# Creggan Upper, Co. Westmeath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of St. Mary's, barony of Brawny, Co. Westmeath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 992,625 m² (99.26 ha, 245.28 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,250 m² (0.63 ha, 1.54 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): C6 Strategic Gateway, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 15 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: St. Mary's, https://everytownland.com/westmeath/parish/st-marys.md - Barony: Brawny - Electoral division: Tubbrit, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 719 people lived in 249 households in the Tubbrit electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Westmeath, https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/50992 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 230510 - Centre: latitude 53.408039, longitude -7.883555 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggan Upper, from 404 m² to 143,763 m² (14.38 ha, 35.52 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 88291: 143,763 m² (14.38 ha, 35.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/88291.md - Parcel 88288: 108,299 m² (10.83 ha, 26.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/88288.md - Parcel 85074: 107,264 m² (10.73 ha, 26.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/85074.md - Parcel 106824: 89,806 m² (8.98 ha, 22.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/106824.md - Parcel 85291: 70,223 m² (7.02 ha, 17.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/85291.md - Parcel 110624: 48,348 m² (4.83 ha, 11.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/110624.md - Parcel 6153384: 45,354 m² (4.54 ha, 11.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6153384.md - Parcel 86064: 40,547 m² (4.05 ha, 10.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/86064.md - Parcel 3471679: 36,355 m² (3.64 ha, 8.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3471679.md - Parcel 3698978: 27,390 m² (2.74 ha, 6.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3698978.md - Parcel 88263: 25,347 m² (2.53 ha, 6.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/88263.md - Parcel 3699357: 25,200 m² (2.52 ha, 6.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3699357.md - Parcel 3576923: 23,525 m² (2.35 ha, 5.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3576923.md - Parcel 110369: 20,366 m² (2.04 ha, 5.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/110369.md - Parcel 86461: 19,595 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/86461.md - Parcel 3471699: 13,476 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3471699.md - Parcel 3166999: 13,230 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3166999.md - Parcel 110197: 12,552 m² (1.26 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/110197.md - Parcel 110258: 12,448 m² (1.24 ha, 3.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/110258.md - Parcel 105779: 10,263 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/105779.md - Parcel 110630: 10,219 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/110630.md - Parcel 88470: 9,126 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/88470.md - Parcel 3332798: 7,876 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3332798.md - Parcel 218066: 6,576 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/218066.md - Parcel 85283: 6,502 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/85283.md - Parcel 85834: 5,998 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/85834.md - Parcel 86238: 5,699 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/86238.md - Parcel 107627: 5,053 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/107627.md - Parcel 86670: 4,799 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/86670.md - Parcel 85142: 4,552 m² (0.46 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/85142.md - Parcel 86850: 4,271 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/86850.md - Parcel 107598: 3,191 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/107598.md - Parcel 3576922: 2,968 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3576922.md - Parcel 2641377: 2,959 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2641377.md - Parcel 110280: 2,475 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/110280.md - Parcel 88503: 2,061 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/88503.md - Parcel 87639: 1,953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/87639.md - Parcel 111814: 1,949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/111814.md - Parcel 88506: 1,782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/88506.md - Parcel 4694093: 1,734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4694093.md - Parcel 5311766: 1,256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5311766.md - Parcel 106810: 909 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/106810.md - Parcel 87034: 774 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/87034.md - Parcel 107511: 599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/107511.md - Parcel 107433: 561 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/107433.md - Parcel 6153405: 545 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6153405.md - Parcel 107621: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/107621.md - Parcel 107459: 536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/107459.md - Parcel 6153388: 445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6153388.md - Parcel 3295140: 404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3295140.