Cornaher
Townland in the civil parish of Newtown, barony of Moycashel, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 127240
- Area
- 34,169 m² (3.42 ha, 8.44 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cornaher
Planning applications on this parcel
28 May 2026N/a
RETENTION permission is sought for extensions (total area 261.7 sqm) and associated retrofit works to an existing dwelling. The development comprises extensions of varying height, including both single-storey and two-storey elements, and includes the retention of the conversion of attic/roof space to habitable accommodation. At ground floor level, the extension comprises a granny flat (55.2 sqm), sauna (12.5 sqm), ensuite (7.5 sqm), walk-in wardrobe and laundry (28 sqm). The development also includes extensions to existing bedrooms as follows: Bedroom 02 increased from 15 sqm to 27 sqm; Bedroom 03 increased from 14.3 sqm to 17.8 sqm; and Bedroom 04 increased from 10.07 sqm to 14.9 sqm, including the addition of an ensuite (1.9 sqm). The former Bedroom 03 has been converted to a gym. Retention permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing garage into habitable space, consisting of Storage 01 (17.5 sqm), bathroom (4.6 sqm), sitting room (18.3 sqm), Storage 02 (10.1 sqm), and a bedroom with ensuite (18.2 sqm). At first floor level, the development comprises the enlargement of the existing entertainment room from 25 sqm to 36.7 sqm, including the addition of a balcony (34.8 sqm), and the extension of the existing office from 16.5 sqm to 27.7 sqm, with the inclusion of a bathroom (4.3 sqm), a snug (19.8 sqm), bedroom (18.3 sqm), and playroom (10.4 sqm). In addition, retention permission is sought for alterations to the existing dwelling, including the change of façade materiality from brick to metal cladding, the modification of the existing curved window openings to a squared profile at the front elevation, and the introduction of new window openings to the previously existing garage, which has been converted to habitable accommodation. Retention permission is also sought for an existing single-storey garage (46 sqm) located to the east of the site, together with all associated site development works.
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660283
11 May 2026N/a
Retention permission which is sought for an extension (total area 261.7 sqm) and associated retrofit works to an existing dwelling. The development comprises an extension of varying height, including both single-storey and two-storey elements, and includes the retention of the conversion of attic/roof space to habitable accommodation. At ground floor level, the extension comprises a granny flat (55.2 sqm), sauna (12.5 sqm), ensuite (7.5 sqm), walk-in wardrobe and laundry (28 sqm). The development also includes extensions to existing bedrooms as follows: Bedroom 02 increased from 15 sqm to 27 sqm; Bedroom 03 increased from 14.3 sqm to 17.8 sqm; and Bedroom 04 increased from 10.07 sqm to 14.9 sqm, including the addition of an ensuite (1.9 sqm). The former Bedroom 03 has been converted to a gym. Retention permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing garage into habitable space, consisting of Storage 01 (17.5 sqm), bathroom (4.6 sqm), sitting room (18.3 sqm), Storage 02 (10.1 sqm), and a bedroom with ensuite (18.2 sqm). At first floor level, the development comprises the enlargement of the existing entertainment room from 25 sqm to 36.7 sqm, including the addition of a balcony (34.8 sqm), and the extension of the existing office from 16.5 sqm to 27.7 sqm, with the inclusion of a bathroom (4.3 sqm), a snug (19.8 sqm), bedroom (18.3 sqm), and playroom (10.4 sqm). In addition, retention permission is sought for alterations to the existing dwelling, including the change of façade materiality from brick to metal cladding, the modification of the existing curved window openings to a squared profile at the front elevation, and the introduction of new window openings to the previously existing garage, which has been converted to habitable accommodation. Retention permission is also sought for an existing single-storey garage (46 sqm) located to the east of the site, together with all associated site development works.
