Gneevebane

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gneevebane, from 72 m² to 189,734 m² (18.97 ha, 46.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Gneevebane 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.

• 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

• 22 Jun 2022Refused

  construct one number detached two storey dwelling, one number detached single storey garage, to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to install a private well and a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22329

• 19 Jul 2021Refused

  to construct one number detached two storey dwelling, one number detached single storey garage, to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to install a private well and a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21403

• 9 Nov 2018Refused

  One no. agricultural entrance off the public road R446 to access agricultural fields and all associated site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 186339

• 26 Jun 2018Conditional

  retain existing entrance and driveway.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 186205

• 27 Feb 2018Conditional

  to renovate existing farm house and build extension to rear of same. The extension will include a new living area, kitchen and bedrooms. The application will also include the installation of a new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all other minor site works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186071

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

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

Name

Gneevebane

Area

1,325,345 m² (132.53 ha, 327.5 acres)

Civil parish

Castlelost, and its townlands

Barony

Fartullagh

Electoral division

Ballykilmore, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Garrane, Kiltotan And Collinstown, Newcastle, Oldtown, Piercetown, Rahincuill

Placenames

Gneevebane 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.