Planning decision due in June on 94-home Cornamaddy development
By Rebekah O'Reilly
An Coimisiún Pleanala is due to decide on a proposed 94-home housing development in Cornamaddy/Lissywollen, Athlone, in June.
Plans were submitted by Westmeath County Council on December 10.
The council plans to build 86 houses and 8 apartments including a mix of detached, semi‑detached, terraced houses, maisonettes, and 2–3‑storey duplex apartments into courtyard arrangements.
This includes 55 two-bed 4-person terraced houses, 14 three-bed terraced houses, two 4-bed 2 story semidetached houses, 15 four-bed 3 story semidetached houses, all with private gardens, as well as 4 one-bed ground floor apartments for two persons with universal design / age friendly, and 4 one-bed first floor apartments for two persons.
Plans involve supporting infrastructure such as roads, footpaths, parking, public lighting, and connections to water, drainage, and electricity networks, as well as landscaping and site works are also included.
The proposed development is located at Cornamaddy, on the eastern outskirts of Athlone town. The site is bounded to the west by Cornamagh Cemetery, to the south by the N55 Athlone to Ballymahon Road, and to the east by the proposed ‘Esker’ development by Glenveagh. The site measures approximately 6.5 hectares and comprises a grassland field.
Specific attention will be given to retaining/protecting and enhancing the existing approximately 2m high stone wall boundary shared with the Cornamagh Cemetery, as well as three isolated very large fully mature trees randomly located within the site which have now been incorporated into the design.
There have been no planning applications recorded in relation to the site, which is on lands zoned residential in the Westmeath Development Plan 2021-2027.
This objective aims to: “Provide for high quality residential development and associated services in line with the provision of the necessary social and physical infrastructure.”
Plans and documents can be inspected or purchased during office hours at Westmeath County Council Offices, Mount Street, Mullingar, and Athlone Civic Centre, Church Street, Athlone.
They are also available online at https://consult.westmeathcoco.ie/en.
Any submissions or observations may be made in writing to An Coimisiún Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, DOI V902, no later than 4pm on Friday, February 6.