Cloghanboy (Strain)
Townland in the civil parish of St. Mary's, barony of Brawny, Co. Westmeath; in Irish An Clochán Buí (Strain)
- Area
- 5.5 ha
- 14 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 367 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Established Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghanboy (Strain), from 1 m² to 22,129 m² (2.21 ha, 5.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Sporting Recreational (Active open space)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Sporting Recreational (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Community, Educational & Institutional (Education)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 Aug 2025N/a
Extension of Duration of development permitted under Reference ABP-309513-21 comprising 576 No. Residential dwellings (285 No. Houses, 291 No. Apartments) Creche and associated works
Extension of duration · Westmeath County Council, 2530
4 Jun 2024Conditional
proposed development providing for a change of use and plan to the office building permitted under Westmeath County Council Reference 22/337 to a construct a part 8 and part 10 storey hotel with 192 no. bedrooms, lounge, bar, restaurant / dinning, gym / spa, conference and meeting room facilities, alongside reception, kitchen, storage, staff welfare and service areas. The proposed development contains plant areas (rooftop and integrated room space), bicycle storage and ancillary works including water/wastewater services, surface water drainage, hard and soft landscaping, signage, and all other site development works. The proposed development will be accessed from the Brawney Road, utilising previously permitted entrances, 3 storey parking deck and site substation. Planning permission is sought for a 5-year period
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460191
13 Jul 2023Conditional
RETENTION for alterations to development previously granted planning permission under Ref: 02/2 (Two storey crèche). Permission is sought for: (1) retention of 3 no. extensions - total floor area 44.4sq.m; (2) retention of internal layout changes. (3) retention of elevational changes, (4) retention of advertising sign, (5) retention of repositioning of the building within the site, (6) retention of site layout changes (including an additional site access), (7) retention of changes to site boundaries and, (8) all associated ancillary site works
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2360218
26 May 2023Refused
erection of an 18m high monopole telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment all enclosed in security fencing
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360149
22 Jun 2022Conditional
construction of a part 7 and part 9-storey office building providing office space, meeting room, staff welfare, reception, service areas and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development includes (1) demolition of existing ESB substation kiosk and construction of new substation at eastern end of site; (2) construction of office building (10,137 square meters) comprising Block A (7 storeys) and Block B (9 storeys) with interconnecting link bridge between first and sixth floor levels and outdoor terrace at sixth floor in Block A and eight floor in Block B; (3) construction of 3 storey parking deck; (4) ancillary site development works including new entrances and internal access road, car and bicycle parking, water/wastewater services, surface water drainage, hard and soft landscaping, signage, rooftop plant and photovoltaic panels and all other site development works. The proposed development will be accessed from the Brawny Road.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22337
10 May 2022Conditional
to retain alterations to development - previously granted planning permission under Ref: 10/3053. Permission is sought for: (1) retention of 4 no. extensions - total floor area 89.91 sq.m: (2) retention of internal areas subject to a change of use - total floor area 50.75sq.m: (3) all associated ancillary site works.
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 22239
13 Apr 2022N/a
to retain alterations to development - previously granted planning permission under Ref: 10/3053. Permission is sought for: (1) retention of 4 no. extensions - total floor area 89.91 sq.m: (2) retention of internal areas subject to a change of use - total floor area 50.75sq.m: (3) all associated ancillary site works.
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 22186
15 Apr 2020Conditional
Construction of a two-storey extension to the existing office building with all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207057
23 Aug 2019Conditional
Construction of a new tennis club facility to include a) Six ITF (International Tennis Federation) tennis courts b) One mini practice tennis court and associated practice wall c) young children's mini play area d) tennis pavilion (with roof terrace viewing area) to include equipment storage areas, viewing areas, toilets and changing facilities for disabled persons and other ancillary facilities e) new site entrance area f) high grade LED tennis court lighting including 12m high masts for each tennis court g) tennis court fencing h) site perimeter fencing i) landscaping including paved areas j) and all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 197176
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloghanboy (Strain).
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cloghanboy (Strain).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloghanboy (Strain).
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1609 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cloghanboy (Strain) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Cloghanboy (Strain) · An Clochán Buí (Strain)
- Area
- 55,055 m² (5.51 ha, 13.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Mary's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Brawny
- Electoral division
- Athlone East Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Athlone East Rural electoral division: 8,020 people in 2,747 households; 56% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloghanboy (Cooke), Cloghanboy (Homan), Curragh
- Placenames
- Cloghanboy (Strain) 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.