Clonfad
Townland in the civil parish of Killucan, barony of Farbill, Co. Westmeath
- Area
- 180.5 ha
- 446 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 8,764 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonfad, from 62 m² to 381,470 m² (38.15 ha, 94.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
No zone of a development plan covers Clonfad 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
8 Dec 2025Conditional
Permission and retention permission. Permission is sought to renovate and re-roof the existing original dwelling together with permission to demolish the existing front porch and dilapidated extension previously granted under file Reference number 567/73. Permission is also sought to reconstruct a new storey-an-a-half extension connected to the original bungalow via a flat roof link. Permission is also sought for the following, to close the existing domestic site entrance and to relocate same in a north easterly direction, for permission to decommission the existing septic tank and domestic well and to install a new treatment system with associated raised tertiary percolation area enclosed within a new boundary fence together with permission for all associated site works. Retention permission is sought to retain the existing agricultural machinery storage building as per constructed on site in 2007 consisting of 173Sqm
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560607
31 Jul 2025Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing single storey dwelling house and the construction of a single storey detached garage / workshop to the side of the existing dwelling house and retention permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house, all with associated internal and external alterations to the existing dwelling, site works and landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560379
16 Jul 2025N/a
the construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing single storey dwelling house and the construction of a single storey detached garage / workshop to the side of the existing dwelling house and retention permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house, all with associated internal and external alterations to the existing dwelling, site works and landscaping
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560359
12 Sept 2022Conditional
alterations and renovations to the existing dormer bungalow as shown to accommodate a new single storey pitched roof side extension, single storey flat roof rear extensions, a new two storey mono-pitched extension with a first-floor flat roof extension to the rear of the existing dormer bungalow, to decommission the existing septic tank and to install a new WWTS with a polishing filter, with all ancillary services and site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22454
31 Aug 2022Conditional
construction of two single story extensions, one to the rear and one to rear and side, of the existing single storey dwelling house along with associated internal and external alterations to the existing dwelling, site works and landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22434
11 Sept 2020Refused
construct a new bungalow type dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and raised soil polishing filter, new vehicular entrance and all ancillary site services
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206244
2 Aug 2019Refused
to construct a new bungalow type dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and raised soil polishing filter, new vehicular entrance and all ancillary site services
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196212
25 Jun 2019Conditional
a 10 year permission for the construction of a Solar Farm PV Energy Development comprising installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field boundaries; underground cabling and ducting including along the R446, the L1007 and the L5008; 40 No. inverter/transformer units; 1 No. customer control building; 1 No. communications and storage building; site perimeter (stock-proof) security fencing; CCTV security cameras; new construction site entrance and road crossing point on the L5008, upgraded access points and internal site access tracks; section of asphalt road widening along the L5008 north of the R446 to facilitate construction access; landscaping including screen planting; and all associated site development works. A number of temporary construction compounds will also be provided
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196168
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 Clonfad.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonfad.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonfad.
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.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clonfad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Clonfad
- Area
- 1,804,977 m² (180.5 ha, 446.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killucan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Farbill
- Electoral division
- Griffinstown, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Hightown Or Balloughter, Lowtown Or Balleighter, Pass Of Kilbride, Rattin
- Placenames
- Clonfad 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.