Greatmeadow

175 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Greatmeadow, from 41 m² to 123,017 m² (12.3 ha, 30.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Greatmeadow in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Apr 2026Conditional

  Permission for the proposed erection of signage on the recently constructed retail/storage/office building granted full planning permission under Planning Reference Number PD/24/60340 together with the proposed erection of signage on existing building to the front of site and all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660186

• 21 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for proposed construction of a storage yard to be used as part of the existing onsite business and all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560118

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission: 1. to demolish existing dwelling, 2. to construct new LCV testing lane on to southern side of existing building, 3. to revise site boundaries & car parking layout of existing garage forecourt and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460611

• 17 Dec 2024N/a

  Permission to: 1. demolish existing dwelling, 2. to construct new LCV testing lane on to southern side of existing building, 3. to revise site boundaries & car parking layout of existing garage forecourt and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460590

• 19 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission for the following: (A) Proposed demolition of existing retail building; (B) Proposed demolition of existing storage building; (C) The proposed construction of a new retail/storage/office building for use in conjunction with existing onsite business and all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460340

• 6 Apr 2023Conditional

  Permission for the proposed change of house design of the proposed 4 no. two storey semi-detached type dwelling houses which were previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PD/22/241 and all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 4 homes · Roscommon County Council, 23121

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  Permission for construction of 4 no. two storey dwelling houses (2 blocks of semi detached houses) and all associated site works at

  Permission, 4 homes · Roscommon County Council, 22241

• 21 Oct 2021Refused

  Permission for development consisting of the construction of 2 no. wind turbines (turbine tip height of 150m, rotor diameter of 138m) with associated foundations and crane hardstand areas and all associated development including 1 no. substation control building, 1 no. permanent meteorological mast (80m height) and associated foundation, hardstand area and ancillary main crane hardstand area, 1,304m of new internal site service roads, underground electric cabling systems between turbines within the wind farm site, 3.75km of overground electric cabling system and 1.53km of underground electric cabling system between the wind farm site and connection point at existing 38 kV ESBN substation in Boyle, 1 no. new site access/entrance off the L-1248 local road at the western boundary to facilitate construction and access, 1 no. temporary construction site compound (750m2), 4 no. peat / spoil deposition areas for storage of excess excavated peat materials, associated surface water management system, tree felling to facilitate site development, temporary works on sections of the public road network along the turbine delivery route (including hedge or tree cutting, relocation of powerlines / poles, lampposts, signage and local road widening) and all associated site works (an NIS and an EIAR have been submitted in respect of the application) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21595

• 8 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission to extend existing storage yard at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21508

• 16 Aug 2021N/a

  Permission to extend existing storage yard

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21468

• 26 May 2021N/a

  permission for development which will consist of the construction of 2 no. wind turbines (maximum turbine tip height 160m) with associated foundations and crane hardstand area and all associated development including 1 No. substation control building, 1 No. permanent meteorological mast (80m height) and associated foundation, hardstand area and ancillary main crane hardstand area, 1,304m of new internal site service roads, underground electric cabling systems between turbines within the wind farm site, 3.75km of overground electric cabling system and 1.53km of underground electric cabling system between the wind farm site and connection point at existing 38 kV ESBN substation in Boyle, 1 No. new site access/entrance off the L-1248 local road at the western boundary to facilitate construction and access, 1 No. temporary construction site compound (750m2, 4 No. peat / spoil deposition areas for storage of excess excavated peat materials, associated surface water management system, tree felling to facilitate site development, temporary works on sections of the public road network along the turbine delivery route (including hedge or tree cutting, relocation of powerlines / poles, lampposts, signage and local road widening) and all associated site works( a Natura Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the application) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21276

• 24 May 2021Conditional

  permission to erect 600.00 m2 of photovoltaic panels on the roof of existing shed with all associates site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21272

• 4 Nov 2020Conditional

  for 1) 2 storey extension as constructed to south west elevation; 2) new block boundary wall as constructed to north western boundary of site; 3) revised vehicular entrance and boundary wall as constructed to the R361 boundary of site, all at existing dwelling at junction of N61 / R361 at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20455

• 5 Oct 2020N/a

  for retention 1. 2 storey extension as constructed to south west elevation. 2. new block boundary wall as constructed to north western boundary of site. 3. revised vehicular entrance and boundary wall as constructed to the R361 boundary of site all at existing dwelling at junction of N61/R361 at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 20403

• 30 Jan 2019Conditional

  for internal and external alterations to existing retail unit with provision of new internal seating area and associated ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1933

• 7 Nov 2018Conditional

  the development consists of proposed single storey extension, comprising of new ASD Unit: 2 no. classrooms, Daily living skills room, Multi-sensory room, Store, Toilets and Shower facilities, Link corridor with connection back to existing school and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18555

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Greatmeadow.

Recorded monuments

• RO006-070002 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Circular feature (diam. 20m) visible on aerial photographs (ACAP V227/29-30). This is a tree-ring and horse-training area N of Fort William House. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO006-071 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  On the W-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular, round-topped and grass-covered earthen mound (diam. 6.3-6.5m; H 0.8m at E to 1.7m at W). There is a slight berm (Wth 1.5m; H 0.3m) at the base of the mound at S. Barrow (RO006-072----) is c. 30m to the ENE. Archaeological testing (05E0121) to within c. 30m of the site in the fields to the S, W and N failed to produce any related material (Read, C. 2008). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Greatmeadow.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Greatmeadow, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1270 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

• Greatmeadow, Boyle12 sales

Name

Greatmeadow · Cluain Mhór

Area

430,661 m² (43.07 ha, 106.42 acres)

Civil parish

Boyle, and its townlands

Barony

Boyle

Electoral division

Boyle Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,775 people lived in 640 households in the Boyle Rural electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnagrange, Cashelfinoge or Lugnamuddagh, Termon

Placenames

Greatmeadow on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.