Farthingstown

182 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farthingstown, from 18 m² to 560,169 m² (56.02 ha, 138.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 62 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Farthingstown 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.

• 7 Nov 2025N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, detached garage with septic tank and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560544

• 6 Oct 2025N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, detached garage with septic tank and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560490

• 8 Jul 2025Conditional

  the development of a Data Centre Facility and Decentralised Energy Resource within an overall development boundary area of 243 hectares comprising: • 1 No. Security control building (floor area 23.5m2). • 6 No. new data buildings including administration blocks (each 228m x 62m x 18m high), 6 No. MV switch room buildings, within a secure campus having an area of 39 hectares, 1 No. fire water tank (Volume: 2000m3), pump house and proprietary modular water treatment plant. • 6 No. fuel cell towers (each 89m x 29m x 20m high), 2 No. chilled water tanks (Volume: 1000m3 each), pump house, ancillary water tank (Volume: 2000m3), carbon dioxide process building (30.7m x 15.7m x 11.3m high) and 16 No. carbon dioxide storage tanks (100 tonnes each). • Ancillary equipment compound including a storage building (30.7m x 10.7m x 9.7m high), 2 No. diesel generators, fire water tank (Volume: 2000m3) and pump house and proprietary modular water treatment plant. • Above ground gas installation (AGI) compound including a boiler/instrument kiosk, regulator/metal skid kiosk and connection to the existing gas network within the site. • 33kV IPP building (60.9m x 18.4m x 16.8m high), 1 No. telecoms tower 36m high and compound. • Fuel cell IPP building (40m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and compound. • Solar farm IPP building (30m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and compound. • Battery compound including 138 No. battery enclosures & 138 No. medium voltage power stations (MVPS), IPP building (40m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and fire water tank (Volume: 500m3). • Proprietary modular water treatment plant serving the solar farm IPP building and battery compound IPP building. • Solar farm (168 hectares) to the east of the data campus facility including solar arrays measuring (10.2m x 6.9m), (20.4m x 6.9m) & (30.6 x 6.9m), 45 No. medium voltage power stations (MVPS), 5 No. weather stations, river crossings, internal gravel access roads, security fencing and gates, 3 No. temporary construction compounds, cable crossings in the R446, L11272 & L51251 public roads, and cable crossing under the M6 using horizontal directional drilling. • Connection to public sewer under the R446 public road. • New emergency only access/egress from the R446 public road. • Access/egress to the data centre campus facility through the existing Castlelost Flexgen and GIS substation access to the R446. • Demolition of the existing derelict dwelling and agricultural sheds. • All associated site works including

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560344

• 21 Sept 2023Conditional

  demolition of the bedroom section and chimneys to the existing dwelling house, the derelict stone storage and turf shed buildings including the dog run area and to construct in its place a new single storey pitched roof extension to the front, side and rear with a flat roof link corridor, including internal and external renovations/alterations as shown all to the existing dwelling house, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank which is to be replaced with a new treatment plant and soil polishing filter, new boundary treatments and all ancillary site works and services. Retention permission is also sought for the as built detached lean-to garage/storage with open carport roof structure

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360317

• 23 Dec 2022N/a

  •An overall application area of c. 58.7 hectares; •Phased extraction of sand and gravel (wet working) over an area of c. 51.3 hectares with processing that includes crushing, washing (closed water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoons), screening and all ancillary works and structures; •Site facilities consisting of aggregate processing plant, weighbridge office/toilet (21m²), welfare facility including canteen, cloakroom and toilets/showers (47.8m²), associated waste water treatment unit, bunded fuel storage, hydrocarbon interceptor, weighbridge, wheelwash, perimeter vegetation planting and fencing; •Access to the site will be via an existing agricultural entrance, upgraded to provide a new splayed entrance priority junction onto the R400 Regional Road; •Progressive restoration of the site to naturally regenerated wildlife habitat and a permanent water body; •The proposed extraction operational period is for 15 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 17 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this planning application.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2260051

