Knockanea
Townland in Co. Westmeath
- Area
- 84.5 ha
- 209 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockanea, from 11 m² to 184,429 m² (18.44 ha, 45.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockanea 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
13 Jul 2026N/a
proposed development will consist of a new playing pitch with floodlights, 2 No. goal ballstops, perimeter pitch netting, 2 No. dugouts, groundskeeper’s shed, walking track and car park with public lighting, works to the existing site entrance, portable toilets, signage with all associated site works. An Appropriate Assessment Screening and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted as part of this application
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660374
20 Sept 2024Conditional
development which will consist of a new playing pitch with floodlights, 2 No. goal ballstops, perimeter pitch netting, 2 No. dugouts, groundskeepers shed, walking track with public lighting, works to the existing site entrance, signage and carparking with all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460343
3 Jun 2022N/a
Development on a 4.77 ha. site. The proposed development will comprise of an inert waste facility designed for (a) reception and utilisation of clean subsoil, soil, stone and rubble, for the purpose of improving low-lying wet and poorly drained agricultural land at the site, and (b) reception and upcycling (crushing and grading) of inert construction and demolition (C&D) waste material and its subsequent export to construction sites in the midlands region for use as secondary aggregate (replacing natural aggregates). The proposed site will have a new entrance road and gates off the existing Dublin Road (R446, old N6) with onsite parking, yards, wheel wash, weighbridge, portacabin office/admin hut, boundary fencing, and all associated site works. The development is for the purposes of an activity requiring a waste facility permit.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22303
22 Feb 2022N/a
The proposed development will consist of the importation of inert waste materials consisting of soils, sub-soils, stone, sands, gravels, rocks and C & D waste consisting of concrete, blocks and bricks for the purpose of improving existing low-lying agricultural lands. The site will be divided into two cells which will be filled in phases: Cell 1 as Phase 1 and Cell 2 as Phase 2. Approximately half (50%) of the inert material accepted to the site will be crushed and graded on site for its subsequent export as secondary aggregate for use on construction projects in the midland's region. The site will have a new entrance road and gates off the existing Dublin Road (R446, old N6) with onsite parking, yards, wheel wash, weighbridge, portacabin office/admin hut, boundary fencing, and all associated site works. Subsequent to planning the applicant will apply for a waste facility permit.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2276
14 Feb 2020Conditional
Retention of conversion of part of existing domestic dwelling for use as pre-school ancillary to the use of previously granted pre-school at the same property (planning reference 14/7066) and all associated site works
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 207028
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockanea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Knockanea
- Area
- 845,480 m² (84.55 ha, 208.92 acres)
- Placenames
- Knockanea on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, 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.