Hodgestown

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hodgestown, from 1,866 m² to 136,126 m² (13.61 ha, 33.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Hodgestown 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.

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  development which will consist of refurbishment works to 24.2 kilometres (km) of OHL; comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 7 no. steel towers; replacement of 73 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 9 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 2 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 182-299) and the associated OHL lie between where the OHL crosses the border into County Westmeath in the townland of Grange More, to where the OHL ties-in to the existing Mullingar 110kV substation in the townland of Irishtown, crossing the County Westmeath townlands of Grange More, Craddanstown, Joristown Lower, Priesttown, Clonreagh, Corbetstown, Higginstown, Hodgestown, Millerstown, Corbally, Edmondstown, Clonlost, Clonickilvant, Ballycor, Aghadaugh, Killynan (Cooke), Mountrobert, Macetown, Rathconnell, Clonsheever, Culleen Beg, Robinstown (Levinge), Ballyglass and Irishtown. The Proposed Development also includes 1 no. temporary Construction Compound in the townland of Aghadaugh. The refurbishment works in County Westmeath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires; the installation of fibre wrap; replacement of 7 no. steel towers and 73 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment / strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 1 no. temporary construction compound; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure, one of which is within the curtilage of Millerstown House (protected structure RPS No. 020-050), in the townland of Millerstown; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660445

• 10 Oct 2025Conditional

  to construct a two-storey dwelling with detached domestic garage & install a wastewater treatment system and peculation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560498

• 27 Sept 2025N/a

  to construct a two-storey dwelling with detached domestic garage/store & install a wastewater treatment system and peculation area and all associated site development works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560478

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560268

• 29 Aug 2022Conditional

  1) retention permission for existing single storey extension to the rear of dwelling house, 2) retention permission for existing domestic shed, and 3) all ancillary site services

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22431

• 1 Oct 2021Refused

  Permission to construct a new storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site services

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21538

• 17 Nov 2020Refused

  Planning permission to construct a dwelling house and detached garage with treatment system and percolation area with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206323

• 13 Oct 2020Refused

  Permission to construct a new storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and raised soil polishing filter and all ancillary site services.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206279

• 27 Jul 2020Conditional

  construct a new dwelling, garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206192

• 12 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct a new 2400sqm. pig building with associated site works required to comply with animal welfare regulations. IPPC licence number P0713-03 relates to this farm. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement and a Natura Impact Statement. There will be no increase in pig numbers on this farm

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186221

• 1 Jun 2018N/a

  to construct a new 2,400 m2 pig house with associated site works required to comply with animal welfare regulations. There will not be any increase in pig numbers. IPPC Licence No. P0713-03 relates to this farm and the application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186178

• 27 Apr 2017Conditional

  retention of 3 pig buildings measuring 107 sqm, 18 sqm and 103 sqm (total 228 sqm) and associated site works. IPPC licence number P0713-03 relates to this farm.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 176132

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 Hodgestown.

Recorded monuments

• WM020-090 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a broad hill, in pasture, an OS trig station marking 485 ft. OD marks location of possible levelled earthwork. An earthwork is depicted at this location on Larkin’s 1808 Map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). A possible hillock is depicted at this location on an estate map of 1796 (NLI, MS 21 F. 47 (33)). No earthwork is depicted at this location on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Possible site of levelled earthwork described in 1983 as no surface remains visible. A low rise which has been truncated by a field boundary running E-W is all that is visible at the location marked on the map. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-153 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 47m N-S) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/10/2009. See attached Google Earth orthophotos Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 29 October 2021

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).

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

Name

Hodgestown

Area

1,099,178 m² (109.92 ha, 271.61 acres)

Civil parish

Killucan, and its townlands

Barony

Farbill

Electoral division

Killucan, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Corbetstown, Edmondstown, Higginstown, Killucan, Lisnabin, Millerstown, Rathwire Upper, Sionhill

Placenames

Hodgestown 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.