• 12 May 2022Conditional

  development and construction of a logistics warehouse at the site of the former site compound for the M6 Motorway project, a site of 2.99 Hectares. The development which will consist of the construction of a logistics warehouse (956.20 sqm) with a maximum ridge height of 9.80 m for the supply and distribution of parts for large plant and machinery and two storey office within the building, covered parts storage area, associated trade counter, car parking, external loading and unloading area, and all associated site works and services including the construction of a realigned site entrance, site services and all associated site works above and below ground to accommodate the proposed works including new treatment system and percolation area

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22247

• 29 Sept 2021Conditional

  The Energy Storage System (ESS) development will comprise: (i) an open area battery energy storage system (BESS) compound(area of 26,317sqm) containing 264no battery modules and associated medium voltage power station (MVPS) enclosures (12.192m long x 2.438m wide x 3.896m high), (ii) IPP building (40n long x 10m wide x 6.853m high), (iii) synchronous condenser compound (area of 9,309sqm) containing a horizontal synchronous generator positioned within a building (30.0m long x 18.0m wide x 12.15m high), 5no control modules each (12.192m long x 2.438m wide x 3.332m high), associated bunded transformers and electrical plant, (iv) high voltage (HV) customer compound containing 1no. bunded transformers (9m high) and electrical plant to provide for connection to the electricity transmission system, and (v) all ancillary development, including lightening mast protection, perimeter fencing with access gates, landscaping, lighting, car parking, internal access roads and all civil engineering works for the disposal of foul and surface water. The development includes for construction of a new entrance and access road to the facility from the R446 with associated signage from the new entrance to the ESS facility. Permission is sought for 10 years. An EIAR has been prepared and accompanies this planning application

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21532

• 21 Sept 2021Conditional

  The development comprises 275MWe reserve gas-fired generator to boost and back up the power system and will include the following elements (a) 5no. open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) modules (each module being c 1042sqm) and complete with lube oil coolers, generators, air intake vents, continuous emissions monitoring (CEMS) technology, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) units and c.30m high stacks, (b) 1no two-storey administration building (32.615m long x 13m wide x 9.33m high) which contains a control room, offices, storage meeting room workshop and double height warehouse (c) 2no. 2,400m3 capacity bunded secondary fuel storage tanks (each with a diameter of 17.6m and height of 10m), (d) a fenced above ground installation (AGI) compound containing gas pipework , a regulator house enclosure, instrument kiosk, boiler house enclosure and analyzer kiosk, (e) 1no. fuel pump and filter unit, (f) 1no. containerised water treatment module (12.192m long x 2.438m wide x 2.896m high), (g) 1no. 10m3 purified water storage tank (2.75mm high and 2.27m diameter), (h) 2no. containerised black start diesel generators (2.438m x 12.192m long x 2.896m high) with integrated stacks(4.755m high), (i) 1 no 50m3 ammonia storage tank (9.360m high and 3.16m diameter, (j) fire pump skid building (9.23m long x 6.98m wide x 4.6m high), (k) 1 no. 500m3 capacity water tank (7.597m high x 10m diameter, (l) 1 no. single storey IPP building (20m long x 10m wide and 6.853m high, (m) 1 no. low voltage (LV) bunded house transformer (1.914m high), (n) 5 no. medium voltage (MV) bunded step-up transformers (6.287 m high) 1no. high voltage (HV) customer compound containing 2no. bunded transformers (9m high) connected to electrical equipment, (o) 1no air compressor building (8.33m long x 4.73m wide x 4.517m high) and (p) all ancillary development including new access road, internal roads, 2.65m high fencing and gates securing the main reserve generator site, and associated engineering works to provide for the connection of site services and for the treatment and disposal of foul wastewater and surface water. The development includes for construction of a new entrance to the site from the R446 with associated signage and an access road from the new entrance to the reserve gas-fired generator. The development also includes for the demolition and removal of a farm shed, farm workshop, feed silo and a silage clamp , permission for a period of 10 years EIAR and Industrial Emissions licence included.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21515