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - C6 Strategic Gateway (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses): ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath; 28 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/media/ATP%20Volume%201%20Written%20Statement.pdf#page=188 - R2 Established Residential (Existing residential): ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath; 11 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/media/Volume%201%20Written%20Statement.pdf#page=467 - C1.1 Commercial (Commercial, retail): ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/media/Volume%201%20Written%20Statement.pdf#page=471 - C3 Innovation Technology (Office, business/technology park and related): ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/media/MLAP%20Volume%201%20Written%20Statement.pdf#page=199 - G1 Open Space (Open space, park): ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/media/Volume%201%20Written%20Statement.pdf#page=472 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 15 applications, newest first. - 15 Aug 2025, Westmeath County Council 2560407: Conditional. Permission. construction of a two-storey side extension to the northern side of the building and a new rear extension to the western side of the building and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560407/0 - 29 May 2025, Westmeath County Council 2560260: Conditional. Permission. to demolish existing non-habitable dwelling and associated buildings, and the construction of the following: Building ‘A’, a standalone single storey motor vehicle service and sales facility (with ancillary offices, staff and customer facilities and ancillary spaces), (c. 1,780 sq.m.) with illuminated signage zone on north-west elevation (c. 3.75 sq.m) and an illuminated sign on the north-east elevation (c. 3.8 sq m); Building ‘B’, a standalone one storey with Mezzanine level motor vehicle service and sales facility (with ancillary offices, staff and customer facilities and ancillary spaces), (c. 952 sq.m.) with illuminated signage zones on north, south and west elevations (c. 16.2 sq.m in total); Building ‘C’, a standalone single storey valet and car wash building (with water recycling unit), (c. 310 sq.m.); and Building ‘D’, a standalone single storey valet and car wash building (with water recycling unit), (c. 326 sq.m.). Both Building ‘C’ and ‘D’ will be used for valeting and washing vehicles solely for the operation of Building ‘A’ and ‘B’. The development also includes the construction of an access road off the N62; 2 no. free-standing double-sided illuminated pylon signs (with signage zone of c. 9 sq.m in total); flag poles; customer and staff car parking; bicycle parking; new and used vehicle display parking; vehicle storage area and service parking; electric vehicle charging points; associated lighting; hard and soft landscaping including the provision of boundary treatments, gates, fencing, walls and bollards; SUDs measures; partial green roof to Building A; associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); ancillary plant; and all other site excavation and development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560260/0 - 15 Jul 2024, Westmeath County Council 2450: Conditional. Permission. change of use from Solvent Chemical Distribution Depot to light commercial vehicle storage to car park area and storage of car parts and building materials to existing shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450/0 - 21 Dec 2023, Westmeath County Council 23159: Conditional. Permission. decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area and installation of a new treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23159/0 - 28 Jul 2023, Westmeath County Council 23113: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of existing non-habitable dwelling and associated buildings, and construction of the following; building A single storey motor vehicle service and sales facility, 1780 sq.m. Building C a detached single storey ancillary building,(310 sq.m) Building B a partially two storey motor vehicle service and sales facility, (952 sq.m) service and sales building and building D a detached single storey ancillary building (326 sq.m.). Both building C and D will be used for valeting and washing vehicles solely in the operation of building A and B. The development also includes the construction of an access road off the N62, on-grade car parking, free standing signage and flag poles, boundary treatments, associated drainage andancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement(NIS) accompanies this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23113/0 - 14 Oct 2022, Westmeath County Council 22500: Conditional. Permission. To construct a detached single storey motor showroom building to include for internal vehicle display area and associated customer area, office and toilet accommodation, along with attached illuminated building signage at their existing premises.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22500/0 - 18 Jan 2019, Westmeath County Council 197012: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Erection of 4 number, 6m high public lighting columns and lights in the rear car parking area of the NCT centre (granted planning permission under Ref number 17/7025) together with all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/197012/0 - 25 Sept 2018, Westmeath County Council 187181: Conditional. Retention. The development consists of the retention of a commercial garage/workshop, ancillary support buildings and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/187181/0 - 24 Sept 2018, Westmeath County Council 187179: Conditional. Permission. Removal of existing service reception entrance lobby and construction of single-storey service reception extension. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/187179/0 - 10 Sept 2018, Westmeath County Council 187171: N/a. Permission. Removal of existing service reception entrance lobby and construction of single-storey service reception extension. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/187171/0 - 24 Nov 2017, Westmeath County Council 177212: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Planning Permission for change of use and to extend existing garage to form a self contained one bedroom living unit and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/177212/0 - 8 Nov 2017, Westmeath County Council 177199: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Planning Permission for a change of use and to extend existing garage to form a granny flat and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/177199/0 - 3 Aug 2017, Westmeath County Council 177139: Refused. Permission. Planning Permission for a change of use and to extend existing garage to form a granny flat and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/177139/0 - 17 Feb 2017, Westmeath County Council 177028: Conditional. Permission. Alterations to front and side facades of existing mercedes-benz showroom including projecting roof canopy with circular supports,alterations to existing front entrance portal, new mercedes-benz star wall to front elevation and new illuminated building signage. