{"id":525231,"date":"2026-06-30T04:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/525231\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:29:31","slug":"major-extension-plan-approved-for-mayo-hotel-following-third-party-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/525231\/","title":{"rendered":"Major extension plan approved for Mayo hotel following third party appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782793771_737_imengine.public.prod.cmg.infomaker.io.jpeg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The Wyatt Hotel, The Octagon, Westport.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Mon 29 Jun 2026, 11:15 AM\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n        Last updated:<br \/>\n        Mon 29 Jun 2026, 1:07 PM\n      <\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">The proposed extension plans for the Wyatt Hotel, The Octagon, Westport, have been approved by An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la following a third party appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">The multi-million-euro project includes 72 bedrooms and around 110 extra parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">The development also involves the construction of a new public path from Church Street to the leisure centre car park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Elected members of the West Mayo Municipal District have welcomed the decision at today&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">They also paid tribute to Kavanagh Group on their investment, with newly elected cathaoirleach Councillor Brendan Mulroy hailing it a great day for Westport and the wider region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Councillor Peter Flynn agreed it was very welcome news, coming hot on the heels of the official opening of The Grace hotel in Westport last week, and being a great vote of confidence in Mayo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">The additional parking as part of the project was welcomed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">* Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Mon 29 Jun 2026, 11:15 AM\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n        Last updated:<br \/>\n        Mon 29 Jun 2026, 1:07 PM\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wyatt Hotel, The Octagon, Westport. Published: Mon 29 Jun 2026, 11:15 AM Last updated: Mon 29 Jun&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-525231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}