• 28 Jul 2020Conditional

  DRUMMAN BIOMASS FACILITY, LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF DERRYGREENAGH AND KNOCKDRIN, CO. OFFALY AT GRID REFERENCE 648817, 738632. THE DEVELOPMENT IS FOR THE STORAGE AND SEASONING OF BIOMASS LOGS FOLLOWED BY CHIPPING OF THE SEASONED LOGS ON A SITE AREA OF 29.17HA. THE PROPOSED RETENTION DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 1) A WEIGHBRIDGE (120 SQ.M) AND A WEIGHBRIDGE CONTROL STATION (7.75 SQ.M). 2) A BIOMASS STORAGE AREA (6KM OF LINEAR LOG STORAGE SPACE EQUATING TO 31,320 TONNES OF WET LOGS), 3) A STEEL POST AND WIRE MESH FENCE WITH GATES AT THE ENTRANCE 4) UNPAVED ACCESS TRACKS (6KM IN LENGTH) AND 5) ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. THE LOG STORAGE AREA OR LOG PILE IS LINEAR WITH A DIAMETER OF C. 4M AND UP TO A HEIGHT OF 4.1M. THERE IS NO STORAGE OF CHIPPED BIOMASS ON SITE. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR ALTERATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING ACCESS OFF THE R400 INCLUDING 1) SURFACE THE SITE ACCESS ROAD APPROACH TO THE R400 WITH AN APPROPRIATE BOUND MATERIAL AND 2) PROVIDE A STOP LINE AND STOP SIGN AT THE SITE ENTRANCE. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT UNTIL 2030

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 20329

• 3 Jul 2020N/a

  AND CONTINUATION OF WORKS FOR AN EXISTING BIOMASS FACILITY ON A SITE AREA OF 29 .17HA AND SHARES AN ENTRANCE WITH THE PERMITTED DERRYARKIN SAND AND GRAVEL QUARRY ON THE R400. THIS FACILITY IS USED FOR THE STORAGE AND SEASONING OF BIOMASS LOGS (6-9 MONTHS) FOLLOWED BY CHIPPING OF THE SEASONED LOGS. THE PROPOSED RETENTION DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 1) THE INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURES A) WEIGHBRIDGE (120 SQ. M) AND B) WEIGHBRIDGE CONTROL STATION (7.75 SQ. M).RETENTION PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR 2) A BIOMASS STORAGE AREA (6KM OF LINEAR LOG STORAGE SPACE EQUATING TO 31,320 TONNES OF WET LOGS), 3) A STEEL POST AND WIRE MESH FENCE WITH GATES AT THE ENTRANCE 4) UNPAVED ACCESS TRACKS (6KM IN LENGTH) AND 5) ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. THE LOG STORAGE AREA OR LOG PILE IS LINEAR WITH A DIAMETER OF C. 4M AND UP TO A HEIGHT OF 4.1 M. THERE IS NO STORAGE OF CHIPPED BIOMASS ON SITE. THE SITE WILL BE OPERATIONAL UNTIL 2030. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR ALTERATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING ACCESS OFF THE R400

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 20270

• 30 Jul 2018Conditional

  construction of one number bungalow type dwelling house (172sqm) and domestic garage (41.1sqm). Permission is also sought to connect to existing sewer and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186231

• 12 Jun 2018Conditional

  construction of a bungalow, garage, connection into existing sewer and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186189

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 the townland of Farthingstown.

Recorded monuments

• WM033-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise of ground in gently undulating pasture. Farthingstown House located 100m to the S. Circular area (diam. 38m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank best preserved from S-W-WNW, elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp and wide shallow outer fosse. No entrance feature visible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2013

• WM033-068 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a low rise of ground in gently undulating pasture. Levelled ringfort which is visible as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 45m) defined by a cropmark which is visible on the 2005 OSI aerial photograph. Marked 'Fort' on the OS fair plan map of the parish of Castlelost (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2013

• WM033-069 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On level pasture with good views in all directions. Poorly preserved levelled monument consisting of a roughly rectangular-shaped area (dim.s 44m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a scarp with possible faint traces of a shallow external fosse which is intersected on the S side by a post-1700 field boundary running E-W. This field boundary has since been removed and is not visible on Bing Maps aerial photograph taken between 06-07 November 2011. No entrance feature visible. Marked 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan map of Castlelost parish (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2013

