Ardmorney

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardmorney, from 208 m² to 183,394 m² (18.34 ha, 45.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardmorney 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.

• 15 Aug 2025Refused

  development which will consist of the following: • Continue the use of a quarry over an area of 4.939 ha to a maximum depth and reduced floor level of 80.000m. Excavation of sand and gravel will take place over an area of 4.71 Ha; • It is proposed to continue extraction activities in the authorized existing quarry as already granted by An Bord Pleanála (Ref no. 25.SU.0002), void above the water table, and to laterally extend the existing quarry void to the north/northwest; • The proposed duration of excavation is 10 years, to reflect anticipated extraction of remaining reserves and depending on market conditions and a further 3 years for restoration; • Inclusion of all site screening and landscaping works including end of operation restoration to agricultural use; • The development will consist of removal of approximately 400,000m3 of sand and gravel from the site via the public road. The excavated material will comprise sand and gravel which will be extracted by mechanical means. The extracted sand and gravel material will be transported to an onsite central plant area for washing, grading and processing as per NSAI certification; • The infill and restoration of the existing end of life quarry excavated areas with approximately 250,000m3 of clean inert soil and stone (375,000 tonnes assuming a density of 1.5) to restore the lands to agricultural uses as required under the conditions of the Substitute Consent granted in 2013 and not undertaken by the previous operator. The infill would be completed under an Article 27 of the European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No 126 of 2011) or under a local authority waste facility permit under the Waste Management Act 1996-2008; •Installation of a new site entrance, access track and lockable gates; •Installation of a wheel wash, and temporary portaloo toilets (self-contained) and hard standing quarantine area with a cubic meter skip; • Reuse of existing weighbridge onsite, use of entrance, internal access, existing buildings and facilities; and • All other associated site works and ancillary activities, including site management, security fencing, internal surface water management, and road management including approaching passing bays

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560409

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Split Hills and Long Hill Esker SAC 001831
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Split Hills And Long Hill Esker 001831

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ardmorney.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).

No address of the register names Ardmorney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Ardmorney

Area

612,387 m² (61.24 ha, 151.32 acres)

Civil parish

Newtown, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Newtown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymachugh, Cumminstown, Garryduff, Higginstown, Loughanlewnaght, Newtownlow, Rahinmore

Placenames

Ardmorney on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.