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/177028/0 - 14 Feb 2017, Westmeath County Council 177025: Conditional. Permission. The construction of a 2 Lane, pitched roof extension, circa 250m2 ground floor area to the side of the existing 1 Lane NCT Centre and new mezzanine floor circa 20m2, similiar in height, design and finish to that of the existing centre together with internal demolitions of existing offices and mezzanine floor together with new offices, reception, canteen, toilets and new parking, roads, fencing, storage area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/177025/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Crosswood Bog SAC, site code 002337, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002337 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Crosswood Bog, site code 000678 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WM029-028: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM029-028----. Situated on top of a steep knoll (200ft), in undulating pasture, on the former demesne of Creggan House, overlooking the valley of the river Shannon to SW. Annotated ‘Castle O’Brien’ on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. The collapsed remains of a rectangular structure (10m E-W; 6m N-S) defined by wall foundations (max. H 1-1.5m), that are best preserved at the SW corner, where the wall angle and interior facing can be seen. There is much collapsed masonry within and on the exterior of the ruin where there is a steep fall of ground to N. Other wall footings & enclosures extend to N, E, S and SW from the ruin and are obscured by vegetation. Numerous large boulders and pieces of limestone outcrop are visible on the site. A second knoll of similar height is depicted on the current ed. OS 6-inch map, c. 14m to WSW. The outline of a raised rectangular feature (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) which is visible on aerial photography c. 14m to S, may be the ‘terraced area’ mentioned in the ASI Field notes 24/03/1982 (Digital Globe 2014). An 18th or 19th-century walled garden encroaches on the site at WNW. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Creggan House, building misc, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 15402901, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15402901. Two freestanding battlemented towers on square-plan, built c.1820, formerly part of the Creggan House estate (house demolished). Lime rendered walls with projecting ashlar limestone string courses and battlements to parapet. Square-headed and pointed-arch window openings, fittings now gone/blocked. Single tripartite window to one of the towers having cut limestone surrounds, mullions and transoms. Square-headed doorcases with remains of timber sheeted doors. Towers stand to either side of site of Creggan House. Set back from road in own grounds to the southeast of Athlone Town. Rubble limestone boundary wall to the south. - Creggan House, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1830, Regional interest, registry number 15402902, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15402902. Two former main entrance gates serving Creggan House (now demolished), built c.1815, each comprising a pair of moulded ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded capstones over. Metal gates to both entrance. Gateways flanked to either side by rubble limestone boundary walls having ashlar coping over. Located to the south of the site of Creggan House and to the southwest of Athlone. - Creggan House, worker's house, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 15402903, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15402903. Group of four attached single-storey former worker’s houses associated with Creggan House (now demolished), built c.1900, each having a single-bay gable-fronted glazed timber entrance porch, two to the centre and one to either gable end (east and west). Canted bays to either end off main façade (south). Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with overhanging eaves, barge boards to gable ends, decorative terracotta ridge cresting with elaborate finials, cast-iron rainwater goods and four moulded red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting plinth. Porches are constructed of red brick to base with rendered walls over having half-timbered detailing. Canted bays constructed of brick. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows with cross detailing to upper sections. Windows arranged in groups of four along main elevation (south) with hoodmouldings over. Similar glazing pattern to porches. Square-headed openings to porch having timber and glazed timber doors. Located to the south of the site of Creggan House and to the southeast of Athlone. Rubble limestone wall to the rear (south) with freestanding tower to the west. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Creggan Upper, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1641, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1641.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/creggan-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/creggan-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/creggan-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Creggan Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath: https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bunnahinly: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/bunnahinly.md - Cloonbonny: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/cloonbonny.md - Creggan Lower: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/creggan-lower.md - Fardrum: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/fardrum.md - Garrycastle: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/garrycastle.md - Glen: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/glen-230679.md - Moydrum: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/moydrum-231016.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/creggan-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/westmeath/creggan-upper