• WM033-070 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a small prominent hillock, 50m N of bogland with good views to S of Croghan Hill, Co. Offaly. Large raised circular area (diam. 50m N-S; 53m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp, a wide fosse and substantial external bank best preserved from S-W-N. There are the remains of a second fosse outside this bank. Causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.8m) at N. A low platform (dims. 7m SSE-NNW x 7m SSW-ENE) in the W quadrant of the ringfort interior could be the remains of a possible rectangular hut site although this is not certain. The banks and fosse of the ringfort are covered in trees and bushes making detailed examination impossible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2013

Architectural heritage

• The Forge, forge/smithy, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted single-bay single-storey former forge/smithy, built c.1830. Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Squared rubble stone walls having a square-headed carriage arch to the main elevation (east) with timber sheeted double doors. Circular carved stone above carriage arch having simple brick surround. Road-fronted, on a small lane to the south of the former main Dublin to Galway road and to the southwest of Rochfortbridge.

• Farmyard complex, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey house, built c.1800, having a projecting single-bay entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (east). Steeply pitched corrugated metal roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and no chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered finish over rubble stone construction, now partially exposed, with smooth rendered plinth to the base. North gable end largely rebuilt using modern blockwork. Square-headed window openings with plain rendered surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to the front face of projecting porch having a timber sheeted door. Square-headed doorway to the north end of the east façade having a timber sheeted door. House set back from small rural lane at a right angle to the road alignment. House surrounded by a complex of single and two-storey outbuildings. Two-storey outbuilding to the north having pitched corrugated metal roof with raised verges to either gable end (east and west) and roughcast rendered walls with square-headed openings. Flight of cut stone steps to the west gable end gives access to a square-headed doorway with timber sheeted door at first floor/loft level. Single-storey outbuilding to the east of the house having a pitched corrugated metal roof with raised verges, whitewashed rubble stone walls and square-headed openings with timber sheeted doors. Open two-storey barn to the rear (west) having a barrel-vaulted corrugated roof over. Complex located at the end of a country lane to the south of Rochfortbridge.

• Sidebrook House, house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c.1815, having a projecting single-bay single-storey porch with modern conservatory over to the main elevation (south). Possibly containing the fabric of an earlier house. Hipped natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with square-headed window openings having mainly timber casement windows. Round-headed doorcase to projecting bay having a cut stone block-and-start surround with keystone over and a timber panelled door with plain fanlight over. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the southeast of Rochfortbridge. Complex of outbuildings to the east (15320020) and main entrance gates to the northeast (15320021).

• Sidebrook House, outbuilding, 1800–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single and two-storey outbuildings associated with Sidebrook House (15320019), built c.1815 and c.1850. The buildings are arranged around a courtyard to the east side of the house, built c.1850, with three additional outbuildings, built c.1815, located between the courtyard and the main house. Now out of use and partially derelict. Pitched roofs with corrugated metal or natural slate. Raised verges to a number of the gable ends. Roughcast rendered finish over rubble stone construction with brick dressings to a number of the openings. Square-headed window and door openings and segmental-headed carriage arches. Set back from road in shared grounds with Sidebrook House to the southeast of Rochfortbridge.

• Sidebrook House, gates/railings/walls, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Main entrance gates serving Sidebrook House (15320019), erected c.1835, comprising a pair of roughcast rendered gate piers (on square-plan with cut stone capping over) supporting a pair of cast-iron gates. Entrance flanked to either side (northwest and southeast) by sections of rubble stone wall (on concave-plan having crenellated coping over) and terminated by roughly dressed limestone gate piers on square-plan with cut stone capstones over. Gives access to house over ditch. Located to the northeast of Sidebrook House and to the southeast of Rochfortbridge.

• Sidebrook House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Field gate, erected c.1820, comprising a pair of rubble limestone gate piers (on circular-plan) supporting a pair of wrought-iron flat bar gates. Located adjacent to the northwest of the main entrance gates to Sidebrook House (15320021). Single-arched rubble stone bridge over drain to the front of gateway (northeast).

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).

No address of the register names Farthingstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Farthingstown

Area

7,304,463 m² (730.45 ha, 1,804.97 acres)

Civil parish

Castlelost, and its townlands

Barony

Fartullagh

Electoral division

Castlelost, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Castlelost, Derryarkin (Co. Offaly), Derrygreenagh (Co. Offaly), Drumman, Kiltotan And Collinstown, Oldtown, Rahanine

Placenames

Farthingstown 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.