Blackmiles
Townland in Co. Westmeath
- Area
- 60.6 ha
- 150 acres
- Land parcels
- 7
- registered freehold, median 8,728 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackmiles, from 5,886 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres) to 175,505 m² (17.55 ha, 43.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Blackmiles 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 May 2026Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION for the construction of a storey & half dwelling (285.7 sqm) with attached open domestic garage (32.4 sqm) and new domestic entrance onto the public road. Permission is also sought for the installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2614
24 Apr 2026Refused
RETENTION permission is sought for the change of use of an existing residential site to a commercial yard for the parking and storage of heavy-duty vehicles and agricultural machinery. The proposed development will facilitate the parking of a maximum of two lorries and trailers, along with tractors and ancillary agricultural machinery, together with all associated site development works
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660207
9 Sept 2022Conditional
continuance of use of the existing quarry and associated processing previously permitted under P. Ref. 98/1235 (ABP PL25.113179) and P. Ref. 04/5530 (ABP PL25.212150) within an application area of c. 14.2 hectares and for a period of 8 years to allow the previously permitted rock extraction be completed. The appropriate period of planning register reference 04/5530 was extended by order dated 18/01/2018. The development proposed seeks to utilise existing permitted ancillary buildings and facilities including weighbridge, wheelwash, portacabin office/canteen/toilet, proprietary effluent treatment system, carpark facilities, overburden and screening mounds, and all other associated site works and ancillary activities. Final restoration works to be carried out over a 2 year period following final rock extraction to give overall development life of 10 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22449
4 Nov 2020Conditional
to construct a storey & half dwelling (285.7 sqm) with attached open domestic garage (32.4 sqm) and new domestic entrance onto the public road. Permission is also sought for the installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206306
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Blackmiles with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Blackmiles
- Area
- 605,506 m² (60.55 ha, 149.62 acres)
- Placenames
- Blackmiles on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, 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.