Parking

The Council shall seek to ensure the provision of adequate parking facilities to facilitate commercial activity and maintain a free flow of traffic. The Council shall favour purpose built off-street car parks including multi-storey car-parks, in preference to on-street parking. The Planning Authority will seek the provision of off-street car parking in new residential development and will also seek the provision and improvement of parking arrangements for disabled people. To manage on-street and off-street car-parking to accommodate longer term parking in less convenient and under utilised off streets car parks. Where practicable, the provision of adequate parking facilities will be required in the case of new development. Where this is not possible or desirable, developers will be required to contribute towards the cost of public parking facilities.

Athlone Town Council Parking Fees 2012

Zone A - Short Term Parking - Leinster Side
Zone A - Short Term Parking - Connaught Side
Public Streets Car Parks Public Streets Car Parks
Bridge Street Custume Plc (AIB) Abbey Lane The Docks
Castlemaine Street Fairgreen Barrack Street  
Court Devenish St Mary's Square Castle Street  
Griffith Street Strand Street Cemetery Lane  
Northgate Street The Strand Connaught Street  
Paynes Lane Fry Place  
Sean Costello Street Gratton Row  
St Mary's Place (West) High Street  
The Manse Main Street  
Wolfetone Tce Market Square (St Peter's Square)  
  O'Connell Street  
  Pearse Street  
  St Peter's Port  
  The Docks  
 
FEES :
Up to 20 mins €0.40------- MAX. STAY 2 HOURS
Up to 40 mins €0.80
Up to 1 hour €1.20
Maximum stay of 2 hours €2.40
     
Zone B - Long Term Parking - Leinster Side
Zone B - Long Term Parking- Connaught Side
Public Streets Car Parks Public Streets Car Parks
Abbey Road St Mary's Hall Chapel Street Connaught Street
Coosan Point Road (part thereof) Connaught Gardens  
St Mary's Place (East) Excise Street (Goldsmith Tce)  
Lyster Street  
Parnell Square
FEES:
Up to 1 hour €0.80
Up to 2 hours €1.50
Maximum Daily Fee €3.00
NOTE: There is no parking on Grace Park Road, Ballymahon Road/Garden Vale
There is one Hour Parking only at AIT on the Auburn/Dublin Road.


Parking Fine €40
Parking Fine in a Disability Bay €80

Parking Permits

Parking permits are available to residents of paid parking areas(max 3 per household) where the number of residential units within any single development does not exceed 4no. Permits for non residents are also available for Zone B areas only at €675 per anum.

All permits are for a maximum of one year and must be renewed annually.

Download Parking Permit forms

 
Application for Resident's Car-Parking Permit
25 KB 17 KB
 
Application for Renewal of Car-Parking Permit
28 KB 10 KB
 
Application for Employer/Employee Parking Permit
31 KB 22 KB
 
Application for Parking Appeal Form
34 KB 19 KB
 
Application For Licence For Openings To Roads Footpaths And Verges
36.5 KB 23 KB
 


Athlone Town Council, Civic Centre, Church St., Athlone Co. Westmeath    Tel: 090 6442100 Fax: 090 6479020   Email: tclerk@athlonetc.ie