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Residential land off Sean Costello Street, And the Adjacent Terraced Building To the East

Athlone · Athlone · Westmeath

On the RZLT map, no permission. RZLT-liable and no live permission for 10+ homes on it

Site area
0.88 ha (2.17 acres)
Zoning
R2
Townland
Athlone
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Why this site

  • On the RZLT map, no permission· Residential Zoned Land Tax
    On the RZLT map, no permission · RZLT-liable and 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

  • 2354 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 28 Apr 2023
  • 238 · n/a · lodged 23 Jan 2023
  • 207072 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 5 May 2020
  • 177155 · refused · 1 homes · lodged 25 Aug 2017

Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)

Developers active near this site

Who owns it

The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.42206, -7.93018 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.

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

Planning on and around the site

Radius m
250

Near

Years
5
Total
38

Appeals

Total
1
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, 13 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 12 Oct 2026

Deadlines running

Radius m
250
Count
1

Clocks (1)

KindEntity typeOccurred atDeadline atDeadline kindSummary
application_receivedapplication25 Sept 202630 Oct 2026observation2660515: application received — Retention planning permission and planning permission is being sought. Retention Permission is being sought for a stand

Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 13 Oct 2026; moderngov, 13 Oct 2026; npad, 13 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Available
Yes
On site
No
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.

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, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026

Constraints

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

Kinds (1)

KindLabelCount
smrRecorded monument1

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.smr, 27 Sept 2026

Homes planned nearby

Radius m
1,000

Totals

Sites
5
Homes
212
Started
103
Sites started
3
Unbuilt
109
Sites unbuilt
2
Sites lapsing
0
Sites lapsed
0
Sites appealed
0
Started pct
49
Not started
109

As of

Computed at
2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
Sites in table
4,197

Applicants (2)

NameSitesHomes
Wincove Land Limited199
Bower Hall Limited110

Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 13 Oct 2026

Public land nearby

Radius m
1,000

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 13 Oct 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m
1,000
Stop count
29
Facility count
11

Stops (10)

AgencyStop idNameDistance m
nta8330B455671MacDiarmada Road113.1
nta8330B455511MacDiarmada Road129.6
nta8330B5001901Golden Island183
nta8330B455661Lower Rd187.1
nta8330B455521Lower Rd212.1
nta8330B455811Grace Park Rd296.2
nta8330B456051Grace Park Rd300.1
nta8330B5001801J Broderick St318.8
nta8330B500201Castlemaine St326.5
nta8330B500221Golden Island331.6

Schools (7)

KindRefNameCouncilDistance mPath
school_primary19261JST HILDAS SP SCHWESTMEATH351.8/school/st-hildas-sp-sch-19261j
school_postprimary63190MMarist CollegeWESTMEATH430.2/school/marist-college-63190m
school_primary20073PST MARYS NSWESTMEATH437.9/school/st-marys-ns-20073p
school_postprimary63210POur Lady's BowerWESTMEATH535.6/school/our-ladyis-bower-63210p
school_postprimary71410TAthlone Community CollegeWESTMEATH680.3/school/athlone-community-college-71410t
school_primary18405CS N PHOIL NAOFAWESTMEATH830/school/s-n-phoil-naofa-18405c
school_primary07722DST PETERS N S SNRWESTMEATH830.2/school/st-peters-n-s-snr-07722d

Sources: gtfs, 11 Oct 2026; schools, 27 Sept 2026

Other sites nearby

Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (12 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (13 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (13 Oct 2026); npad (13 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).

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