Golden Island (St. George)

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Golden Island (St. George), from 2 m² to 38,735 m² (3.87 ha, 9.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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.

• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Sporting Recreational (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 May 2026Refused

  development which will consist of the installation of a single-storey café unit comprising two connected modular structures (20ft containers), incorporating a coffee and food preparation area, customer seating area, and accessible toilet facilities, together with associated site works including internal access roads, car parking, bin storage, signage, landscaping, and all ancillary site development works. The proposal includes a controlled takeaway collection point for customers

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660227

• 20 Nov 2024Conditional

  change of use with internal refurbishment of an existing second floor office unit into a dental surgery and all associated site development works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460443

• 16 Mar 2020Refused

  Permission for a 10 Year planning permisison for a commercial development on a site of 2.88 hectares including demolition of exisitng warehouse to the north of the site and the provision of 10,992sq.m of commercial floorspace arranged in 4. no blocks (Block A.B.C.D) . The exisitng commecial building to the east of the site and 22 no. carparking speaces will be retained. Block A: Convenience supermarket to include off licence . Block B. A single storey Café with a terrace area to the west and south of block B. Block C: 4. no. retail units on the ground floor and office unit on the upper floor. Block D: 5no. single storey bulky-use retail units located at the south west corner of the site and adjoins the exisitng commercial builiding to the south east of the site. An ESB sub station and switchcroom is proposed in block D. Access to the site will be provided via the Carrickobrien Road & Golden Island Road. The proposed development will be served by 267 no. car parking spaces and165 no. bicycle parking spaces. the proposed development also includes for a HGV set-down area to the east of the site along the Carrickobrien road, trolly bay, hard and soft landscaping works, signage, delivery set down areas, public lighting, boundary treatments and all associated site development and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies the application.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207040

• 29 Jun 2017Conditional

  change of use of Unit 8 from Class 2, offices (Employment Services) to Class 8, Orthodontic/Dental Surgery and associated works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177117

• 20 Jun 2017Refused

  Change of use of ground floor Unit 4(a) from retail warehouse use to office use together with internal associated alterations, additional toilets plus minor alterations to existing site layout to include additional car park spaces, new entrance security gates and all necessary ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177110

• 1 Feb 2017Refused

  Planning Permission for (1) the sub division of existing retail unit 4D to accomodate additional First Floor office space (2) for minor alterations to existing elevations to include additional windows and signage (3) for minor alterations to existing site layout to include additional car park spaces, new entrance security gates and signage and all necessary ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177015

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 Golden Island (St. George).

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Golden Island (St. George).

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Golden Island (St. George).

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 Golden Island (St. George), about 1 in 10 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 low. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1610 (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.

No address of the register names Golden Island (St. George) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Golden Island (St. George)

Area

82,112 m² (8.21 ha, 20.29 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mary's, and its townlands

Barony

Brawny

Electoral division

Athlone East Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,811 people lived in 1,982 households in the Athlone East Urban electoral division. 46% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ankers Bower, Athlone, Golden Island, Golden Island (Kilmaine)

Placenames

Golden Island (St. George) 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.