Plans for eight new housing units in Willow Park go to public consultation

By Rebekah O'Reilly

Plans for eight new homes in Willow Park's Thornbury Drive have gone to public consultation.

Westmeath County Council have shared plans for the demolition of two existing derelict semi-detached dwellings at Thornbury Drive to make way for the construction of eight new own door dwellings.

The site is located within the existing Willow Park residential estate approximately 2.5km south-east of the town centre, accessed off the R446 Dublin Road.

The proposed development will comprise four one-bed universal design ground floor Age Friendly apartments, as well as a further four one-bed first floor apartments in two two-storey detached blocks.

The plans reveal an open plan living and dining room in each of the proposed units.

Each unit will have its own garden space to the rear, featuring a 1.8m high garden walls seperating each garden with a 2m high concrete block wall to the rear.

Provisions for nine cobblelock parking spaces, including one accessible space, are proposed for the site.

The plans went to public consultation on Saturday, October 17.

For a period of four weeks, the Plans and Particulars of the proposed development are available for inspection at https://consult.westmeathcoco.ie/en.

Plans can be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of Westmeath County Council at Áras An Chontae, Mount Street Mullingar, N91 FH4N or Athlone Civic Centre, Church Street, Athlone, N37 P2T5 between the hours of 9.30am to 4pm each day, excluding weekends and Bank Holidays from Saturday, October 17 up to and including Tuesday, November 17.

For a period of six weeks, beginning on Saturday, October 17, submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the development would be situated, may be made at https://consult.westmeathcoco.ie/en.

Submissions can be made in writing to The Administrative Officer, Planning Department, Áras an Chontae, Mount Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, N91 FH4N

The closing date for receipt of submissions or observations is the Tuesday, December 1, at 4pm. Submissions should be labelled ‘LAA6 2026 Thornbury Drive, Willow Park, Athlone’ and include the name, address and details of any organisation represented if relevant.