Chanonstown
Townland in Co. Westmeath
- Area
- 95.4 ha
- 236 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 35,209 m² (3.52 ha, 8.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Chanonstown, from 1,352 m² to 119,537 m² (11.95 ha, 29.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Chanonstown 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
30 May 2025Conditional
A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560268
2 Sept 2024Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, detached garage with solar panels with septic tank & percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460314
17 Mar 2023Refused
construction of a dwelling house, detached garage with solar panels and septic tank & percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360065
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 Chanonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Chanonstown
- Area
- 954,368 m² (95.44 ha, 235.83 acres)
- Placenames
- Chanonstown 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.