Garrycastle Homes Limited trading as Alanna Homes631
Bower Hall Limited101

Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 19 Oct 2026; npad, 19 Oct 2026

Public land nearby

Radius m
1,000

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 19 Oct 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m
1,000
Stop count
18
Facility count
9

Stops (10)

NameAgencyStop idDistance m
Retreat Parknta8330B455541207.3
Retreat Parknta8330B455641218.7
Bower Schoolnta8330B455651256
Bower Schoolnta8330B455531274.5
Castlemaine Stnta8330B500201604.7
Regnl Sports Centrenta8330B455831630.6
Lower Rdnta8330B455521635.7
Lower Rdnta8330B455661651.6
Cartrontroynta8330B455631712
Cartrontroynta8330B455551721.8

Schools (5)

CouncilRefKindNamePathDistance m
WESTMEATH71410Tschool_postprimaryAthlone Community College/school/athlone-community-college-71410t177.1
WESTMEATH63210Pschool_postprimaryOur Lady's Bower/school/our-ladyis-bower-63210p305.4
WESTMEATH19948Wschool_primaryScoil na gCeithre Maistri/school/scoil-na-gceithre-maistri-19948w368
WESTMEATH63190Mschool_postprimaryMarist College/school/marist-college-63190m542.9
WESTMEATH19261Jschool_primaryST HILDAS SP SCH/school/st-hildas-sp-sch-19261j813.7

Sources: gtfs, 18 Oct 2026; schools, 27 Sept 2026

Other sites nearby

Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (16 Oct 2026); bcms (19 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (19 Oct 2026); gtfs (18 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (19 Oct 2026); npad (19 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (18 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (18 Oct 2026).

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