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660239
14 Apr 2026N/a
Retention permission is sought for a two-storey extension (total area 261.7 sqm) and associated retrofit works on the existing dwelling. At ground floor level, the extension comprises a granny flat (55.2 sqm), sauna (12.5 sqm), ensuite (7.5 sqm), walk-in wardrobe and laundry (28 sqm). The development also includes extensions to existing bedrooms as follows: Bedroom 02 increased from 15 sqm to 27 sqm; Bedroom 03 increased from 14.3 sqm to 17.8 sqm; and Bedroom 04 increased from 10.07 sqm to 14.9 sqm, including the addition of an ensuite (1.9 sqm). The former Bedroom 03 has been converted to a gym. Retention permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing garage into habitable space, consisting of Storage 01 (17.5 sqm), bathroom (4.6 sqm), sitting room (18.3 sqm), Storage 02 (10.1 sqm), and a bedroom with ensuite (18.2 sqm). At first floor level, at the existing extension comprises the enlargement of the existing entertainment room from 25 sqm to 36.7 sqm, including the addition of a balcony (34.8 sqm), and the extension of the existing office from 16.5 sqm to 27.7 sqm, with the inclusion of a bathroom (4.3 sqm), a snug (19.8 sqm), bedroom (18.3 sqm), and playroom (10.4 sqm). In addition, retention permission is sought for alterations to the existing dwelling, including the change of façade materiality from brick to metal cladding, the modification of the existing curved window openings to a squared profile at the front elevation, and the introduction of new window openings to the previously existing garage, which has been converted to habitable accommodation. Retention permission is sought for an existing single-storey garage (46 sqm) located to the east of the site, together with all associated site development works on the above address.
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660176
19 Dec 2018Refused
retention of existing boundary wall and entrance onto the public roadway and all associated site works
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 186384
18 Apr 2017Conditional
demolition of existing single storey detached house and construction of new detached 5 bedroom single storey detached house with separate attached domestic garage/store, together with associated waste water treatment plant and percolation system, existing vehicular access is to remodelled with new sweeped entrance walls and gated entrance set back from the position of the existing vehicular entrance with a new driveway to the proposed house.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176115
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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).
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 268.7 ha
- 664 acres
- Land parcels
- 105
- registered freehold, median 7,249 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornaher, from 47 m² to 613,288 m² (61.33 ha, 151.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cornaher 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 Dec 2025Refused
EXTENSION OF DURATION for Land fill improvement works using soil and stone to a maximum depth of 2.7m, final landscaping with the end result of an agricultural field and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Westmeath County Council, 2544
7 Nov 2024Conditional
two-storey dwelling house, garage, Secondary Treatment System, soil polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460432
10 May 2024Conditional
construction of concrete yard with effluent tank and all associated site works. Permission for retention of agricultural storage shed for farmyard manure & imported organic based fertilizer /soil improvers and all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460158
2 Jul 2020Conditional
Land fill improvement works using soil and stone to a maximum depth of 2.7m, final landscaping with the end result of an agricultural field and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206166
17 Jun 2019Conditional
retention of existing agricultural sheds, also permission for construction of slatted shed and all ancillary site works
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 196157
19 Jul 2018Conditional
to construct a single storey dwelling house and all ancillary site services
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186226
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
- 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
- WM038-025001 Flat cemetery
Description
There are no surface remains visible of Bronze Age burials in the townland of Rahinashurock which were excavated in the 1960s (Danaher 1965, 225-9). Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 18 December 2019
- WM038-025002 Pit-burial
Description
There are no surface remains visible of pit burial in the townland of Rahinashurock which were excavated in the 1960s (Danaher 1965, 225-9). Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 18 December 2019
- WM038-050 Structure - peatland
Description
Three pieces of brushwood in the drain face (Wth 2.86m; D 0.09m). The brushwood is irregularly laid and widely spaced, with gaps in excess of 1m between the elements. The site is situated in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cornaher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Cornaher
- Area
- 2,686,850 m² (268.69 ha, 663.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Newtown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycashel
- Electoral division
- Newtown, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappanrush, Garryduff, Kilcloghan, Killavally, Newtownlow, Pallasboy, Rahinashurock, Sonnagh, Torque
- Placenames
- Cornaher 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.